Posts Tagged: Davis
Don't Miss This Bohart Museum Open House on 'Insects and Forensics'
He's a wealth of information about forensic entomology, and he'll share that with you. Don't miss the Bohart Museum of...
UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert "Bob" Kimsey answering questions at his "Dr. Death" booth in Briggs Hall during the 2023 UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Forensic entomologist Robert "Bob" Kimsey in his Briggs Hall office. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral Candidate Lindsey Mack: Zeroing in on the Yellow Fever Mosquito
Doctoral candidate Lindsey Mack of the lab of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, associate professor, UC Davis Department of...
Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. (Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Those Goofy-Looking Cartoon Characters Called Crane Flies
Back in April of 2021, we wrote: "They're out there, and you don't have to crane your neck to see them." The topic: crane flies. They're often...
A crane fly resting in a Spanish lavender bed in Vacaville, Calif. Crane flies are sometimes called "mosquito eaters," but they do not eat mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why 'The Bee Team' Is 'The A Team'
"The Bee Team" is "The A Team." Congrats to the UC Davis-based California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP) on winning a coveted...
Checking out a frame in a bee hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, is California Master Beekeeper Program director Elina Lastro Niño, associate professor of Cooperative Extension and a member of the faculty of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wendy Mather, co-program manager of the California Master Beekeeper Program, examining a frame in a bee hive at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
USDA-ARS Researcher to Give UC Davis Seminar on Beech Leaf Disease
In the spotlight: the newly discovered beech leaf disease caused by the nematode, Litylenchus crenatae mccannii. First found in Ohio in...
Symptoms of beech leaf disease include swelling and darkening of interveinal tissues as well as chlorosis. (Photo courtesy of Paulo Vieira of USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD.)