Entomology & Nematology News

UC Davis community ecologist Louie Yang, professor of entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, was one of 12 invited scientists nationwide who delivered a presentation during the two-day Monarch Butterfly Summit, held recently at the Capitol in Washington D.C.

Oh, what a night! It was like a moth to a flame--or 400 moths to a flame--when a record crowd surged into the Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night for its July 30th open house.

Newly published UC Davis research investigating wild monarch-native milkweed interactions in rural Davis over a three-year period has yielded three key findings in the search for what factors constrain monarch development.

The deadline to RSVP for the Celebration of Life and Legacy for internationally known honey bee authority, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is Monday, Aug. 1. The memorial is set from 4 to 6 p.m., Sunday, Aug.

UC Davis distinguished professor Jay Rosenheim of the Department of Entomology and Nematology is the newly announced recipient of a campuswide Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award.