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Not Good News on the Monarch Front
The dwindling number of monarchs overwintering along the California coast is of great...
Overwintering monarchs clustering in an 80-foot-high eucalyptus tree at the Natural Bridges State Park butterfly sanctuary, Santa Cruz on Dec. 30, 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
New Look for UC IPM Web Pages
Change is in the air. Weather, daylight savings, politics, holiday decorations, and yes,...
Invasive Pest Spotlight: Mediterranean Fruit Fly
The invasive pest spotlight focuses on emerging or potential invasive pests in California. In this...
An Introduction to Dragonflies and Spiders
Predators employ a diversity of behavioral and morphological adaptations to successfully capture...
Doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers explains how a dragonfly catches prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers fielding questions about dragonflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim answers a question about spiders. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Placerville residents Sullivan Lowe, 6, and his father, Ron Lowe watch as UC Davis doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim fluoresces a tarantula with ultraviolet (UV) light. Sullivan is holding a plastic spider that Jochim gave him. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Neonicotinoid Pesticides Off the Shelf in January 2025
The common insecticide imidacloprid, and the related active ingredients acetamiprid, clothianidin,...
