Bug Blog
Matadors in the Champagne Bubbles
It's cool how honey bees and syrphid flies gravitate toward the Iceland Poppy. It's a winter plant, and frankly, there isn't much to eat out there. The Iceland Poppy (Papaver nudicaule), a...
A syrphid fly, aka hover fly or flower fly, on an Iceland Poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A green bottle fly soaking up sunshine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee gathering pollen. In the foreground: a freeloader fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two syrphids sharing an Iceland Poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
You Can Make a Meal Out of Mealworms
You can make a meal out of mealworms. It's cricket to eat Cambodian crickets. And who wouldn't want a plate of teriyaki grasshopper kebobs paired with Rubicon Angus Scottish Ale? "Don't worry, be...
Flavored meal worms were first on the menu. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Pope of Foam" Charlie Bamfroth talked about why he paired certain beers with bugs.
Javier Miramontes and Anne Schellman played with their food, a Cambodian cricket.
Congratulations, Mary Lou!
Former UC Davis Chancellor James Henry Meyer (1922-2002) would have been proud. His daughter-in-law, Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Flint, a longtime leader of the University of California...
Mary Lou Flint outside her new office at Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why You Should Not Clean Your Porch Light Fixtures
Here's a good reason why you should not clean the fixtures around your porch lights--if you need a reason. The lights attract all kinds of nocturnal flying insects. It's like the proverbial draw of...
Porch lights attract predators and prey, including this predator, a praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Just Buggin' Ya
If there's ever a time to start "buggin' someone,' that would be at the Entomological Society of America's 62nd annual meeting, set Nov. 16-19 in the Oregon Convention Center, Portland,...
Flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)