They're tiny--about 1/5 of an inch long. They feed at night and hide during the day. There's a good reason why they're called "the menace in the mattress." The mattress is one of their hiding spots. They? Bed bugs. Parasites that feed on human blood.
Is there a doctor in the house? If you head over to the UC Davis Department of Entomology's displays at Briggs Hall and at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Saturday, April 21 during the campuswide UC Davis Picnic Day, you'll find them. Bug doctors. Lots of them. They'll be there from 10 a.m.
When you listen to a rainforest, what do you hear? What does it tell you? Those who attend the free public event, Mentawai: Listening to the Rainforest, on Sunday, April 22 on the UC Davis campus will find out.
One of the six honey varieties that the UC Davis Department of Entomology will serve during the campuswide 98th annual UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 21 is...drum roll...cactus honey. Yes, you heard that right. Cactus honey.
Bee swarms don't always have happy endings. Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology was quoted in a news story published today about a bee swarm on a Stockton ballfield.
