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Ocotillo on the Boo Hoff trail, Santa Rosa Mountain wilderness
California Naturalist: Article

Biodiversity at all Scales is Good

November 21, 2020
A "Natural History Note" From UC California Naturalist's new lead scientist, Dr. Cameron Barrows. To many people, biodiversity' is almost synonymous with the word nature,' and nature' brings to mind steamy forests and the big creatures that dwell there. Fair enough.
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This is the mural newly installed in the hallway of the the UC Davis Environmental Horticulture Building. The tiles are the work of top (from left) Heewon Shin, Diane Ullman, and Mai Xiong; center (from left) Jason Hu, Emma Stone, and Analiese Ignacio, and bottom (from left) Anushka Vispute, Gale Okumura, and Leslie Briceno-Marquez.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Mural: 'When Words Are Not Enough'

November 20, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's titled When Words Are Not Enough. A newly installed UC Davis mural created by students enrolled in a remote-instructed class on symbolism and design is more than enoughit's considered gorgeous, awesome and amazing.
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Invasive pampasgrass (Credit: J DiTomaso)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

What makes a weed an invasive plant?

November 18, 2020
By Belinda Messenger-Sikes, Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Weeds are usually thought of as native plants we don't want in areas such as landscapes, fields, or vegetable gardens either because they reduce economic output or they are considered aesthetically displeasing.
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UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski captured this screen shot at the finals. She is top row, second from left.
Bug Squad: Article

UC Davis Doctoral Students in Entomology Got It Right

November 18, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They knew the answer. "A worker honey bee has how many pairs of wax glands on its abdomen?" That would be four, answered the UC Davis Entomology Team did at the Entomological Society of America's Virtual Entomology Games, a college-bowl type of competition formerly known as the Linnaean Games.
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A screen shot of the finals at the Virtual Entomology Games. (Image by Jill Oberski)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Entomology Team Makes the ESA Finals

November 18, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The first sighting of emerald ash borer in North America occurred in 2002, when it was discovered attacking ash trees in Ontario, Canada and what U.S. state? If you answered Michigan, as the UC Davis Entomology Team did, you're right.
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A honey bee nectars on tropical milkweed, while another bee gets ready to join her. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Honey Bees Do Love That Milkweed

November 16, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Don't tell the honey bees. They will forage where they want to--whether it's on bee balm, a dandelion or that controversial tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica.
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A male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, foraging on iceplant on Nov. 5 at a Bodega Bay's Doran Beach. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Metallic Green Surprise at Bodega Bay

November 12, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A Nov. 5th trip to Bodega Bay's Doran Beach yielded a metallic green surprise. What was that foraging on a pink iceplant blossom near a path to the ocean? A metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, also called an ultra green sweat bee. We usually don't see A.
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