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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

Jason Bond,professor of entomology and the Evert and Marion Schlinger endowed chair in insect systematics, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is a newly selected co-editor-in-chief of the journal Insect Systematics and Diversity (ISD), published by the Entomological Society of America (ESA). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Congrats to UC Davis Professor Jason Bond: Co-Editor-In-Chief of an ESA Journal

October 12, 2021

The Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of California, Davis, is in the news today, and what wonderful, exciting news! Jason Bond, UC Davis professor of entomology and the Evert and Marion Schlinger endowed chair in insect systematics is a newly selected co-editor-in-chief of t...

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Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, shows a display of insects at a Vacaville Public Library event. The Bohart is in need of traveling display boxes and is raising funds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Bohart Museum of Entomology: A Need to Raise Funds for Traveling Display Boxes

October 11, 2021

Oh, how popular they are. If you've ever seen youngsters jumping up and down in pure delight--and pure enthusiasm--you've probably been to an event spotlighting the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology insect specimens. And now you can help.

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Internationally recognized scientist Hans Herren

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Hans Herren: Why Sustainable Farming That Works With Nature Is Crucial

October 8, 2021

If you're near the University of California, Davis campus on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 13, and concerned about the future of the food system and agroecology--sustainable farming that works with nature--you won't want to miss this lecture.

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Cooperative Extension specialist and agricultural entomologist Ian Grettenberger of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology is shown in this frame in KQED's Deep Look video on aphids. The work of Josh Cassidy, it won an international nature award, the equivalent of an Oscar. (Screen shot)

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Deep Look's Award-Winning Aphid Video by Josh Cassidy--and a UC Davis Entomologist's Role

October 7, 2021

(Editor's Note: Watch Josh Cassidy's Deep Look award-winning video on YouTube.

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A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, nectaring on a butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii. Many nectar plants will be available at the UC Davis Arboretum Nursery online plant sales. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery's Online Plant Sales Scheduled

October 6, 2021

If you've been thinking about bees, butterflies and other pollinators--and wondering when the next UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery online plant sales will take place--mark your calendar. Members-Only Online Plant Sales with Curbside Pick-Up. You shop at the online plant store Tuesday, Oct.

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