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)
Award recipients include (top row) Professor Jason Bond and doctoral candidate Mia Lippey and (bottom row) Professor Douglas Walsh of Washington State University, a UC Davis doctoral alumnus; and UC Davis undergraduate student Kaitai Liu.

Congrats to the PBESA Award Winners!

February 5, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congratulations to all the newly announced recipients of awards from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA)! Honors well deserved! Capsule information on our four UC Davis-affiliated award recipients: Professor Jason Bond, described as a powerhouse in the world of systematics a...
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UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Diane Ullman (left) and Gale Okumura, lecturer emerita, Department of Design, stand in front of their project, "A Bird's Eye View," at the California Raptor Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Of Raptors and Insects

February 4, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you visit the California Raptor Center (part of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine), during the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 8, be sure to see "A Bird's Eye View," a ceramic-mosaic mural that graces an outer wall of the visitor center.
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This crew, shown here with nematology faculty member Shahid Siddique, staffed the nematology collection at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. With him (from left) were then doctoral students Alison Coomer (now Blundell), Veronica Casey, Pallavi Shakya and Ching-Jung Lin.

Right This Way to the UC Davis Nematode Collection!

February 3, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Nematodes--and the faculty and graduate students who study them--will share the spotlight from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8 in the Katherine Esau Science Hall. The occasion: the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. The Esau Hall is located near Briggs Hall, off Kleiber Hall Lane.
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Emma "Em" Jochim, UC Davis doctoral candidate, on a field trip

Meet Butters at the Bohart on Biodiversity Museum Day

January 30, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hi, Butters! When you visit the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 8, you'll probably meet a scorpion named Butters. It's a new arrival, donated by a retired educator. She did not name it Butters.
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