Bug Squad

 Was she protesting, preying or praying? A very large praying mantis showed up at a pro-democracy event in Rio Vista, Calif., on Labor Day.The mantis sailed over my head, "like a bird on the wing," and then dropped to the ground, landing on rough gravel. It looked too heavy and clumsy to fly. But…

 Congratulations to UC Davis staff research associate Joseph Tauzer, who manages the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility and who serves three labs within the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.Tauzer is a winner in the UC Davis Staff Assembly's coveted 2025 Citations of…

 As we celebrate Labor Day, let's also celebrate the honey bees: the queens, worker bees (females) and drones (males). They take no vacations, no holidays, and no breaks, and receive no overtime pay or retirement pensions.  The queen takes no maternity leave. In peak season, she will lay 1000…

 Bees and their mimics and eight-legged encounters (spiders) will be among the themes at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open houses for the 2025-26 academic year.Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum, part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology,…

 Quick question: Have you visited the Vacaville Museum's incredible gallery exhibit, "The Art of Death?" If so, did you peruse the insect displays from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis?Frankly, there's so much to see and learn about "The Art of Death"--which runs through Nov. 15--that you…