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Doctoral students Mia Lippey (right) and Iris Quayle show some of the EGSA T-shirts for sale. Lippey is EGSA president, and Quayle, treasurer.
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How to Have a 'Buggy' Holiday Season

November 20, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Want to have a "buggy" holiday season? And ensure others do, too? There's plenty to love and purchase in the Bohart Museum of Entomology gift shop and on the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) website.
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A dorsal view of a syprhid fly sunning itself on a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Syrphid Flies Are Pollinators, Too

November 16, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Sometimes overlooked as pollinators are the syrphid flies, also known as "hover flies" or "flower flies." Unfortunately, they are often mistaken for honey bees. Hey, if it's a critter on a flower, it's a bee, right? Not necessarily! Syrphid flies are easily distinguished from honey bees.
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UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal is ranked No. 22 among the world's top entomologists in the Stanford University-Elsevier "science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators."
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Alumnus and 10 Former or Current UC Davis Entomologists Make List of World's Top 2 Percent

November 16, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
One UC Davis doctoral alumnus and 10 current or former members of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology are listed as among the world's top two percent of entomologists in a database announced by Stanford University with data from Elsevier's science-wide author databases of standardiz...
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Firefighter stands near burning grasses of a prescribed fire
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Reforms needed to expand prescribed burns

November 15, 2023
By Michael Hsu
Prescribed fire, which mimics natural fire regimes, can help improve forest health and reduce the likelihood of catastrophic wildfire. But this management tool is underused in the fire-prone U.S. West and Baja California, Mexico, due to several barriers.
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French evolutionary biologist Etienne GJ Danchin
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Etienne Danchin's Nematode Seminar: 'Parasitic Success in the Absence of Sex'

November 14, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
French evolutionary biologist Etienne GJ Danchin will present the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's next seminar on nematodes. Danchin will speak on "Parasitic Success in the Absence of Sex: What Have We Learned from Nematode Genomes?" at 4:10 p.m., Monday, Nov.
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