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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay
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A jumping spider on a yellow rose peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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How Many Spiders Have You Saved Today?

March 14th, 2022
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet Eating her curds eating and whey Along came a spider who sat down beside her And frightened Miss Muffet away (English nursery rhyme recorded in 1805) What, Miss Muffet ran away?
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UC Davis Entomologists Honored in PBESA Award Competitions

March 9th, 2022
Breaking news: UC Davis entomologists won three of the 12 student and professional awards given by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America. The award-winning trio: Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo received the Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology Award.
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Insect enthusiast James Heydon (front) and scientist Ben Maples (back), a UC Davis entomology graduate who works at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, show insects at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Sunday, March 6 during the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'A' Is for Arthropods, 'B' Is for Biodiversity Museum Day

March 8th, 2022
If you attended the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day last Sunday, March 6 in the UC Davis Conference Room or took a side trip to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, you may have gone home humming "A" is for arthropods. Or "B" is for Biodiversity Museum Day.
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