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)
Close-up of a gravid tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans). (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

Tsetse Flies: Who Knew?

February 12, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Did you read the article in today's New York Times about tsetse flies and the scientists who research them? Totally fascinating.
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Ernesto Sandoval, collections manager for the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory, checks out the cacao tree, aka "chocolate tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If You Like Chocolate, Thank the Midges!

February 8, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you like chocolate, thank the midges. These tiny flies (about 1 to 3mm) pollinate the intricate flowers of the cacao tree, Theobroma cacao. From those seed pods, known as cocoa beans, come the chocolate that we crave. In fact, we Americans consume 2.
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Postdoctoral fellow Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present a seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13 in Briggs Hall on "Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Photoperiodic Time Measurement in Drosophila melanogaster."
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Antoine Brieux to Share PPTM Research on Fruit Fly

February 7, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Postdoctoral scientist Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is gearing up for a seminar next week on his research on the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, involving photoperiodic time measurement (PPTM).
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Bohart associate/entomology student Wade Spencer shows Coco McFluffin to Bohart Museum visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

You Gotta Love Those Tarantulas!

February 6, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You gotta love those tarantulas at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis. If you don't love them, then at least you'll love their names.
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