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)

Inga Zasada, who received her doctorate in plant pathology in 2002 from UC Davis and is now a research plant pathologist with USDA-ARS, will present a seminar on Dec. 2 in 122 Briggs Hall.

UC Davis Alumna Inga Zasada to Present Dec. 2nd Seminar on Nematodes

November 26, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis doctoral alumna Inga Zasada of the USDA-ARS Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory in Corvallis, Ore., will return to her alma mater on Monday, Dec.

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Standing behind the ESA motif are UC Davis doctoral candidates Christofer Brothers, CC Edwards and Lexie Martin.

Outstanding Group of UC Davis Graduate Students at ESA Meeting

November 25, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Graduate students with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology excelled at the recent Entomological Society of America meeting in Phoenix.

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At the Entomological Society of America meeting, doctoral candidate Mia Lippey (right) takes a selfie with Bodil Cass, former postdoctoral scholar in the lab of UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor Jay Rosenheim. Lippey won a coveted President's Prize for her presentation, "A Big Data Approach to Characterizing Impacts of Climate Warming on Agricultural Arthropod Populations."

Congrats to Mia Lippey and Ziv Lieberman, UC Davis Entomology Doctoral Candidates

November 22, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Congrats to two UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology doctoral candidates: Mia Lippey and Ziv Lieberman.

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Grappeltail dragonfly, the club-tailed dragonfly.It belongs to the genus Octogomphus, which has one species, O. specularis. The dragonfly derives its "clubtail" name from the club-like widening at the end of its abdomen. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)

UC Davis-Affiliated Experts Discuss Dragonflies on 'Critter Chat'

November 21, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Meet the Grappeltail dragonfly, the club-tailed dragonfly. It belongs to the genus Octogomphus, which has one species, O. specularis. The dragonfly derives its common name from the club-like widening at the end of its abdomen.

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Soil scientist Christine Sprunger (left) and lab manager of the W. K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS), Michigan State University, collecting soil samples. (Photo courtesy of KBS)

MSU Soil Scientist to Discuss Nematodes as "Bioindicators of Soil Health and Climate Resiliency'

November 20, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Nematodes, says soil scientist Christine Sprunger of Michigan State University, East Lansing, are "bioindicators of soil health and climate resiliency.

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