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 doctoral candidate Brendon Boudinot walks on stage to receive the John Henry Comstock Award from ESA President Robert Peterson of Montana State University. (ESA Photo)

'Ant Man' Brendon Boudinot: John Henry Comstock Award

December 17, 2019
John Henry Comstock would be proud. At each annual meeting, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) presents the prestigious John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award to six outstanding graduate students, one from each branch of the ESA.
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The Indian domino cockroach is part of the live "petting zoo" at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Seeing Spots at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

December 13, 2019
When you visit the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus, you're likely to see spots. That would be the Indian domino cockroach, Therea petiveriana, also variously called the desert cockroach or seven-spotted cockroach.
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