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)
A male long-horned digger bee targets a pest, a meloid beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What's a Meloid to Do?

July 16, 2015
So, what's a meloid beetle to do? Here you are, a meloid beetle foraging on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) and these long-horned digger bees keep dive-bombing you and pestering you. Then a Gulf Fritilllary butterfly (Agraulis vanillae) decides it wants a share of your flower.
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A worker Formica moki ant, as seen in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven.

Ants and Moths: Think Noon and Night!

July 15, 2015
It promises to be a fun and educational entomological weekend at the University of California, Davis! Think noon and night. Friday noon! At Friday noon, July 17, ant specialist Phil Ward, professor of entomology, will present a program on the species of ants found in the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven.
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An immature praying mantis assumes the position. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Assume the Position!

July 14, 2015
Take one Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). Add daylight. Add one praying mantis. Add patience, persistence and perseverance. And you have a recipe for success or failure.
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This small moth is known as a pterphorid plume moth. It was found in the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Do You Know Where Your Moths Are?

July 10, 2015
It's Saturday night, July 18--or soon will be. Do you know where your moths are? It so happens that July 18 marks the beginning of National Moth Week, and that event has not gone unnoticed by the Bohart Museum of Entomology.
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