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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UC Davis student Emma Vazquez rapping about food waste in a video she created.
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Area Ag Communicators Win Gold

June 3, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Several area agricultural communicators who won gold, or first-place awards, from the international Association for Communication Excellence (ACE), will be honored at the ACE conference set June 16-18 in Milwaukee, Wis.ACE is an association of communications professionals and educators who …
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A stick insect at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Bohart and The Sticks

June 2, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 When you think of sticks, you may think of the object you toss to your dog, what you step on while taking your morning walk, or "the stick people" masquerading as your family on the rear window of your car.But if you're at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, "sticks" can mean only one thing: the walking…
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The making of a maggot art masterpiece. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Maggot Art Masterpiece

May 30, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 "Better autograph that right now. That could be a valuable piece of art some day!"So said an onlooker when youngsters were creating maggot art at the recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. The theme: "Insects: Life Stages."Doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim of the lab of Professor Jason Bond,…
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Flame skimmer dragonfly (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Wonder of Dragonflies

May 29, 2025
 UC Davis doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers, who researches  dragonflies for his dissertation, delights in sharing his knowlege of them.And he did just that--to several hundred guests--at the recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on insect life stages.Brothers, a member of the Stacey…
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Miranda Do-Tran, 2025 Lang Prize winner
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Learn How to Write a Research Paper

May 28, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 If you want to learn how to write a research paper, follow the "10 Principles" authored by UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus James R. Carey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology.His students have won the Science, Engineering and Mathematics (SEM) category of the UC Davis Library’s 2025…
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