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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Brennen Dyer, collections manager, stafing the Bohart gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Who Needs a Bug Fix?

November 20, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Who needs a bug fix? Will some land in the stockings hung by the chimney with care?The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, is gearing up for the holiday season with new items in its popular insect-themed gift shop."We just received a shipment of pins," announced Tabatha…
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Nematodes infecting bean roots. (Image by Pallavi Shakya)
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Important Nemadode Research Published

November 19, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Plant-parasitic nematodes rarely draw national headlines, but this newly published research should.First, what's a plant-parasitic nematode?As UC Davis nematologist Shahid Siddique, an associate professor with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology explains: "Plant-parasitic nematodes are…
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UC Davis entomologist student Jo Ridgeway, a Bohart Museum of Entomology intern, shows a stuffed toy animal, a tick, from the Bohart gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Fuzzy-Wuzzy Good Time with Holiday Gifts

November 18, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Bug enthusiasts will have a "jolly good time" or a "fuzzy-wuzzy good time" selecting holiday gifts that the Bohart Museum of Entomology and the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) are offering."Fuzzy-wuzzy" wasn't a bear. It was probably a wooly bear caterpillar …
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A male longhorned bee, Melissodes agilis, on a Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Those Pollinator-Plant Interactions

November 17, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Thinking about pollinator-plant interactions?This promises to be interesting...UC Merced assistant professor Marilia Palumbo Gaiarsa will present a seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on "From Foraging to Fiitness: How Individual Behavior Shapes Plant-Pollinator…
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UC Davis doctoral candidate answering questions about bees at a recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Moths Can Mimic Bees, Too!

November 14, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Bee Mimics!Did you know that some moths mimic bees?When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts its free and family friendly open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15 on "The Bees and Their Mimics"--the program will be coordinated by UC Davis doctoral candidates Lexie Martin and Abigail Lehner--you…
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