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 monarch butterfly just deposited this egg on a milkweed leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Oleander Aphid and the Monarch Egg

November 4, 2020
You never know about those photo-bombers. You can't trust 'em. So here I was, trying to photograph a tiny egg that a monarch butterfly had just deposited on our milkweed. I held it up for a better look.
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UC Davis emeritus professor Hugh Dingle, wearing a Bohart Museum t-shirt, and then doctoral student Micah Freedman, did monarch research on Guam.

The Importance of Museum Collections

November 3, 2020
We're glad to see the importance of museum collections mentioned in the newly published UC Davis research analyzing modern-day and museum collections of monarch butterflies over a 200-year period.
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These three jack o'lanterns represent a butterfly, bee and dragonfly. They were among Halloween decorations at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's annual Halloween parties. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Happy (Bee, Butterfly, Dragonfly) Halloween!

October 30, 2020
The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, won't be the site of a Halloween party this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic precautions. But oh, the memories! "Friends of the Bohart" annually host the fun-filled event.
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A jumping spider, member of the Salticidae family, perches on a tropical milkweed plant and eyes the photographer. Friend or foe? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hi, I'm a Jumping Spider

October 29, 2020
Hi, I'm a jumping spider. I see that you found me on the tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. I'm just here for the prey, and you are definitely not prey, so not to worry.
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