Kathy Keatley Garvey (@bugsrule)

Yay!

11.03.2026 05:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Remote visit of a Nobel laureate to UC Davis classroom

When 2 Nobel
laureates each engaged in a remote visit to biochemistry classroom of UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal. Amazing!

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Doctoral candidate Em Jochim with Peaches, a Chilean rose-haired tarantula. (Not to be held by the general public)

Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, “Eight-Legged Encounters,” set from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 15 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. Arachnids!

It’s free and family friendly. And parking is also free

09.03.2026 02:43 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Back in college we recited this until it became memory.

08.03.2026 16:32 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Nazzy Pakpour

Nazzy Pakpour, co-founder and chief executive officer of Yeast Bay Bio, will present a seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on "Curiosity Made the Scientist" at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, March 11 in 122 Briggs Hall.

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06.03.2026 04:33 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Mural on garden shed at UC Davis Bee Haven features native bees

UC Davis Bee Haven is home to native bees, too!

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05.03.2026 02:06 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Hammock

Save the date: A celebration of life for UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Hammock will take place Oct. 10. Further details to be announced.

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04.03.2026 23:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Flameskimmer dragonfly

Western tiger swallowtail

Bombus vosnesenskii

What makes you happy?

04.03.2026 16:50 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The tree will win

02.03.2026 18:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is it spring yet? This is a close-up of strawberry seeds (Canon MPE-65mm lens)

02.03.2026 14:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Crab apple tree blooming in Alamo Creek Park, Vacaville

02.03.2026 06:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tree pushing out fence

A tree and a fence battling for territory.

28.02.2026 03:37 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

UC Davis Bee Haven

Samantha Murray

Leafcutter bee by Kathy Keatley Garvey

You, too, can plant a pollinator garden. UC Davis Bee Haven’s education and garden coordinator Samantha “Sam” Murray presents talk at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day.

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27.02.2026 06:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Kitty covering her eyes

Kitty does not believe anything he said

25.02.2026 04:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rainbows and starburst and tree

Caption this

24.02.2026 14:36 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

No other critters drink when the hawks are hogging the birdbath!

Three Cooper’s hawks in our birdbath. Love hawks!

24.02.2026 03:35 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

We are proud of the Women’s U.S. Hockey Team! They refused a White House visit after being denigrated by 47.

Can you blame them?

24.02.2026 02:22 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lady beetles mating

Gulf Fritillaries mating

Praying mantises mating

Take Two…

22.02.2026 15:02 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The Kitty.

21.02.2026 06:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

UC Davis Distinguished Professor Emerita Diane Ullman applying finishing touches on mural

A sneak peek before the unveiling and celebration of UC Davis murals!
3 p.m. Saturday, Feb.21 behind UC Davis Arboretum Plant Nursery. It’s during the 15th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
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21.02.2026 05:28 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

UC Davis BioDiv Day: Bees at the Bohart, Bees at The Haven | Bug Squad Image Doctoral candidate Lexie Martin of the Rachel Vann

Bees to share spotlight at 15th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 21

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19.02.2026 05:28 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Joy. Just joy. Monarchs on Tithonia

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Don’t miss the 15th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 21. 12 museums or collections will be open. A free and family friendly event, a Super Science Day, where you can talk one-on-one with the scientists. Download a map on website

biodiversitymuseumday.ucdavis.edu

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