Entomologists will zero in on the malaria mosquito, light brown apple moth, honey bee and the nematode at the May meeting of the Northern California Entomology Club, affiliated with the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis.

The meeting begins at 9:15 a.m., Thursday, May 3 at Sudwerk, 2001 2nd St., Davis, with coffee and registration. The group is comprised of university faculty, researchers, students, mosquito and pest abatement professionals and other interested persons, said UC Davis mosquito researcher and club president Debbie Dritz. All programs are open to the public.

The schedule includes:

9:45 a.m.: "Effective Approaches for Mosquito Control in Africa to Reduce Malaria Transmission" by medical entomologist Gregory Lanzaro, director of the statewide UC Mosquito Research Program, UC Davis Center for Vectorborne Diseases and the statewide UC Malaria Research and Control Group

10:30 a.m.: "Exotic Pest Finds in 2006-07 and Programs Designed to Abate Them" by state entomologist Kevin Hoffman, Pest Detection/Emergency Projects, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento

11:15 a.m.: "Using the Nematodes to Control Agricultural Pests in Orchards" by Amanda Hodson, graduate student, UC Davis Department of Entomology

Noon: Catered lunch ($15 per person)

1:15: "Conducting a Light Brown Apple Moth Eradication Program in Alameda County" by chief deputy agricultural commissioner Gregory Gee, Alameda County Agricultural Commissioner's Office

2 p.m.: "Colony Collapse Disorder of Honey Bees" by honey bee expert and Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, UC Davis Department of Entomology

For reservations, contact Eric Mussen, UC Davis Department of Entomology, at ecmussen@ucdavis.edu, (530) 752-0472 (phone) or (530) 754-7757 (fax).

The Northern California Entomology Club meets the first Thursdays of February, May and November. The group meets in February at the Hungry Hunter, Fairfield; in May at Sudwerk, Davis, and in November at the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District office, Concord. Membership dues are $10 year.

Those attending the meeting will be ordering from the full menu, which will include a beverage of choice, Dritz said.