Bug Squad

 "Tropical milkweed is not the first thing that we need to worry about in monarch butterfly conservation.”So says UC Davis professor and monarch scientist Elizabeth Crone of the Department of Evolution and Ecology.Crone is the senior author of the newly published “Neither Source Nor Trap: Urban Gardens…

 Where are all the butterflies?Many butterfly species you remember from your childhood simply aren’t around anymore or their numbers are dwindling.  Nationally, we’ve seen a 20 percent decline in our butterfly population over the last 24 years, and that, coupled with the rising threat of extinction…

 How much do lady beetles love aphids?It's love at first bite. And it amounts to some 50 bites a day.The lady beetle, commonly known as a ladybug, is a legend when it comes to its voracious appetite. It eats some 50 aphids a day--a 50-course meal--and in its lifetime, it can polish off a whopping 5000…

 Several area agricultural communicators who won gold, or first-place awards, from the international Association for Communication Excellence (ACE), will be honored at the ACE conference set June 16-18 in Milwaukee, Wis.ACE is an association of communications professionals and educators who …

 When you think of sticks, you may think of the object you toss to your dog, what you step on while taking your morning walk, or "the stick people" masquerading as your family on the rear window of your car.But if you're at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, "sticks" can mean only one thing: the walking…