Noted hymenopterist Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, shed light on the Asian giant hornet in an interview with urban entomologist Michael Bentley on his BugBytes podcast. See https://bit.
The Western corn rootworm, known as the billion-dollar beetle because its larvae ravage America's corn crops to the economic tune of $1 billion a year, may need a new nickname.
Postdoctoral researchers Amber Crowley-Gall and Marshall McMunn of the Rachel Vannette lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, have each received a two-year, $165,000 postdoctoral fellowship from the U.S.
UC Davis doctoral student Alexandria Allie Igwe, advised by community ecologist and assistant professor Rachel Vannette of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has received a prestigious $138,000 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on soil microbial communiti...
