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1 week ago | ucanr.edu | Kathy Keatley Garvey

When medical entomologist Lee Rafuse Haines, associate research professor, University of Notre Dame,  speaks on "Insects, Art and the Sound of a Silent Crisis" at the June 2nd seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, she'll work dung beetles into her presentation.  Dung beetles? Yes. Here's the story. Her seminar begins at 4:10 p.m. in 122 Briggs Hall and also will be on Zoom.

1 week ago | ucanr.edu | Kathy Keatley Garvey

Memorial Day: A somber dayToday we honor and mourn our U.S. military who died while serving in our country's Armed Forces. It was first known as Decoration Day. "The first national observance of Memorial Day occurred on May 30, 1868," Wikipedia tells us. "Then known as Decoration Day and observed on May 30, the holiday was proclaimed by Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic to honor the Union soldiers who had died in the American Civil War.

2 weeks ago | ucanr.edu | Kathy Keatley Garvey

“Just like butterflies, bees undergo metamorphosis. They hatch from eggs into worm-like larvae and eat pollen and nectar until they are large enough to pupate. As they pupate, their bodies are restructured and they emerge as the adult bees we’re familiar with.”So read a poster displayed by UC Davis entomology doctoral candidate Alexia “Lexie” Martin when the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosted an open house on life stages of insects.

2 weeks ago | ucanr.edu | Kathy Keatley Garvey

Scientific stakeholders who collect wildlife in their fieldwork in California and rely on scientific collecting permits from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) are invited to a virtual forum on Friday, May 23 at 3 p.m. (Pacific Time). "This forum is an opportunity to hear updates, ask questions, and contribute to an ongoing effort to improve the scientific collecting permit (SCP) process," organizers said.

3 weeks ago | ucanr.edu | Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis doctoral candidate Alexia “Lexie” Martin of the laboratory of Rachel Vannette, associate professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will be displaying bee life stages at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Sunday, May 18. The event, free and family friendly, will take place from 1 to 4 p.m in Room 1122 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.