Bug Squad

A daily (M-F) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008 and about the wonderful world of insects and those who study them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Jeff Smith's micro moth project. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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What a Micro Moth!

November 28, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis,  has just finished spreading the wings of a moth that has a 4mm wingspan."I've been concentrating for months on spreading our huge backlog of field pinned…
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Honey bee pollinating almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Hap-bee Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 When you sit down at your Thanksgiving table today, thank the bees.“A substantial portion of the meal is pollinated by the honey bee,” the late Extension Apiculturist Eric Mussen (1944-2022), a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty and a noted authority on honey bees, told us…
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Queen bee and her colony
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Zeroing in on Honey Bee Research

November 26, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 How to keep honey bees healthy...UC Davis alumnus and Honey bee specialist Richard Martinez of the E. L. Niño lab will present his exit seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on Wednesday, Dec. 3 in Room 122 of Briggs Hall.Martinez, who received his master's degree in…
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UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emerita Diane Ullman discussing Nature's Gallery, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, ast its dedication in June 2012. (Pohto by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Diane Ullman's Incredible Accomplishments

November 25, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 The incredible career and accomplishmenets of UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emerita Diane Ullman of the Department of Entomology and Nematology!She's featured in a newly released three-part video series produced by the UC Davis Emeriti Association in its ongoing video project to preserve the history…
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Queen bee and her colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'Art of the Bee' Now in German Language

November 24, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Noted honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr.--he is retired from administrative positions at UC Davis and Arizona State University--won't be in the United States on Thanksgiving.He'll be at a book launch Nov. 27 at the Deutches Museum in Munich where he will deliver a public lecture on his book,  …
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