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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UC Master Gardener Banner at the Dixon May Fair

Got a Gardening Question?

May 8, 2026
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 While the hogs sleep, goats bleat, and roosters crow in the Livestock Barns at the Dixon May Fair, UC Master Gardeners from Solano County are inside the Southard Floriculture Building answering about plants and insects.“Why did my plant die?”"How can I grow great tomatoes?”"What can I do about all the…
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Yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heading for phacelia.

About Those Native Bees...

May 7, 2026
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 You won't want to miss this seminar on native bees!UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow Magda Argueta-Guzmán of UC Merced will speak on "More Than Just Flowers: Resource Use in Native Bees" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, May 13 in 122 Briggs Hall…
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A mayfly lands on an artichoke blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Art of Tying a Fly

May 6, 2026
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 "Want to learn how to tie a fly?"That's what the Fly Fishers of Davis ask as crowds pass by their table in the Briggs Hall courtyard every UC Davis Picnic Day.Briggs Hall is the home of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and the Fly Fishers are an important part of the department's …
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Blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria, foraging on Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Doctoral Students Win Major Fellowships

May 5, 2026
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Congratulations to a trio of UC Davis entomology doctoral students who just received major fellowships, funding totaling more than $500,000.Abigail "Abby" Lehner, a doctoral candidate in the lab of pollinator ecologist Neal Williams, professor of entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and…
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The many faces of the late UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Hammock

UC Davis Planning Remembrance Ceremony

May 4, 2026
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Dupree Hammock (1947-2026) will be among the individuals remembered at the UC Davis Annual Remembrance Ceremony, scheduled from noon to 12:30 p.m., Monday, May 11 at the UC Davis Conference Center, 550 Alumni Lane.An internationally recognized scientist and an…
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