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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Don't miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Moth Night, rom 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. Free and family friendly. Learn about backlighting, moth migration, light pollution, silk moths and more! Room 1124, Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus. ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

@bugsrule.bsky.social Postdoctoral scholar Benjamin Nyman of UC Riverside will speak on "Ecological Explorations in the Mosquito Surveillance Landscape" at a UC Davis Dept. of Entomology and Nematology seminarat 12:10 p.m., Feb. 18 in 122 Briggs Hall. entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/ecologi...

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Have you heard the story about a lepidopterist and a herpetologist who walk into a bar? And, a cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, goes, too? Check out who won the 2026 UC Davis Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

A key discovery on how a plant-parasitic nematode, the Northern root-knot nematode, is able to infect such a wide range of organisms. International team, incluing UC Davis nematologists, PLOS Pathogens. tinyurl.com/yc2b4nkh

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A Key Nematode Discovery: 'How Plant-Parasitic Nemotode Can Infect a Wide Range of Organisms’

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

BREAKING NEWS! Decline of Franklin’s bumble bee not due to pathogens, according to newly published research in PNAS, but most likely to population bottlenecks and environmental issues. tinyurl.com/vh5te39u

UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus Professor Robbin Thorp with image he took of Franklin's bumble bee

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Don't miss UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar by #ucdavis researcher Felicity Muth. Seminar on "What Are Bees Thinking? Cognition in Captive and Wild Bumble Bees" at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 15, 122 Briggs Hall. Also on Zoom. ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...

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What Are Bumble Bees Thinking? | UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Image UC Davis bee researcher Felicity Muth will speak at 12:10 p.m., Oct.

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

UC Davis mosquito researcher Lisa Baik, formerly of Yale, will speak on “Understanding and Targeting the Taste System of Deadly Mosquitoes” at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 1 in 122 Briggs Hall. Also be on Zoom. entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/lisa-ba...

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Lisa Baik: Understanding Taste System of Deadly Mosquitoes

Lisa Baik, assistant professor of insect biology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House on Sunday, Oct. 5, from 1 to 4 p.m., is themed "Museum ABCs: How to Collect and Curate." Room 1124 of Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus. It is free and family friendly. Parking also free. ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...

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Bohart Museum Open House: From Collecting to Curating Insects | UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Got an ant question? UC Davis Professor Phil Ward, a myrmecologist will be featured at the Davis Science Café on Wednesday, Sept. 10. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. in the G Street Wunderbar, 228 G St., Davis. It is free and open to the public. ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...

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Got an Ant Question? | UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

A letter signed by more than 1,110 members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), including 59 Nobel laureates and 46 recipients of the National Medal of Science, urges Congress to reject the FY26 science budget cuts. youtu.be/Vkv0vI6jCnM

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Letter from NAS Members to the Honorable Senators and Representatives of the United States

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Bohart Museum's annual Moth Night celebration is on Saturday, July 12, 7 to 11. Can't wait to see you. Free and family friendly. entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/lets-go...

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Breaking news: Vannette lab, #ucdavis, just published research on how plants use hydrogen peroxide to protect their nectar from microbes and the varying levels. Published today in New Phytologist. tinyurl.com/36sww6w6

UC Davis researchers publish work on how plants protect their nectar from microbes with use of hydrogen peroxide

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Don't forget Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Sunday, March 2 from 1 to 4 p.m., Room 1124 of Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. Theme: "Venomous vs. Poisonous." Poison dart frogs, monarchs, robber flies, and spiders. Image courtesy of Eva Fischer. tinyurl.com/cj24t2bh

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

#ucdavis neurobiologist-behaviorist Eva Fischer to display live poison dart frogs at Bohart Museum open house, 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 2, Room 1124,Academic Surge Bldg, 455 Crocker Lane, #ucdavis. Free, family friendly. See more at tinyurl.com/4yb8xpfe

Poison dart frog, image courtesy of #UC Davis neurobiologist-behaviorist Eva Fischer. A blue frog on a reddish leaf

Image of UC Davis neurobiologist and behaviorist Eva Fischer

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Breaking news: Scott McArt of Cornell to give webinar on pesticides and bees, what we know and what we can do. It's set for 4 p.m., Feb. 24 and hosted by #ucdavis-based California Master Beekeeper Program. Free. tinyurl.com/4vs4tj97

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Pesticides and Bees: What We Know and What We Can Do

Scott McArt, associate professor, Cornell University, in front of breeder colonies

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bohartmuseum.bsky.social @bohartmuseum.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

News flash: Deadline for teens to apply for the summer UC Davis Bio Boot Camps is March 1. There's a camp just for middle school students and a camp for high school students. #ucdavis receives applications from throughout the world. See more on #BugSquad tinyurl.com/5n6ju5vs

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