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The Sting. (c) Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A ladybug grabbing an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Meet Our Garden Heroes at Bohart Museum Open House on March 2

February 28, 2014
If there's anything better than a ladybug eating an aphid, it's a ladybug devouring dozens of aphids. Get 'em! Ladybugs--actually, they're "lady beetles"--are garden heroes. And that's the theme of the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Sunday, March 2 from 1 to 4 p.m.
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A female Valley carpenter bee buzzes in the almond blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Carpenter Bees Like Almond Blossoms, Too

February 27, 2014
We're accustomed to seeing honey bees pollinating the almonds. But carpenter bees do, too. We spotted a female Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, foraging in an almond tree on Feb. 24 in a field adjacent to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.
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Honey bee foraging on mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Feeding the Bees

February 26, 2014
Talk about good news. Honey bees will definitely benefit from the U.S.
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Ants by Alexander Wild.
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A Book You Can't Refuse

February 25, 2014
If you want to learn more about ants, especially those in New York City, then here's a newly published book you can't refuse. And it's not only a book you can't refuse, but you can reuse over and over again. It's that fascinating. "Dr.
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