Bug Squad

The Bug Squad blog, by Kathy Keatley Garvey of the University of California, Davis, is a daily (Monday-Friday) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008. It is about the wonderful world of insects and the entomologists who study them. Blog posts are archived at https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/index.cfm. The story behind "The Sting" is here: https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7735.

Scorpions will be among the "Many-Legged Wonders" at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, March 18. (Image courtesy of the Bond lab)

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Bohart Open House: Dispelling Myths About Spiders

March 16, 2023

You've probably heard someone say "I got bit by a brown recluse spider in California.

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A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Big Bioblitz Set April 29 at UC Davis: Plants, Animals and More

March 15, 2023

Mark your calendar! A BioBlitz is set from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 29 in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. It's being hosted by UC Davis doctoral student Grace Horne of the Department of Entomology and Nematology.

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A honey bee, cooped up in a hive for weeks due to the rain and cold, heads for a nectarine blossom in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Where, Oh Where, Can They Bee?

March 14, 2023

The nectarines are bursting into bloom, but where are the honey bees? Well, they're huddled inside their colonies as California storms erupt with a vengeance reserved for politics. The bees venture out...one here...one there...

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An isopod, a crustacean, has 14 legs. This is an Armadillidium gestroi, also known as high yellow spotted isopod, originating from the shores of France near limestone, sandstone, and granite. (Photo by Elijah Shih)

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Bohart Museum Open House on 'Many Legged Wonders': How Many Legs Does an Isopod Have?

March 13, 2023

Quick, how many legs does an isopod have? If you said "14," go to the head of the class. Is it an insect? No, it's a crustacean. When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house on "Many-Legged Wonders" from 1 to 4 p.m.

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These images will help tell the story when ecologist Sylvain Pincebourde presents a UC Davis-sponsored seminar on climate change on March 15.

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UC Davis Seminar: French Reseacher to Target Climate Change

March 10, 2023

You won't want to miss ecologist Sylvain Pincebourde's virtual seminar on climate change, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology an Nematology.

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