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 long-horned bee, Melissodes agilis, chases a female of the species over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Chase

October 5, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've ever tried to photograph male long-horned bees, Melissodes agilis, you know how fast they can fly and how quick they can dart. They fly even faster when they're chasing the females of their species. It was the last day of June.
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Human hibernation and longevity will be the topic of UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey's quest for research papers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Entomologist's Novel Idea: He'll Pay for Equivalent of 'Term Papers'

September 29, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Have you ever written a well-researched A-plus term paper and commented "I wish I could have been paid for that!" Well, now you can. A UC Davis professor will pay you--if you're a top-notch UC Davis student--to write (the equivalent of) a "term paper." UC Davis distinguished professor James R.
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