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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

An Argentine ant climbs up a spoon laden with honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Ants: 'The Little Things That Run the World'

January 4, 2022

The recent death of "Ant Man" E. O. Wilson brings back memories of a family-friendly seminar on ants that UC Davis Professor Phil Ward presented Feb. 20, 2021 during the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day/Month.

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UC Davis doctoral candidate Maureen Page is the co-winner of the 2022 Robbin Thorp Bumble Bee Contest.

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The Buzz Behind the UC Davis Bumble Bee Contest

January 3, 2022

The Bohart Museum of Entomology generated a lot of buzz when it sponsored its second annual "Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest.

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A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, nectaring on nectarine blossoms in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Game On! Find and Photograph the First Bumble Bee of the Year

December 31, 2021

Game on! If you're thinking about taking a walk in Yolo or Solano counties to celebrate the new year--or just to get some exercise in keeping with your New Year's Resolution (you did make one, didn't you?)--bring your camera.

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Former UC Davis graduate student Fran Keller, now a professor at Folsom Lake College, met E. O. Wilson in May of 2005. She interviewed him for a presentation at the 2005 Entomological Society of America meeting.

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A Memorable Interview with E. O. Wilson

December 30, 2021

This is the story about an entomologist, a rhino, a woodpecker and E. O. Wilson. Back in May of 2005, entomologist Fran Keller, a professor at Folsom Lake College and a UC Davis doctoral alumnus, interviewed E. O.

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This is a cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. In its larval stage, it is a pest of cucurbits. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest? Maybe Not in 2022

December 29, 2021

There may not be a UC Davis "Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest" or "Suds for a Bug" in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic precautions and/or lockdown may interfere with it.

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