Spring seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will range in topics from fruit flies to spider glue to an African odysssey. The seminars, coordinated by medical entomologist/assistant professor Geoffrey Attardo, will all take place at 4 p.m.
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology won four major awards from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA), which encompasses 11 Western U.S. states, plus several U.S. territories and parts of Canada and Mexico.
Arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, is a common phobia, but there are five good reasons to like spiders, according to Jason Bond of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
(Proceedings of the Royal Society B) DAVIS--If you're like many Americans, you've set up a hummingbird feeder in your yard to nurture and watch these high-energy pollinators.
Want to learn how to keep bees? The University of California, Davis, is offering two classes in mid-March: the first on Saturday, March 23 and the second on Sunday, March 24.