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Reposted from UC Davis News Scientists at the University of California, Davis, are taking the temperature and other measurements of lakes of all sizes and shapes throughout the mountains of California to see how climate change is affecting them and what, perhaps, can be done about it.

The first step in developing an effective weed management program is being able to properly identify the weed species that are infesting a field. But why? Why is weed identification so important? Simply stated, because not all weeds are created equal.

Seminar series coordinator Geoffrey Attardo, medical entomologist and assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has announced the list of seminars for the winter quarter. The seminars begin Jan. 9 and continue through March 13. All will take place from 4:10 to 5 p.m.

That is a long name for a little job right? Nope! The UCCE Placer & Nevada Counties serves a growing number of small farmers and ranchers in these two counties. Over 75% of commercial farms and ranches are small scale(less than 50 acres).

Biological controls seem the ideal solution to insect pests. No poisonous residue to harm the plantor the consumer if the plant is one grown for food. Unlike broad-spectrum insecticides that can damage beneficial insects along with the pest, most biological controls target a specific organism.

"Drones are male bees that contribute only in the perm production for the queen." So wrote an undergraduate student in one of Lynn Kimsey's entomology classes at the University of California, Davis. The student meant "sperm." But it came out "perm.

The swarmers are attracted to lights and tend to expose themselves in the evenings. That's how a University of California, Davis undergraduate student described mayflies in a class taught by Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

Nevada Buck Moth By Norman Smith UCCE Master Gardener Let' s veer away from the creepy (black widows and tarantulas) to something much less intimidating. The Nevada Buck Moth is another unusual California insect. First, it is a day flying moth.

As you probably know if you've read previous posts on Ranching in the Sierra Foothills, my go-to tool for protecting sheep on our foothill rangeland and irrigated pasture is my livestock guardian dogs.

How they survived: Owners of the few homes left standing around Paradise, Calif., took critical steps to ward off wildfires (Washington Post) Sarah Kaplan, Frances Stead Sellers, Nov.