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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 Anthophora urbana on Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Horizon' (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

ESA to Meet in Portland, Ore.

October 1, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Thousands of insect scientists worldwide are expected to attend the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), set Nov. 9-12 in Portland, Ore.The theme: "Bridging Generations with Innovation, Legacy, and Passion."ESA posted this on its website:"Get ready for Entomology 2025! From…
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Aedes albopictus mosquito, Lisa Baik lab

Lisa Baik Seminar: Targeting Taste System of Deadly Mosquitoes

September 30, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Don't miss the seminar by Lisa Baik, assistant professor of insect biology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT), who will speak on “Understanding and Targeting the Taste System of Deadly Mosquitoes” at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1 in 122 Briggs Hall. Her seminar will be…
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Beetle specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum Open House: From Collecting to Curating Insects

September 29, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Have you ever spotted a colorful dragonfly or a majestic monarch lying motionless along a road and thought "I'd sure love to take that home and preserve it?"The Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Sunday, Oct. 5 involves just that.  The event,  themed "Museum ABCs: How to Collect and…
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Honey bee on Mexican sunlower (Tithonia rotundifola) in the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Visit to the UC Davis Bee Haven

September 26, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 What do you prefer to do on a day off?For me, it's a "mini-vacation" to the UC Davis Bee Haven, the half-acre bee demonstration garden maintained by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT). Installed in the fall of 2009, it's located next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr Honey Bee Research…
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Megarhyssa atrata by Sloan Tomlinson

What a Wasp! What a Tattoo!

September 25, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 This is too good not to share!"That Wasp Guy" Sloan Tomlinson of Hatfield, Mass., an artist, photographer, researcher, and educator who "shares the beauty of the most-maligned insects: wasps," now has an incredible tattoo on his arm. It's of a Megarhyssa atrata, also known as the black…
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