Posts Tagged: Garden
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...
Neonicotinoid Pesticides Off the Shelf in January 2025
The common insecticide imidacloprid, and the related active ingredients acetamiprid, clothianidin,...
The Intricate Craft of Making a Spider Web
If you've ever closely examined a spider web, you know how incredible they are. But if you...
Tabatha Yang (left) the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, with UC Davis student and Bohart intern, Jasmine Chow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Isaiah Sahakian Frenz, 6, of Davis, listens closely to the instructions on how to make a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Isaiah Sahakian Frenz, 6, begins working on a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Isaiah Sahakian Frenz stretches the yarn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Isaiah Sahakian Frenz and his brother, Levon Sahakian Frenz, mastering the art of making a colorful spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the hands of Levon Sahakian Frenz working the yarn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)