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UC ANR is renovating its website. The Bug Squad blog, by Kathy Keatley Garvey of the University of California, Davis, is a daily (Monday-Friday) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008. It is about the wonderful world of insects and the entomologists who study them. Blog posts are archived at https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/archive.cfm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A crowd begins to gather around the blacklighting demonstration. (Photo by Kristy Vasquez)
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How Many Species of Moths at Bohart Museum's Moth Night?

July 17, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Curious minds want to know.How many species of moths did scientists detect in the blacklighting demonstration at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's annual Moth Night, held Saturday, July 12?"We caught a total of 11 moths at the light sheet--five species in five different families," said Bohart Museum…
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Members of the National Academy of Sciences penned a letter to Congress about the proposed budget cuts. UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal created a video showcasing the letter.
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Raising the Alarm About Science Budget Cuts

July 16, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
  Breaking News: More than 1,218 members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), including 61 Nobel laureates and 46 recipients of the National Medal of Science, this week signed a letter urging Congress to reject the FY26 science budget cuts that threaten U.S. leadership in science, health, and…
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Tobacco hornworm gently placed in a hand. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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My Turn to Hold the Hornworm

July 15, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 "My turn to hold the hornworm!"Youth and adults alike clamored to hold the tobacco hornworms at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Moth Night.While attendees held the hornworms, other hornworms munched on a tomato plant.  A display sign about Metamorphosis in the Garden read:"Tobacco hornworms …
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Gulf Fritillary spreading its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The 'Passion Butterfly'

July 14, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 That "passion butterfly," the Gulf Fritillary...Ever watched a Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, touch down on its host plant, the passionflower vine, Passiflora? Ever seen two Gulf Frits sipping nectar from a single passionflower blossom? We remember what UC Davis Distinguished Professor…
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White Witch at the Bohart Museum of Entomology
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The Witch Is In: At the Bohart Museum's Moth Night

July 11, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 It's not Halloween yet, but you'll see a "witch" at the annual Moth Night hosted by the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Saturday, July 12.A White Witch, that is. It's the legendary moth, Thysania agrippina, from the family Erebidae.  It's also called the Ghost Moth, Great Gray…
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