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Attack of the Clones: Deep Look at the Lives of Aphids

新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Cooperative Extension specialist and agricultural entomologist  of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty, assisted with the award-winning KQED Deep Look video, .

Grettenberger provided his expertise and some aphids, working with digital video producer , senior video producer for KQED Science and the lead producer and cinematographer for a short-form nature series that illuminates fascinating stories in the natural world.

Cassidy鈥檚 aphid video scored an international , winning first place in the category, 鈥淎nimal Behavior, Short Form video (17 minutes or less).鈥

In selecting it as the best film in its category, the judges said it 鈥渕ost effectively explores animal behavior in an innovative and illuminating way.鈥

Aphids can reproduce at a remarkable rate. They mostly birth live young who are clones of their mothers, with no sexual reproduction involved. Females are born already pregnant with the next generation of aphids. Luckily for gardeners, natural predators such as ladybugs, lacewings and parasitoid wasps can help keep aphids in check.

The aphid video came about when Cassidy approached Grettenberger looking for researchers working on aphids.

鈥淚 told him I wasn鈥檛 working in the lab with aphids, but he could come check out my garden, which happened to be chock full of them,鈥 Grettenberger said. Much of the film was shot around Grettenberger鈥檚 home and garden.

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Grettenberger runs a YouTube channel on . One of his most popular videos is his post on .

(新澳门六合彩内幕信息ANR Bug Squad blog)

Kathy Keatley Garvey is a writer with the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. 

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