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A monarch foraging on Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in the late summer in Vacaville, Calif. Question is: where was this monarch in the early spring? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Seen Any Western Monarchs Lately?

March 3, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Seen any Western monarch butterflies yet this year? No? Butterfly guru Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, has. He spotted one on Jan.
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A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, on a geranium in Vacaville, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Meet the Mountain Boy

March 2, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
I call him the Mountain Boy. A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, appeared in our pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif.,on Feb. 27, the earliest we've seen this species. It's the smallest of California's carpenter bees and is often called the foothill or mountain carpenter bee.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Testing New Technology

March 2, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
Last month, I had a chance to attend the Society for Range Management annual convention in Denver, Colorado.
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A six-foot-long worker bee, the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bee-ing There at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 26, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven drew scores of families at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a science-based day always held the Saturday of Presidents' Day weekend.
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Rosettes and flowers of broadleaf plantain, Plantago major.<br>(Credit: K Windbiel-Rojas)
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Plantain weeds Pest Notes updated

February 26, 2020
Plantains are common weeds in lawns, athletic fields, ornamental plantings, roadsides, and pastures. Two species, broadleaf and buckhorn plantains (Plantago major and P. lanceolate) are commonly found throughout California year-round.
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Martin Hauser, senior insect biosystematist with the Plant Pest Daignostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, shows Madagascar hissing cockroaches to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Good Day to Learn About Science

February 25, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They came, they saw, they learned. And in some cases, they conquered--they conquered their fear or avoidance of insects.
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The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is one of the flies that Joanna Chiu, vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, studies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Learn About These Scientists' Research at UC Davis Seminar

February 24, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 26 will feature six Faculty Flash Talks on topics ranging from honey bees to tsetse flies to digger bees to trapdoor spiders to fruit flies. The seminar, set from 4:10 to 5 p.m.
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The Faculty Flash Talks, to place in 122 Briggs Hall at 4:10 p.m. on Feb. 26, will feature six scientists. This is an image from a UC Davis Picnic Day celebration. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Six Faculty Flash Talks at Department Seminar on Feb. 26

February 22, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 26 will feature six Faculty Flash Talks. The seminar, set from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in 122 Briggs Hall, will include Joanna Chiu, Jason Bond, Geoffrey Attardo, Rachel Vannette, Julia Fine, and Arathi Seshadri.
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