Bug Squad

 When members of the Entomological Society of America gather Nov. 9-12 in Portland, Ore. for their annual meeting, the presenters will include postdoctoral scholars, doctoral candidates and graduate students from the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.The theme: "Entomology 2025, Bridging…

 A monarch visited Vacaville, Calif. on Election Day, Nov. 4, 2025.No, it wasn't King Charles or any of the 42 other monarchs in sovereign states. Did you know that these monarchies are spread across Asia (13), Europe (12), the Americas (9), Oceania (6), and Africa (3)? And yes, the monarch's role can…

 It's happening."Monarch butterflies are fluttering back to California’s coast, and volunteers across the West have been busy surveying overwintering sites for the 2025 Western Monarch Count (WMC)."That's what conservation biologist Isis Howard of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation…

 Boo! Hiss! Boo! A melodrama? No! A pre-Halloween party at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of Caliornia, Davis. Witches boo, and Madagascar hissing cockroaches (from the Bohart Museum's petting zoo) hiss. If you're a member of the Bohart Museum Society, arm of the…

 For the love of spiders...and research!It's that time of year to dangle fake spiders from fake webs, but scientists in the Jason Bond lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, take their work seriously.And this week they're busy fielding questions after the journal, Ecology and…