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UC Davis employee Michele Belden shows her son, Cash, 5, some of the butterflies in the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Belden manages the Aggie Surplus, formerly Bargain Barn, on campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Visit to the Bohart Museum

February 27, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you're 5 years old, the world is full of wonders. Especially when your mother takes you to the Bohart Museum of Entomology to see the butterfly specimens.
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Mixed residential landscape planting of woody and herbaceous perennials illustrating a diversity of species to manage weeds.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

How to Prevent Weeds in Landscapes

February 27, 2019
By Cheryl A Wilen
[Originally published as "Managing Weeds in Landscapes" published in the Fall 2018 issue of the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM News.] Nurseries and garden centers often sell a wide range of plants for use in gardens and landscapes.
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Natural history photographer Clay Bolt photographs Wallace’s Giant See in its nest. The bee nests in active termite mounds in the North Moluccas, Indonesia. (Copyright Simon Robson)
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In Search of the World's Biggest Bee: How It Came to 'Bee'

February 26, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Imagine you're in an Indonesian rainforest and a humongous bee, with a wingspan of two and a half inches, flies over your head. The world's largest bee, known as Wallace's Giant Bee (Megachile pluto), considered extinct since 1981, lives. It's not extinct, after all. You probably read the news.
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UC Davis doctoral student and nematologist Christopher Pagan shows nematode specimens to visitors at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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More Nematodes in Outer Space?

February 21, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
More nematodes in outer space? It's true. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Pheronym, a company in Alachua, Fla.
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Entomologist/artist Charlotte Herbert Alberts wearing a red hooded sweatshirt: front view showing the Bohart logo and a tardigrade face. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'Bearing' a Close Resemblance

February 20, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You've heard of the California Bear Flag, the one with the grizzly bear" right? It's lettered with "California Republic.
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Hopland REC: Article

Americorps NCCC Gold Seven Team Experience Hopland REC

February 20, 2019
By Hannah M Bird
The wonderful NCCC Gold Seven team have been working at HREC for the past 3 weeks, they have been so helpful - all the HREC staff will be so very sad to see them go! In this blog post we learn a little about the team members and get an overview of the work that they have been involved in, the interv...
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