Bug Squad

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

UC Davis entomology alumnus Joel Hernandez shows morpho butterflies to visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the 2019 UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Gearing up for 9th Annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

December 23, 2019

Mark your calendars. You and your family and friends will soon be in for an entertaining and educational time. And it's free.

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The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology hosted a holiday party at the International House, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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A Nematologist, Aquatic Entomologist and a Community Ecologist Walked Into...

December 20, 2019

Did you hear about the nematologist, aquatic entomologist and the community ecologist who walked into the International House at the University of California, Davis? Sounds like a great story, right? Make that great cookies.

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A golden bee, a Cordovan, sipping nectar on a lavender blossom in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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The Thirteen Bugs of Christmas: Revisited

December 19, 2019

Move over, "Twelve Days of Christmas.

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James R. Carey, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology

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James R. Carey and Deborah Roach: Incredible Book on Biodemography

December 18, 2019

The long-awaited book on biodemography is about to be published and it's incredible. Distinguished professor James R.

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UC Davis doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot walks on stage to receive the John Henry Comstock Award from ESA President Robert Peterson of Montana State University. (ESA Photo)

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'Ant Man' Brendon Boudinot: John Henry Comstock Award

December 17, 2019

John Henry Comstock would be proud. At each annual meeting, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) presents the prestigious John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award to six outstanding graduate students, one from each branch of the ESA.

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