Entomology & Nematology News

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Entomologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz (left) with curator Emma Cluff at the digger bee display, Bohart Museum of Entomology. It will be on display through May 16. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Digger Bee Display at Bohart Museum of Entomology

December 26th, 2019
The Bohart Museum of Entomology is showcasing the innovative research of UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz, who studies how blister beetle nest parasites mimic the sex pheromone of digger bees.
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Professor Art Shapiro collected the first butterfly of 2019, a male, near the Suisun Yacht Club, Suisun City, Solano County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Suds for a Bug: Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest Begins Jan. 1

December 26th, 2019
Suds for a bug? Collect the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Sacramento, Solano and Yolo and win a pitcher of beer or its equivalent, compliments of Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology.
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UC Davis animal biology major master advisor Robert Kimsey and advisor Elvira Galvan Hack confer on an advising plan. Both won regional advising awards from NACADA, the Global Community for Academic Advising.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Elvira Galvan Hack, Robert Kimsey Win Regional Advising Awards

December 16th, 2019
Elvira Galvan Hack, staff advisor for students in the Animal Biology (ABI) major, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and ABI master advisor Robert Kimsey, forensic entomologist and lecturer in the department, are drawing acolades for winning major advising awards from Region 9 of NACA...
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