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A female praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata (as identified by praying mantis expert Lohit Garikipati of UC Davis) eyes a duskywing butterfly, genus Erynnis, nectaring on verbena. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Just Look, Don't Take?

August 22, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When we last left Ms. Mantis, a female Stagmomantis limbata residing in our verbena patch, she was munching on a honey bee. A successful ambush stalker, she was. But not always. Her plan to take down a duskywing butterfly, genus Erynnis, didn't go so well.
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A female praying mantis, a Stagmomantis limbata (as identified by Lohit Garikipati of UC Davis) is looking for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Victory in the Verbena

August 21, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Yes, I'm hungry. A female praying mantis is perched upside down in our pollinator garden. She has maintained this position in the verbena over a four-day period, enduring temperatures that soar to 105 degrees.
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BatStar in Tide Pool
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Tide Pooling Along the Central Coast During the 2019 Regional Rendezvous

August 20, 2019
By Eliot T Freutel
Our day started brisk and damp as the sun rolled out behind a curtain of central coast fog. We gathered in the grey light with our morning tea, dressed in warm clothes as the steam from our breath billowed out in front of laughter and conversation on the subject of tide pool safety and ecology.
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Artist conception of the water bear (tardigrade) sculpture in front of Bohart Museum of Entomology.
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Bohart Museum Planning Water Bear Sculpture

August 19, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A water bear or tardigrade sculpture may soon grace the entrance to the Bohart Museum of Entomology. "I've been in touch with the sculptor Solomon Bassoff (Faducciart) in Roseville," said Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and professor of entomology at UC Davis.
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Future entomologists? A group of students in a Bay Area three-week insect class, taught by SaveNature.Org, poses for a photo.
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Youths Experience the Joy of Insects

August 16, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Do you remember when insects first fascinated you or when you developed a love of insects? Odds are that the children who attend the SaveNature.Org insect-themed sessions in Berkeley will.
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Roses
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Rose Care and Weed Control

August 15, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Many gardeners and landscapers enjoy growing and caring for roses. Through careful selection of varieties and appropriate cultivation, roses can be grown with a minimum of pest problems.
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Sheep grazing in field-
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Meet Your Perfect Match to Reduce Fire Fuels

August 15, 2019
Updated Sept 17, 2020 to add link. Visit: MatchGraze.com As previously mentioned in the September 2018 issue of the Farm Bureau newsletter, the frequency, intensity, and size of wildfires in northern California have increased.
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Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, with his screensaver, an image he took of Franklin's bumble bee. He passed June 7. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Franklin's Bumble Bee May Be Protected: A Legacy of Robbin Thorp

August 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The late Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, and a global authority on bees, worked tirelessly to try to include Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) as an endangered species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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