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Meanwhile, here are the latest blogs. They can also be found on the Bug Squad blog, Facebook, at https://www.facebook.com/TheBugSquad

March 28, 2025: Congrats to Douglas Walsh, PBESA's Woodworth Award Recipient

March 27, 2025:  In Support of Honey Bees

March 26, 2025: Remembering Professor Harry Lange and Helping the Bohart Museum of Entomology

March 25, 2025: Hammock, Morisseau to Give TEDX Talk at School of Medicine Research Celebration

March 24, 2025: A UC Davis Living Lab: Which Plants Are Best for Your Garden?

March 21, 2025: 'Fantastic' and Much Needed Workshop: Fruit Fly ID

March 19, 2025: Thinking Pink on the First Day of Spring

March 18, 2025: Dad's Bees

March 17, 2025: Don't Pinch Me! I'm Green

March 14, 2025: CC Edwards Elected Chair of Youth Professionals, American Mosquito Control Association

March 13, 2025: Bohart Scientists Explain Venomous vs. Poisonous

March 12 2025: A Beautiful Bombus at Bodega
 
March 11 2025: Learn How Two UC Davis Entomologists-Artists Fuse Art with Science
 
March 10, 2025: How to Color a Frog: the Boh-Art Way
 
March 7, 2025: Bohart Museum Open House: Hopping with Poison Dart Frogs
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Large jaws of the male "warrior wasp" probably play a role in defense and reproduction, says Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Andrew Richards)
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Jaw-Dropping Wasp

September 2, 2011
"Just how long is that newly discovered species of wasp?" the reporter asked. "Are you sure the male is not 2-1/2 centimeters instead of 2-1/2 inches?" News media, the scientific world, and the general public can't believe it. Yes, the male "warrior wasp" is 2-1/2 inches, not centimeters.
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Integrated pest management specialist Frank Zalom in an almond orchard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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All the Way to the Top

September 1, 2011
Frank Zalom is an entomologist's entomologist. He's right at home whether he's in the strawberry fields, almond orchards, vineyards, classroom, lab, or "leading the troops"--whether they be students, graduate students, researchers, fellow colleagues or the general public.
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Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology peers at a praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Up Close and Personal with Praying Mantis

August 31, 2011
The last time we encountered a praying mantis it was waiting for prey on a plant by the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. Then we saw two more that day in front of the Laidlaw facility. They jumped on us while we were watching the first one.
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Praying mantis exploring its surroundings at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Stalking a Praying Mantis

August 30, 2011
Well, hello there! A praying mantis, perfectly camouflaged in bushes outside the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis, was searching for prey when we spotted it.
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UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi (left) with Melissa "Missy" Borel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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It's All About the Bees

August 29, 2011
It's all about the bees. And the other pollinators. And the plants. We were glad to see that Melissa "Missy" Borel, program manager of the California Center for Urban Horticulture at UC Davis, recently received a much deserved honor for her work in making the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven a reality.
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