Bug Squad

 If you've been wondering when the 15th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day will take place, wonder no more!The committee has voted. The popular event, a "Super Science Day" that's free and family friendly,  is set for Saturday, Feb. 21, so mark your calendars.It's about a day of discovery…

 Too good to be true!What did I deserve to see--and photograph--a second monarch in our Vacaville pollinator garden this year? The first arrived July 15. The second, Aug. 21. Both were females laying eggs.But there she was. At 10 a.m. today, this majestic female fluttered in, heading straight for the…

 Congratulations to our UC Davis nematologists who drew admiration and applause at the 64th annual meeting of the Society of Nematologists (SON), held in Victoria, British Columbia.Doctoral candidate Alison Blundell of the laboratory of associate professor Shahid Siddique, UC Davis…

 If you missed it, World Honey Bee Day was Aug. 16.But, frankly, it's a day that should be observed every day, not just the third Saturday in August.The celebrated day appears on the National Day Calender as "The day (that) recognizes both the honey bee and the beekeepers who tend the hives. It also…

 The Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, seems like two different butterflies rolled into one. When it spreads its wings, it's as orange as a pumpkin. When it's resting, it's silver spangled, drawing the same kind of attention as a colorful flag flying in the wind.Its host plant is the passionflower…