The Entomology Association of Southern California will be holding a quarterly meeting at the Los Angeles Arboretum.  These meetings address a variety of entomological related subjects relevant to local and state pest issues and are a great way to meet and share information with other individuals who are interested in this area of science.

Presentations for this meeting will cover:

• California's invasive slugs, future threats & some novel approaches for their control
• Asian Citrus Psyllid research at California Polytechnic University
• County Reports
• Natural history and IPM practices for use against an atypical stink bug, the Bagrada bug
• GIS database of land gastropods of California - native and not

This association has an annual membership fee of $45.  Memberships cover annual registration for all four quarterly meetings in December, March, June and September.

If you are interested in attending:

Date:  March 4, 2014
Time:  8:15 am - 3:00 am (presentations start at 9:00 am
Location:
     Los Angeles Arboretum
     301 North Baldwin Ave.
     Arcadia, CA
Contact:  Dr. Jim Downer, 805-645-1458 or ajdowner@ucanr.edu

See here for the agenda.