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 alumnus (2024) Allen Chew recently created a logo for the Bio Boot Camps that incorporates the yellow-billed magpie, Pica nuttalli, the symbol of MWFB, with the California dogface butterfly, Zerene eurydice, the symbol of the Bohart Museum.
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UC Davis Bio Boot Camps: Where Science Matters

February 17, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Bio Boot camps: Where science matters. The deadline for science-driven teens to apply for the 2025 UC Davis Bio Boot Camps is Saturday, March 1.
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Lady beetles, aka ladybugs, are a crowd pleaser on Valentine's Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Getting the Red In: Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Someone once said that "red doesn't tiptoe into a room; it kicks down the door." Red is bold, fiery, and confident. It's also a warning: think stop signs, traffic lights and fire engines. Don't blow through a stop signs or red traffic light, and please pull over when you hear a siren.
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Professor Phil Ward, an ant specialist with the UC Davis Department of Entomology, responds to a question below a sign that reads "We have the Antswers." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Phil Ward Ant Lab: They Provided the 'Antswers'

February 13, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Saturday, Feb. 8--the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day--and you're heading toward the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane, home of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. You want to see the displays and chat with the scientists.
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A Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) nectaring on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifola) in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Bright Spot in the Garden...

February 12, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Widespread rain, strong winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour, dangerous surf, hazardous roads, flood watch, maybe power outages. That's the weather warning tonight.
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