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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay

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UC ANR is renovating its website. The Bug Squad blog, by Kathy Keatley Garvey of the University of California, Davis, is a daily (Monday-Friday) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008. It is about the wonderful world of insects and the entomologists who study them. Blog posts are archived at https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/archive.cfm

Noted dragonfly expert Rosser Garrison shows a slide of Cora semiopaca at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Bohart Museum Open House: Dragonflies Rule!

November 9, 2022

Dragonflies rule! That was the theme of the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 6, and dragonflies do just that--they rule. They don't just rule in the water as larvae and in the air as adults.

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Larry Snyder's monarch photography display in the hallway opposite the entrance to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, Academic Surge Building.

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Monarch Photography Display Graces Bohart Museum Hallway

November 8, 2022

Just before you enter the Bohart Museum of Entomology (located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building at 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus), the hallway display of monarch butterfly images will grab your attention.

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An example of insect-plant interaction: a red-humped caterpillar, Schizura concinna, munching on a Western redbud leaf. This insect is found throughout much of the United States. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Learn About Plant-Insect Interactions at this UC Davis Seminar

November 7, 2022

If you're interested in plant-insect interactions and communication, don't miss this virtual seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

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A flameskimmer, Libellula saturata, with prey. This image was taken in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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It's Friday Fly Day--No, Make that DragonFLY Day

November 4, 2022

It's Friday Fly Day--no, let's switch that insect order from Diptera to Odonata and make it "DragonFLY Day." Better yet, let's make Sunday, Nov. 6 "The DragonFLY Day." That's when the Bohart Museum of Entomology is hosting an open house--themed "Dragonflies Rule!"--from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

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UC Davis student Christofer Brown presents a program on dragonflies to middle schoolers enrolled in the UC Davis Bio Boot Camp, held in the summer of 2022. This image was taken by Putah Creek. (Tabatha Yang Photo)

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Don't Miss the Dragonfly Open House Nov. 6 at Bohart Museum of Entomology

November 3, 2022

Dragonflies rule and so do the scientists who study them. Be sure to attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Dragonflies Rule!" from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. It's free and family friendly.

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