Bug Blog
Getting the Red Out
What's that?When award-winning photographer Teresa Willis of Vacaville encountered a red caterpillar on a dirt road at about 6000 feet in a canyon north of Paradise Valley, Nev., she did what...
Larvae of an owlet moth turned bright red by the parasitic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. (Photo by Teresa Willis)
Red caterpillar on the move--but it probably won't be eaten by birds. (Photo by Teresa Willis)
In Pursuit of Ants
Ants are such tiny critters. But they're much more than that. Much more. Ant specialist Brian Fisher, an entomologist with the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, describes ants as...
Ants crawl along a vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why Flies Are Fantastic
You want to know why flies are fantastic?They are, you know. Just ask Martin Hauser of the Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).He'll discuss "Why Flies...
Tachinid fly (Peleteria species) on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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)