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The syrphid fly tries to seek some nectar, but the Gulf Fritillary proclaims "This Mexican sunflower is occupied." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Frit and the Fly: Who Wins?

November 5, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Frit and the fly...or the butterfly and the fly... That would be the Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) and the syrphid fly (family Syrphidae), aka flower fly or hover fly. They meet on a beautiful autumn day on an equally beautiful Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia).
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These three graduate students in the Phil Ward lab at UC Davis are among the members of the UC Berkeley-UC Davis Linnaean Games Team. From left are Zachary Griebenow, Jill Oberski and Brendon Boudinot. Boudinot, president of the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association, was a member of both the UC Davis national championship teams in 2015 and 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Insects and Graduate Students Share Spotlight at Linnaean Games

November 2, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Where are you most likely to encounter a rheophilic insect? If you know the answer to that, you could have scored at the Linnaean Games competition at the recent meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA). The answer: "In moving streams.
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October 2018 News Clips (10/1 - 10/15)

October 31, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Chico State Hosts "Wildcats Vote" Campaign Forum (Action News Now 12/24) Cecile Juliette, Oct. 15 Ryan Cleland, 4-H Community Education Specialist, said voting is the best way to make a point. "You don't have to engage in the conversations at Thanksgiving or the arguments on TV," Cleland said.
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A newly eclosed monarch, ready to take flight. This image was taken on Sept. 24, 2018 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Those Iconic Monarchs: Treats on Halloween and Every Other Day

October 31, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Halloween and scores of trick-or-treaters are donning monarch butterfly costumes. But they can't do justice to the living monarchs, those iconic, majestic butterflies that are always dressed in Halloween colors: black and orange.
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Emma Cluff finishing her display of stick insect digestion, funded by a grant from associate professor Brian Johnson. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Stick Insect Display at Bohart Museum of Entomology

October 31, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Stick insects, also known as walking sticks, stick bugs and bug sticks because they resemble sticks, may not get any respect, but they do at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis.
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