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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

Heather DeGroot of Vallejo, coordinator of the McCormack Hall exhibits, Solano County Fair, shows a watercolor by Richard Laswell of Rio Vista that depicts three dragonflies. In back is an oils-acrylic butterfly by Ashley Workman of Vallejo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Sneak Peak at a Couple of Solano County Fair Entries

June 13, 2022

A sneak peak at a couple of Solano County Fair entries...think insects! The COVID-19 pandemic derailed fairs and festivals, but now they're back on track. Take the 73rd annual Solano County Fair, themed "Bales of Fun.

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A dorsal view of a female Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, asleep on a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Sleepy-Time for a Valley Carpenter Bee

June 10, 2022

It's always a good idea to carry your cell phone or shoulder a camera while you're taking a stroll through a garden. You never know what you will see.

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Brandon DeGroot,6, examines the bug he just collected outside McCormack Hall, Solano County Fairgrounds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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An Interview with a Budding Scientist

June 9, 2022

Teach 'em young, they say. Encourage them to learn about insects, spiders and other critters at a young age. When you first meet Brandon DeGroot, 6, of Vallejo, he'll tell you "I love spiders and snakes" and he'll flash a big smile.

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UC Davis doctoral candidate and arachnologist Lacie Newton delivering her exit seminar. She will be participating in the American Arachnological Society conference at UC Davis. An open house at the Bohart Museum on June 25 will kick off the conference.

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From Students to University Professionals: A Gathering of Arachnologists at UC Davis

June 8, 2022

One of the scores of arachnologists you'll see at the "Eight-Legged Encounters" open house on Saturday, June 25 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology will be doctoral candidate Lacie Newton, an amazing young UC Davis scientist who just delivered her exit seminar on "Evolution and Speciation in the Trap...

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Professor Eileen Hebets of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, is the co-host of the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication, University of Nebraska)

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Arachnid Alert! 'Powerhouse' of Arachnologists to Greet Public at Bohart Museum Open House

June 7, 2022

Arachnid alert! A free, public open house on Eight-Legged Encounters, featuring spiders and other arachnids, promises to be one of the biggest events--if not the leggiest!--of the year on the UC Davis campus and beyond. The event, set from 1 to 4 p.m.

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