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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Bug Squad template: Bumble bee on bull thistle

Bumble Bee Researcher to Give UC Davis Seminar

April 1, 2025
 Interested in bumble bees?Native bee researcher Hollis Woodard of UC Riverside will discuss "Adventures in Bumble Bee Research and Conservation" at a spring seminar hosted Monday, April 7 by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT).Woodard, an associate professor, will speak at 4:10 p…
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Bug Squad blog template. Bumble bee on bull thistle

In Support of the UC Davis Bee Haven

March 31, 2025
 A buzzworthy item...The UC Davis Bee Haven, maintained by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is one of the beneficiaries of the UC Davis Give Day, now underway through 4:59 p.m., Saturday, Apri1 12. This is the ninth annual philanthropic event coinciding with the campuswide UC…
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A youngster waves goodbye to Jenny Carlson Donnelly

Jenny. One of Us.

February 27, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 We remember when Jenny Sara Carlson received her doctorate in entomology with a dedicated emphasis in the biology of vector-borne diseases in August of 2015 from the University of California, Davis. Her dissertation: "Culicine Vector Competence and Its Role in the Transmission of Avian…
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Medical entomologist Bruce Eldridge in 2007. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomology World Mourning the Loss of Bruce Eldridge

February 21, 2025
The entomology world is mourning the loss of UC Davis Professor Emeritus Bruce Eldridge. As a medical entomologist, his exemplary military, academic and administrative career spanned more than six decades. He died Wednesday, Feb. 5 in Davis at age 91. Dr.
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