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Dandelions in the Landscape

Dandelions are broadleaf plants easily recognizable by their bright yellow flower and puffball of...

Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 9:40 PM

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Tags: control (72), Dandelion (4), landscape (98), lawn (22), puffball (1), Roncoroni (3), turf (10), UC IPM (509), weed (50)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

[From the UC Weed Science blog] In what has been dubbed “dandelion-gate,” members of...

Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 9:00 AM

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Author: Cheryl A. Wilen

Tags: biological control (15), chemical (1), control (72), cultural control (4), dandelion (4), integrated pest management (76), mechanical control (1), pesticide (48), physical control (3), UC IPM (509), Washington state legislature (1), weed (50), wilen thresholds (1)

Squatters' Rights

Squatters' rights. A dandelion poking through the rocks near Nick's Cove on Tomales Bay, in...

Fly-In
Fly-In

HOVER FLY, from the family Syrphidae swoops down on a dandelion claimed by a sweat bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two's Company

TWO'S COMPANY--A tiny sweat bee and a hover fly share the same dandelion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

On the Rim

POLLEN-PACKING sweat bee (top) prepares to leave the dandelion to the much larger hover fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Alone
Alone

ALONE, the hover fly nectars the dandelion flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 at 5:39 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: dandelion (4), hover fly (21), Lasioglossum (6), Sonoma County (5), sweat bee (23), Syrphidae (8)

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Posts Tagged: Dandelion

Dandelions in the Landscape

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Squatters' Rights

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