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Denise is holding a book about bees, and Rhonda is dressed like a monarch butterfly.

A Story About a Book on Bees

April 17, 2022
By Anne E Schellman
When I was in the 6th grade, we were given an assignment to read books from several different topics (i.e. history, famous people, a classic) and write a book report on each. Being a voracious reader since pre-school, I quickly went through all the assigned topics but one. . .science.
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This image of a parasitized Ammophila azteca beneath a microscope is the work of RJ Millena.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Spotlight on UC Davis Entomology Awards

April 16, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A feature story spotlighting former UC Davis entomology senior, Rebecca Jean "RJ" Millena, received the gold award or first place, in an international writing competition sponsored by the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE).
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Some illustrations from Jared Ali's seminar.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Jared Ali and 'The Chemical Ecology of Plant Defense'

April 15, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Jared Ali, an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University, will speak on "Chemical Ecology of Plant Defense and Multi-Trophic Interactions: Bad Bugs, Pungent Parasites and Toxic Travelers" at the next seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology an Nematology.
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The 2022 UC Davis Entomology Games Team at the regionals: (from left) captain Zachary Griebenow, Erin "Taylor" Kelly, Jill Oberski and Madison Hendrick. (Photo by Tolulope Morawo)

UC Davis Entomology Games Team: Champions!

April 14, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Entomology Games Team won the championship at the annual meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America, held April 10-13 in Santa Rosa, by defeating the UC Riverside Entomology Games Team.
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Nine people shown digging with long-handled shovels beside a pond.

Bringing back California’s native frogs

April 14, 2022
By Adina Merenlender
When Al Murphy first took the reins at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC) back in the 1950s, he had the joy of listening to California red-legged frogs living in a couple of perennial ponds.
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This is what the ootheca looked like in mid-March. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Day a Clothespin Sprang to Life

April 14, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Saturday, April 9 was the day a clothespin sprang to life. Some 200 praying mantis nymphs emerged from an ootheca that Mama Mantis (Stagmomantis limbata) had deposited last summer in our pollinator garden in Vacaville.
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This lady beetle, aka ladybug, appears to ponder its next move. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Flight of the Ladybug, The Origami Master

April 13, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ladybug, ladybug fly away home Your house is on fire and your children are gone All except one, and her name is Ann And she hid under the baking pan. So says a traditional nursery rhyme traced back to 1744 when it appeared in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Songbook, according to Wikipedia.
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