Bug Blog
Show Me the Honey! (And the Wonder of Bees!)
Honey in the morningHoney in the eveningHoney at suppertimeBe my little honeyAnd love me all the time... So sang the McGuire Sisters in their 1958 hit tune, "Sugartime." And so will sing the...
Honeybee Trio is comprised of (from left) Karli Bosler, 16; Natalie Angst, 16, and Sarah McElwain, 15. In back is Donna Billick's bee sculpture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Have You Seen Me?
It's good to see so many people looking for the critically imperiled Franklin's bumble bee, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may soon list as “endangered” and provide protective...
Franklin's bumble bee. (Photo by Robbin Thorp)
A yellow-faced bumble bee shares a coneflower with a honey bee at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hail to the Chairs
It's a Good News Day. The Entomological Society of America (ESA) just announced that among the 2011 award recipients are two UC Davis faculty: Michael Parrella and Walter Leal. Michael Parrella,...
UC Davis chemical ecologist Walter Leal is the recipient of ESA's Nan-Yao Su Award for Innovation and Creativity in Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'I Wanna Be an Entomologist'
Do you want to be a billionaire? Or an entomologist? UC Davis Regents Scholar Heather Wilson, a researcher/lab technician in the Frank Zalom lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology, was listening to...
The tiny Spotted Wing Drosophila is the insect that Heather Wilson studies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's That Bug?
If you don't know what it is, don't kill it. That insect in your garden could very well be a beneficial insect. If you operate on the "shoot-first-ask-questions later" or "the only good bug is a...
Praying mantis with remnants of a meal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is an immature ladybug (aka lady beetle). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This male Valley carpenter bee is a pollinator, not a pest. The female Valley carpenter bee is solid black. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jerusalem cricket is often mistaken for a pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)