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)

Scorpions are often difficult to find without the aid of ultraviolet light. (Photo byKathy Keatley Garvey)

Scorpion Scientist Lauren Esposito to Deliver Research Seminar at UC Davis

February 25, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Everyone knows that scorpions are venomous--some are more venomous than others--and that they fluoresce under ultraviolet light.

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A male longhorned bee,Melissodes, on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ready for the International Pollinator Conference at UC Davis?

February 22, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

There's still plenty of time to register for the seventh annual International Pollinator Conference, set Wednesday, July 17 through Saturday, July 20 in the ARC Ballroom.

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UC Davis doctoral student and nematologist Christopher Pagan shows nematode specimens to visitors at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

More Nematodes in Outer Space?

February 21, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

More nematodes in outer space? It's true. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Pheronym, a company in Alachua, Fla.

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'Bearing' a Close Resemblance

February 20, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

You've heard of the California Bear Flag, the one with the grizzly bear" right? It's lettered with "California Republic.

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Lepidopterists (from left) Paul Johnson, Jerry Powell and Bill Patterson discuss butterfly species. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Mid-Winter Gathering of Lepidopterists at Bohart Museum

February 19, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Identification. Collaboration. Camaraderie. The scientists and butterfly/moth enthusiasts who gathered Saturday, Feb.

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