Bug Blog
Remembering Richard 'Doc' Bohart
The date of Sept. 28 is significant. It's the birthday anniversary of noted entomologist Richard "Doc" Bohart (1913-2007), founder of the Bohart Museum of Entomology,...
Richard "Doc" Bohart, seated, with UC Davis professor emeritus and entomologist Robert Washino on May 15, 2006 in Briggs Hall. The occasion: a ceremony honoring Bohart, recipient of the International Society of Hymenopterists' Distinguished Research Medal, then one of three ever awarded. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
They Spent Their Summer Doing Research in a UC Davis Nematology Lab
It's great to see two high school seniors spend their summer doing research in a UC Davis nematology lab as young scholars in the UC Davis Young Scholars Program (YSP) YSP is a...
Mason Walline won second place in the UC Davis Young Scholars Program "Summer Slam" (Elevator Pitch or short-version), competing with some 35 other students. (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)
Anderson Van Dang presented his research, "Effects of Bacteria Supernatant on Parasitic Nematodes." (Photo by Ching-Jung Lin)
Wings Up! Let's Go!
Wings up! Let's go! The monarch fall migration is underway. "Unlike most other insects in temperate climates, monarch butterflies cannot survive a long cold winter. Instead, they spend the winter...
A monarch butterfly gliding over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola on Sept. 17 in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Monarch Kind of Day
What we've been waiting for all season... A migratory monarch butterfly fluttered into our Vacaville garden at noon today (Tuesday, Sept. 17) and nectared on a Mexican sunflower,...
A female monarch nectaring on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotunifola, in a Vacaville garden at noon, Sept. 17, 2024. At left is a territorial male longhorned bee, probably Melissodes agilis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The female monarch butterfly lifts off the Tithonia. This image was taken with a Nikon D500 with a 200mm macro lens. Settings: 1/4000 of a second; f-stop, 5.6; ISO 640.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch descends, ready to head to another blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
She lifts up and away she goes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tiny Bug, Big Trouble, Great Science
You may have never seen this tiny bug that's causing big trouble. But agriculturists and scientists have. The spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii, is an agricultural...
Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzuki, on a raspberry. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)