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 sign in front of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis includes a skep with a hole tunneling to a hive in the back. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

In Defense of Our Lives, In Defense of Our Hives

November 11, 2021
It's Veterans' Day, the day we officially salute, honor and commemorate our military veterans. Let's pay special tribute to the servicemen and women who left the family farm to serve in our military. They were the farmers who fed the nation.
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Nature photographer Nicky Bay countered the Facebook post with this tweet. (Screen shot)

Oh, Those Beach-Bum Spiders!

November 9, 2021
Halloween is over, but the misinformation spread about spiders never will be. Some folks just despise spiders. A Facebook post that went viral has resulted in USA Today setting the record straight today (Nov. 9) by conferring with UC Davis arachnologist Jason Bond.
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A monarch nectaring on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in October, 2021 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What's Happening with Our Western Monarchs?

November 5, 2021
"A count of the Western monarch butterfly population last winter saw a staggering drop in numbers, but there are hopeful signs the beautiful pollinators are adapting to a changing climate and ecology.
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