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Potato Bug Lovers, Unite! A 'Vienna Sausage' T-Shirt!
It had to happen. With so many folks asking "What are those weird bugs?" and UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, describing them as "basically Vienna sausages with bitey jaws," it definitely had to happen--a Bohart t-shirt...
This is the Jerusalem cricket t-shirt by artist Allen Chew, a UC Davis student and Bohart volunteer, and designer Fran Keller, professor at Folsom Lake College. Keller, a Bohart Museum scientist, is a UC Davis doctoral alumnus.
This Jerusalem cricket, aka potato bug, surfaced in April at the Doran Beach campground, Bodega Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A dorsal view of the Jerusalem cricket, aka potato bug, spotted in April at the Doran Beach campground, Bodega Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato...Four
One potato, two potato, three potato...four... Well, make that "one potato bug, two potato bugs, three potato bugs...four." The potato bug, also known as a Jerusalem cricket, seems to be everywhere in the Bay Area after the heavy rains. It gained the nickname of "potato bug" because it feeds...
A potato bug, aka Jerusalem cricket, at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This Is NOT an Asian Giant Hornet
Nope, not an Asian giant hornet. Not even close. It's a Jerusalem cricket, sometimes called a "potato bug." The be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) for the Asian giant hornet detected in Canada and Washington state has resulted in scores of queries and submissions of not-even-close...
This is a Jerusalem cricket, commonly known as a "potato bug." Someone once described it as a "cricket on steroids." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the Asian giant hornet. (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture.)
2020 Klamath Basin Potato Seminar
Klamath Basin Potato Seminar2020 Flyer
UC Davis Researcher Targeting Zebra Chip: It's Not a Chip You Want
When you're munching on French fries or potato chips, you're probably not thinking about the potato psyllid. But you should be. You should especially be thinking about the zebra chip. No, it's not a newly marketed potato chip or computer chip. Basically, it's a disease of potatoes transmitted by...
The potato psyllid, a pest of potatoes, transmits a bacteria that causes zebra chip disease. (Photo by Don Henne)
