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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay
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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Beer for a Butterfly

December 27, 2012
A beer for a butterfly. What a deal. Whoever collects the first live cabbage white butterfly of 2013 in the three-county area of Yolo, Solano and Sacramento, can win a pitcher of beer, compliments of Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis.
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Bruce Hammock: from distinguished professor to renowned scientist to skilled athlete to actor.
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Is That You, Bruce?

December 26, 2012
You'll never guess what Bruce Hammock did on Dec. 18. First, a bit about Bruce Dupree Hammock.
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Golden bee (Italian subspecies of Apis mellifera) nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The 13 Bugs of Christmas

December 25, 2012
It's Christmas Day and time to revisit "The 13 Bugs of Christmas." Back in 2010, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and yours truly came up with a song about "The 13 Bugs of Christmas.
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Harlequin bug wandering around on passion flower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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What's Stirring on Christmas Eve

December 24, 2012
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse... --Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) In our house, nothing is stirring, thanks be to the cat. Xena the Warrior Princess does not like anything stirring. Even the dog annoys here.
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