Bug Squad

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

Proboscis or tongue of a fiery skipper dipped in nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Tongue in Cheek

October 31, 2011

Have you ever looked closely at a fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus) and seen its proboscis, aka tongue or feeding tube? If you stay still and don't shadow it while it's nectaring, you'll see the proboscis darting in an out of a blossom.

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Whack! Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator, takes aim at a mosquito pinata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Blood Bugs at the Bohart

October 28, 2011

Wear your favorite insect costume. Show off your insect tattoo. When the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis hosts its pre-Halloween open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 30, it promises to be a "blood-suckin' good time." And it's free and open to the public.

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UC Davis graduate student Emily Bzdyk came dressed as a butterfly. She creates insect jewelry sold at the Bohart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Bugs at the Bohart

October 27, 2011

When the Bohart Museum Society throws a Halloween party, you can bet bugs will be there. In costume.

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The cover of Bee Basics: An Introduction to Our Native Bees.

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Your Basic Bee Book

October 26, 2011

Not all bees are honey bees. Not all floral visitors are bees. That's why we're glad to see the publication of Bee Basics: An Introduction to Our Native Bees. It will introduce folks to such native bees as leafcutter bees, sweat bees and bumble bees.

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Norm Gary is both a professional bee wrangler and a musician. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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One Last Time

October 25, 2011

The bees have it, The Beez Kneez, that is. The Beez Kneez, a Sacramento-based band led by Norm Gary, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, will reunite for one last performance on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Straw Hat Pizza, 2929 Mather Field Road, Rancho Cordova.

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