Bug Blog
Tongue in Cheek
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 or tongue of a fiery skipper dipped in nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Colorful fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Blood Bugs at the Bohart
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...
Whack! Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator, takes aim at a mosquito pinata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the mosquito pinata, made by Brittany Nelms, that will be bashed Sunday, Oct. 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bugs at the Bohart
When the Bohart Museum Society throws a Halloween party, you can bet bugs will be there.In costume.Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located at 1124 Academic Surge on...
UC Davis graduate student Emily Bzdyk came dressed as a butterfly. She creates insect jewelry sold at the Bohart.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Insect photographer Tom Roach of Lincoln came dressed as a bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Your Basic Bee Book
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...
The cover of Bee Basics: An Introduction to Our Native Bees.
One Last Time
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...
Norm Gary is both a professional bee wrangler and a musician. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beez Kneez. That's Norm Gary (front row at left).