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)
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Megarhyssa atrata by Sloan Tomlinson
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What a Wasp! What a Tattoo!

September 25, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 This is too good not to share!"That Wasp Guy" Sloan Tomlinson of Hatfield, Mass., an artist, photographer, researcher, and educator who "shares the beauty of the most-maligned insects: wasps," now has an incredible tattoo on his arm. It's of a Megarhyssa atrata, also known as the black…
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UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey at the Vacaville Museum's "Art of Death" gallery exhibit. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'It's One Universal Experience We All Wlll Share'

September 24, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 "It's one universal experience we all will share."So said a panel of eight professional experts in the death industry when they gathered in the Vacaville Museum courtyard to discuss their work. The museum hosted the panel discussion as part of its current gallery exhibition, "The Art of Death," which…
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Male subadult praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Look Before You Leap!

September 23, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 "Look before you leap!"How many times have you heard that or something similar: "Pay attention! Watch your step! Be careful!  Be vigilant!"But have you ever seen a praying mantis take a step and then a gigantic leap--right into a spider web? "That's one small step for mantis, one giant leap for…
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Asian tiger mosquito.
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Meet Lisa Baik, New Mosquito Researcher at UC Davis

September 22, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Meet Lisa Baik, the new mosquito researcher at UC Davis.Baik, a UC Davis alumna and a former postdoctoral researcher at Yale University--and described as a “brilliant scientist”--is the newest member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology  (ENT) faculty.Baik joined the faculty…
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Culex quinquefasciatus (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Who's Speaking at UC Davis Entomology Fall Seminars?

September 19, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Who's speaking at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminars for the fall quarter?Marshall McMunn, assistant professor of teaching and coordinator of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's 2025-26 seminars, has announced the fall seminar schedule.Seminars will begin…
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