Bug Squad

Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A scanning electron micrograph of a nematode, a Steinernema carpocapsae, spitting venom. (Image by Adler Dillman)
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These Microscopic Parasitic Nematodes or Round Worms Spit Venom

October 26, 2021
Who knew? Who knew that you, along with billions of other people, could be infected with undetected microscopic parasitic nematodes, or round worms? And that they spit venom? Parasitologist Adler Dillman of UC Riverside knows. In fact, he recently received a $1.
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Jason Bond, new associate dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Congrats to Newly Appointed Associate Dean Jason Bond!

October 25, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Jason Bond, the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology! The multi-talented professor, researcher, teacher and editor--with a deep background in administration--is the newly appointed Associate Dean for Research and Outr...
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Monarch laying an egg in Vacaville on Oct. 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Good News on the Monarch Butterfly Front

October 22, 2021
She came, she saw, she oviposited, she nectared and she left. That's the extent of our sole monarch sighting in our Vacaville pollinator garden this year. This occurred Oct. 9.
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Art work by Christine Melvin, an associate at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Can you identify the flora and fauna?
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The Boh-Art Drawing Helps Mark an Important Anniversary

October 21, 2021
Insect enthusiasts will love the Bohart Museum of Entomology's latest art piece, commissioned as part of the museum's 75th anniversary. A small graphic is posted on the Bohart Museum website with a link to a large PDF that you can download and color.
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