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That's One Gigantic Wasp

That's one gigantic wasp! The new species that Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of...

Close-up of a new wasp species discovered by UC Davis entomologist Lynn Kimsey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a new wasp species discovered by UC Davis entomologist Lynn Kimsey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Male (left) and female in comparison. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Male (left) and female in comparison. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologist Lynn Kimsey with her newly discovered species of wasp; this is a male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologist Lynn Kimsey with her newly discovered species of wasp; this is a male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

'Get fit Riverbank' a success

Riverbank wants another Get Fit: Health program a success
Kevin Valine, Modesto Bee

The Modesto Bee reported that "Get fit Riverbank," a free, eight-week community heath program co-sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension, will be repeated and perhaps expanded next year.

"It was just great," the article quoted Terri Spezzano, UCCE nutrition, family and consumer sciences adviser for Merced and Stanislaus counties and one of the Get Fit organizers. "We saw people out walking. We can't take all of the credit. The weather was just excellent."

ANR News Blog launches a new format

The ANR News Blog today launches a new streamlined format. You'll find headlines and links to current news media reports about UC Agriculture and Natural Resources activities and articles that use ANR expertise. For the rest of the story, just click through to the source article.

Collembola!

Collembola! Watch the springtails spring!Over the last several days, Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology at the...

A springtail (look to the right of "of") next to a penny. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A springtail (look to the right of "of the") next to a penny. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The springtail is less than 6 millimeters long. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The springtail is less than 6 millimeters long. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Site of the springtail sightings on Howard Way, looking toward Russell Boulevard on UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Site of the springtail sightings on Howard Way, looking toward Russell Boulevard on UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Spiders Predate on Fuller Rose Beetles

While surveying a site for Fuller rose beetle, we observed a number of dead beetles with their heads broken off.  We were wondering what might be predating on them, and I caught this spider in the act.  I was disappointed that I did not get a photo of the spider feeding (it dropped the beetle when it saw me), but I did see the spider with its mouth inside the body of the beetle.  The mystery is solved!  Its good to know that something is working on the beetle population.

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Dead Fuller rose beetle

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