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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A male leafcutter bee lands on a spent flower. He is not alone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Good Morning for a Bee

July 24, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a beautiful morning and life is good. A male leafcutter bee (genus Megachile) drops down on a spent flower in a Vacaville pollinator garden. He's warming his flight muscles, ready to greet the day--and maybe a female of his species. Mr.
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A white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Where to Meet Some Lepidopterists and Dipterists--and Learn About Mosquitoes!

July 20, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Moths will grab the spotlight at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Saturday, July 22 but besides Lepidopterists (those who study butterflies and moths), attendees can meet and greet dipterists (those who study flies), learn about mosquitoes from the author of a newly published children...
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The UC Davis Shahid Siddique lab excelled at the international Society of Nematologists' 62nd annual meeting, held in Columbus, Ohio. Pictured with Siddique are doctoral students in his lab. From left are Ching-Jung Lin, Veronica Casey, Pallavi Shakya and Alison Coomer Blundell, all award winners.

Shahid Siddique Lab Shines at International Society of Nematologists' Meeting

July 18, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congrats to the lab of nematologist Shahid Siddique, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, for excellent presentations at the 62nd annual meeting of the Society of Nematologists (SON), held July 9-14 in Columbus, Ohio: Alison Coomer Blundell, who will be a fourth-year doctoral candidate...
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