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)

UC Davis doctoral student Alexandria “Allie” Igwe has received a $138,000 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on soil microbial communities and develop novel online tools to increase interest in ecology.

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Allie Igwe: The Road to Success

July 15, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

The road to success is paved with soil microbial communities. And education, curiosity, determination, and collaboration.

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Ant specialist Brendon Boudinot doing field work at the Southwest research station in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Ariz. (Photo by Roberto Keller, National Museum of Natural History and Science, Portugal)

'Ant Man' Brendon Boudinot Off to Do Research in Germany

July 14, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

It's off to Germany for ant specialist Brendon Boudinot.

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A pair of Gulf Fritillaries on a pomegranate tree. Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, says she receives a number of calls about "two-headed butterflies." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fifty Shades of Orange--with a Touch of Silver

July 13, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Fifty shades of orangewith a touch of silver. The bridal couple on the pomegranate tree wore orange and silver to celebrate their honeymoon. The bride may have blushed. I don't know. Did she? Don't all brides blush? The groom, in true form, looked quite dapper and dashing. So there they were.

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Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla targets the Western striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma trivittatum. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)

Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla: Targeting Cucumber Beetles on Melons

July 10, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

The Beatles rocked the music world, drawing millions of fans. Other beetles--cucumber beetles--ravage agricultural crops, drawing millions of foes.

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Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with part of the museum's tardigrade collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Why More Water Bears Are Heading for the Bohart Museum of Entomology

July 9, 2020

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

The Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis, which houses one of the largest collections of water bears or tardigrades in the world, stands to get even more over the next three years.

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