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.

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About Those Bee Hive Thefts

February 18, 2016

"As bees vanish, bee heists multiply!" screamed a Feb 16th headline in The Washington Post. So true.

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How Far North Will This Mosquito Species Go in California?

February 17, 2016

It's all over the news...the Aedes aeypti, the daytime-biting mosquito that predominantly feeds on humans.

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Shades of Shirley Temple, Maybe?

February 16, 2016

Shades of Shirley Temple, maybe? A curly haired tarantula at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis could have been named for...drum roll..Shirley Temple. The curly haired tarantula, or Brachypelma albopilosum, proved a big hit at the Bohart Museum on Saturday, Feb.

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The Story Behind This Bumble Bee Pollen Load

February 15, 2016

What a treat to find not one--but five yellow-faced bumble bees (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging on a rosemary hedge on Valentine's Day. Feb. 14 was a perfect day for foragers, as the temperature climbed into the '70s, an unusually warm February day. The site: The Glen Cove Marina in Vallejo, Calif.

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Got 'em!

February 12, 2016

"Got 'em!" That's the message we've all been waiting for.

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