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UC ANR is renovating its website. 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/blogcore/archive.cfm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forceps held by Danielle Wishon zero in on a bed bug to be fed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Let the Bed Bugs Bite

January 13, 2014
Most of us remember the old nursery rhyme, "Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite," and vow to do everything we can to avoid any blood-letting. Whether we call them "blood suckers," "menace in the mattress," or "human parasites," it's not cool to be bitten by bed bugs.
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A honey bee heading toward an almond blossom. The honey bee is one of the candidates for Insect News Network's Bug of the Year. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Which Bug's for You?

January 10, 2014
What's your favorite bug? Inquiring minds want to know. At least one inquiring mind wants to know.
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The "porch light" bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'Zombie' Bumble Bees?

January 9, 2014
This is the story of what may be three parasitized bumble bees. Or to put it more precisely, three Bombus melanopygus queens. Early this morning, in between dark and dawn, three black-tailed bumble bees buzzed around our porch lights.
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Bed bug. (Photo by Piotr Naskrecki, courtesty of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
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Bring on the Bed Bugs at the Bohart

January 8, 2014
They're the bugs you love to hate. Bed bugs, lice, ticks, mites, fleas and mosquitoes. If you want to see and/or learn more about them, attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology's "Snuggle Bugs" open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Jan.
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