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The Sting. (c) Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Bug Squad blog, by Kathy Keatley Garvey of the University of California, Davis, is a daily (Monday-Friday) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008. It is about the wonderful world of insects and the entomologists who study them. Blog posts are archived at https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/index.cfm. The story behind "The Sting" is here: https://my.ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=7735.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attack on Science blog
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Illuminating the Attack on Science

July 2, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 If you missed the July 1st UC Davis-based webinar, "Beyond the Headlines: The Invisible Power of Academic Research in America," featuring Nobel Laureate Randy Schekman of UC Berkeley and other Nobel Laureates and two dozen other scholars, not to worry.The webinar is on YouTube at https://youtu.be/Tq5…
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A stick insect at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis.
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A UC Davis Scientist's Thoughts About the Future of Science

July 1, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 You may know UC Davis Professor Jason Bond  of the Department of Entomology and Nematology,He's the Evett and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair of Insect Systematics; the director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology; associate dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,…
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UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal
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The Nobel Laureates and 'The Invisible Power of Academic Research'

June 30, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 Federal funding of scientific research in our academic institutions is in jeopardy, but interest is swelling for the UC Davis-based webinar,  “Beyond the Headlines: The Invisible Power of Academic Research,” set from 1 to 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 1 (Pacific Time).Today UC Davis Distinguished…
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Gobabeb Desert Research and Training Center
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UC Davis Doctoral Student Iris Quayle to Study Darkling Beetles in Africa

June 27, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 UC Davis doctoral student Iris Quayle of the Department of Entomology and Nematology is heading to the Namib Desert of southwestern Africa in October to do research on darkling beetles.And she could not be more excited.Quayle, advised by Professor Jason Bond—he is the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed…
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Banded alder borer on leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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What's That Bug?

June 26, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 What's that bug?If you're painting your house, a mural, or your vehicle, you have a better chance of seeing it.Vacaville artist Joi McNeill, who is painting a mural on a building in the 300 block of Merchant Street, Vacaville, saw one today. She's working on a mural that includes the Old Town Hall, a…
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