Bug Squad

 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…

 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…

 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…

 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…

 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…