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A Gulf Fritillary shares a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) with a hover fly (Syrphid). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Where Are You, Gulf Fritillaries?

June 28, 2019
Where are you, Gulf Fritillaries? The Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) population seems to be diminishing this year around Solano and Yolo counties. A few here, a few there, but not in the large numbers of last year.
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Rachael Long takes notes on sunflower seed production.
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California takes the lead on hybrid sunflower seed production

June 11, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Enjoying a tasty sunflower seed snack? Cooking with sunflower oil? Thank a California sunflower seed grower for producing the hybrid seed that's used for planting sunflower crops throughout the United States and the world, for confectionery and oil seed production.
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Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine Lifted

May 31, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Subject: End of the Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine Sacramento and Yolo Counties Effective May 28, 2019 the Department is removing the Oriental Fruit Fly quarantine located in Sacramento and Yolo Counties. Maps of any remaining Oriental Fruit Fly quarantine boundaries can be found at: www.cdfa.ca.
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Invasive species threaten California's landscapes.
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Invasive species threaten California’s economy and ecology

May 31, 2019
When insects, weeds, animals and diseases enter California from elsewhere in the nation or world, they can cause economic losses to agricultural crops and ecological damage to the state's natural areas. Ultimately, invasive species affect every resident of California.
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Las ratas de tejado son una especie introducida en California
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Ratas de tejado causan daños en huertas

May 29, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Para prevenir problemas, los cientficos de UC ANR recomiendan monitorear la actividad de los roedores y usar estaciones de cebo antes de la temporada de crecimiento.
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May 25 Update

May 25, 2019
Weather outlook: After further atypical cool, showery weather over the last week or so, the forecast for the next ten days shows a more settled period of dry weather with partial cloud cover and daytime highs gradually increasing towards 90F.
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