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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

UC DAVIS Department of Entomology faculty member Larry Godfrey (right) answers questions about bugs. Behind him are Meredith Cenzer and Matan Shelomi. (Photo of Good Day Sacramento TV screen by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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BYOB Doesn't Mean What You Think

January 18, 2011

BYOB doesn't mean what you think it does. Ask any entomology student and it means "Bring Your Own Bug." And that's exactly what the UC Davis Linnaean Team did this morning during an interview with the TV anchors of Good Day Sacramento.

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INFESTED BEE FRAME shows a small hive beetle and wax moth larvae. This is a frozen frame. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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You Had to 'Bee' There

January 17, 2011

The industrious honey bee buzzed around a lot during the Linnaean Games at the Entomological Society of Americas recent meeting in San Diego. Not the honey bee itselfquestions about the honey bee.

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OVERWINTERING ladybug walks out onto an artemisa leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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What's Better than a Ladybug?

January 14, 2011

If there's anything better than one ladybug, it's two ladybugs. And if there's anything better than two ladybugs, it's a cluster of ladybugs. Our bee friendly garden is devoid of bees, but about 12 ladybugs are overwintering near the house.

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Jonathan Pruitt, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Population Biology, UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology, will speak Jan. 19 on “From Individuals to Populations to Communities: When Does Personality Matter?”

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When Does Personality Matter?

January 13, 2011

When does personality matter? Jonathan Pruitt, a postdoctoral fellow with the Center for Population Biology, UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology, will speak on From Individuals to Populations to Communities: When Does Personality Matter?

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ENTOMOLOGIST-ARTIST Diane Ullman served as a juror for "The Consilience of Art and Science Exhibit," to run Jan. 14-Feb. 27 at the Pence Gallery, Davis. Ullman and Davis artist Donna Billick co-founded and co-direct the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Don't Miss 'Specimens'

January 12, 2011

When you fuse art with science--or science with art--the end results can be stunning. The UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program and the Pence Gallery, Davis, are co-sponsoring a Consilience of Art and Science Exhibit, set Jan. 14-Feb. 27, at the Pence Gallery, 212 D St., Davis.

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