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.

The squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Bee-ing Thankful for Honey Bees

November 23, 2023

Let's put the "thanks" in THANKSgiving by bee-ing thankful for the honey bee, Apis mellifera...

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A honey bee pollinating an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Arnon Dag: How to Improve Cross-Pollination in Almond, Pear, Apple and Cherry Trees

November 22, 2023

How can you improve cross-pollination in such tree crops as almond, pear, apple and cherry? Senior scientist Arnon Dag of the Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Institute, Israel, will discuss his research at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 4:10 p.m.

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A tiny monarch egg. Image taken on Nov. 14, 2023 in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Monarchs on the Move...So Many Mysteries

November 21, 2023

Monarchs on the move...so many mysteries. Where do Western monarchs go after leaving their overwintering sites along coastal California in February? An observation: They didn't stop in the spring or summer to deposit eggs on any of our four species of milkweed in our Vacaville pollinator garden.

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UC Davis alumnus Murray Isman is a dean emeritus of the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Land and Food Systems.

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Meet an Outstanding UC Davis Doctoral Alumnus: Murray Isman

November 20, 2023

Meet UC Davis doctoral alumnus Murray Isman, who has just received monumental recognition. Isman is listed as No.

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UC Davis doctoral students Iris Quayle (left) of the Jason Bond lab and Mia Lippey of the labs of UC Davis distinguished professor Jay Rosenheim and assistant professor Emily Meineke, show some of the EGSA T-shirts. Lippey serves as EGSA president, and Quayle as treasurer.

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Insect and Arachnid-Inspired T-Shirts Are All the Fashion

November 17, 2023

Love insects and arachnids? Members of the Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology design insect and arachnid-themed T-shirts that are all the fashion.

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