University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology

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Scarab Biocontrol Workshop
Phoenix, AZ
29-30 March 2001
Brett Ratcliffe

Mary Liz Jameson and Brett Ratcliffe presented papers on their scarab research at the Scarab Biocontrol Workshop, which was held at the University of Arizona’s Maricopa Agricultural Center. Organized by Kirk Smith and Michael Klein, the conference brought together systematists, applied entomologists, and an ethnologist to discuss scarab beetles.


Sonoran desert just north of Tucson with saguaro, cholla, ocotillo, barrel, and prickly pear cactus with palo verde trees. Photo by M. Jameson.		Hedgehog cacti in flower north of Tucson. Photo by M. Jameson.
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Kirk Smith on left (University of Arizona-Maricopa) and Carl Olson (University of Arizona-Tucson). Photo by M. Jameson.		Trevor Jackson on left (Agriculture Research, New Zealand) and Michael Klein (USDA/ARS, Wooster, OH). Photo by M. Jameson.
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The "Scarab Question and Answer Panel." From the left, Chuck Brodel (USDA/APHIS, Miami, FL), Bruce Gill (Agriculture Canada, Ottawa), Mary Liz Jameson and Brett Ratcliffe (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), and Bill Warner (Farnam Companies, Phoenix, AZ). Photo by Captain Kirk.		Bruce Gill on left and Bill Warner in Bill’s bug room at home with appropriately- sized scarab collecting jars. You’d smile too with as many grapefruit margaritas as they had! Photo by M. Jameson.
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