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TEXAS CICADA--This Texas cicada measures two-and-a-half inches long and is about an inch wide. This may be a Diceroprocta bibbyi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Big 'Un

February 16, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When my mother died in 2002, she left a little box in her estate labeled "Texas bug." A native Texan, she grew up on a West Texas ranch where she loved to ride horses. She may have collected the bug on one of her horseback rides. Or someone may have collected it for her. No matter. She kept it.
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UC DAVIS ENTOMOLOGISTS IN 1970 posed for this photo. In front (from left) are Dick Bushing, Frank Summers, Bob Schuster, Al Grigarick, Bob Washino, Harry Lange and Harry Laidlaw. In back (from left) are Charles Judson, Robbin Thorp, Vern Burton, Elmer Carlson, Oscar Bacon, Frank Strong, Don McLean, Ward Stanger and Ed Loomis. (Photo courtesy of Oscar Bacon)
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Treasured Photo

February 13, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There's a lot of history in this photograph. If you connected with the UC Davis Department of Entomology in 1970, you'll recognize some of the names, if not the faces. Sixteen distinguished faculty members posed for this photo.
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HUNGRY--This is a beetle, Lytta sublaevis (Meloidae) chowing down on fresh herbs. (Photo by Michael Caterino)
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Not John, Paul, George and Ringo

February 12, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"The Beetles." When you hear those two words, you think of four Liverpool musicians named John, Paul, George and Ringo. Not so at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Say "beetles" and that means insects. Lots of insects.
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PURE GOLD--A honey bee in a nectarine blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bee-ing Grateful

February 11, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There are so many caring, kindhearted and generous people out there concerned about the plight of the honey bee.
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DIVERSITY OF INSECTS--From the Madagascar hissing cockroach to the praying mantis to the grasshopper, insects are diverse. This is part of a collection owned by UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Andrew Forbes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wonderful World of Insects

February 10, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Kids love bugs. And they love books on bugs. One of the bug books we bought our son during his childhood was Insect World: A Childs First Library of Learning, published by Time-Life Books.
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A HONEY BEE targets almond blossoms, a sign that spring can't be far behind. However, 2009 will be a challenging year for both almond growers and beekeepers, according to UC Davis apiculturist Eric Mussen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Challenging Year for Almond Growers, Beekeepers

February 9, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, a member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty for 32 years, says this looks like a challenging year for almond growers. There's this water problem. Think "drought." There's this honey bee crisis.
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MALARIA RESEARCHERS Win Surachetpong and his major professor Shirley Luckhart working in the Luckhart lab at the University of California, Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Battling Malaria

February 6, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Malaria is indeed a global terrorist.
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IN THE LAB--UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Andrew Forbes works in the lab. His research on the apple maggot and a parasitic wasp will be published Feb. 6 in the journal Science. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Biodiversity Creates Biodiversity

February 5, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Biodiversity creates biodiversity. That point comes through loud and clear when you read the scientific paper on the apple maggot/parasitic wasp research led by UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Andrew Forbes. The news embargo lifted at 11 a.m. today and the research will be published Friday, Feb.
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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS--The nymph (bright red) of the soapberry bug scurries down a tree trunk. (Photo by James Moerhke)
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Shoulder to Shoulder

February 4, 2009
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Vacaville resident James Moehrke was out geocaching last weekend in the Vaca Valley Parkway-East Monte Vista Avenue area of the city when he spotted some red-shouldered black bugs. "There were many clusters, probably thousands of individuals, in the trees and a few on the ground," he recalled.
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