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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/bugsquad/index.cfm. The story behind "The Sting" is here: https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7735.

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Congratulations, Bruce Hammock! McGiff Memorial Award

March 22, 2016

What an honor! And so deserving. He's an entomologist, trained to find ways to control insect pests, but now he aims to help humans with medical issues, including diabetes, high blood pressure and depression.

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The Bad News About the Monarch Population

March 21, 2016

Good news: The first day of spring. Bad news: The future of the Eastern, migratory population of the monarch butterflies. Research published today in Scientific Reports indicates there's a "quasi-extinction risk" for the Eastern, migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus).

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The Most Dangerous Animal on the Planet

March 18, 2016

What's the most dangerous animal on the planet? No, not rhinos, cape buffaloes, hippos, lions, elephants, crocodiles or sharks. It's an insect, the blood-sucking mosquito. Mosquitoes that transmit malaria, including Anopheles gambiae, kill more than people than any other animal on the planet.

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Bees Buzzed at Cal Ag Day--So Did the People

March 17, 2016

Bees buzzed at Cal Ag Day. So did the people.

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UC Davis Bee Symposium: Mark Your Calendar

March 16, 2016

You won't want to miss what's happening on the UC Davis campus on Saturday, May 7. It's the second annual UC Davis Bee Symposium: Keeping Bees Healthy.

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