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)
A six-foot-long worker bee, the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bee-ing There at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 26, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven drew scores of families at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a science-based day always held the Saturday of Presidents' Day weekend.
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Martin Hauser, senior insect biosystematist with the Plant Pest Daignostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, shows Madagascar hissing cockroaches to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Good Day to Learn About Science

February 25, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They came, they saw, they learned. And in some cases, they conquered--they conquered their fear or avoidance of insects.
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The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is one of the flies that Joanna Chiu, vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, studies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Learn About These Scientists' Research at UC Davis Seminar

February 24, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar on Wednesday, Feb. 26 will feature six Faculty Flash Talks on topics ranging from honey bees to tsetse flies to digger bees to trapdoor spiders to fruit flies. The seminar, set from 4:10 to 5 p.m.
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Leslie Saul-Gershenz of UC Davis will speak on "Is Insect Biodiversity, Biomass and Abundance Declining?” at the Hillside Club's Fireside Lecture Series, Berkeley, on March 2.

Scientists Focusing on Insect Biodiversity and Insect Decline

February 21, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're looking for a thought-provoking discussion on insect biodiversity and decline, mark your calendars. Chemical ecologist and conservation biologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz of UC Davis and Norman Gershenz, conservation biologist and CEO of SaveNature.
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