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  • Pretty in pink. A jumping spider on a pink rose in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
    Happy Arachtober!

    It's October and Arachtober: the month to celebrate spiders and other arachnids. As arachnologists will tell you, arachnids are arthropods that include spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel spiders, whip spiders and...


    By Kathy Keatley Garvey
    Author - Communications specialist
  • Megna at the 2024 State Leadership Conference
    Beyond Ready with the SLC Planning Team

    About the Author Megna Nayar is a 4-H Alumna and former State Ambassador from Santa Clara County. She started in 4-H when she was in the 7th grade. Her first project was the Computer Science Pathway team, and she also started a baking club. Megna became...


  • As a leading nationwide youth-development organization, 4-H delivers research-based, positive youth development practices through its community-based programs. Youth gain life and work readiness skills through hands-on projects. Photo courtesy of National 4-H
    4-H ag tech breakfast to support next generation of leaders, innovators

    Event at FIRA USA in Yolo County includes look at agricultural robotics, automation The FIRA USA ag tech conference, Oct. 22-24 in Woodland, showcases the latest robotics and automation innovations. A special breakfast during the event will support...


    By Michael Hsu
    Author - Senior Public Information Representative
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    Zeroing in on Honey Bees

    The next seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology promises to be of great interest to bee scientists, beekeepers, and all those who want to learn more about honey bees. An international leader in honey bee...


    By Kathy Keatley Garvey
    Author - Communications specialist
  • Thea Schmidt, 4, of Folsom points excitedly to the tenants of the live petting zoo at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
    For the Love of Insects

    How many kids have you seen running and screaming every time they encounter an insect? Maybe not so much when it's a lady beetle (aka ladybug), or a butterfly. But Madagascar hissing cockroaches and stick insects sometimes get many a "yecch"...


    By Kathy Keatley Garvey
    Author - Communications specialist