Kathy Keatley Garvey
bugsrule.bsky.social
Kathy Keatley Garvey
@bugsrule.bsky.social
Writes daily Bug Squad blog on UC ANR website at https://ucanr.edu/blogs/bugsquad/. Works at UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. Journalist, longtime newspaper editor, insect photographer. A kitten named “Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout” owns me.
Bombus melanopygus on rosemary in Vacaville in January!
January 20, 2026 at 4:09 AM
UC Davis Distinguished Professor EmeritusRick Karban’s incredible 40-year research on the wooly bear caterpillar ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Amanda Hodson, assistant professor of soil ecology and pest management, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematolgy, will discuss “Musings on the Subterranean Invertebrate Metropolis" at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14 in 122 Briggs Hall. Also on Zoom. ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Searching for first cabbage white butterfly of the year in 3-county area. Beer for a butterfly! Suds for a bug.

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January 13, 2026 at 6:02 AM
@georgekittle92.bsky.social hope you’re okay!
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Play with me! Miss Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout
January 11, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Bombus melanopygus, or the black-tailed bumble bee on lavender, Vacaville, Ca
January 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Say her name. Renee Good.
January 8, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Last day to register for Jan.24-25 honey tasting and mead tasting workshops is Friday, Jan.9. Collaboration of California Master Beekeeping Program, based at UC Davis, and The HIVE. ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
January 6, 2026 at 4:19 AM
January 6, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Breaking news: Mr. Squirrel
buries a nut!
Nut job!
January 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Be the first to net a butterfly or photograph a bumble bee and you could win these UC Davis contests.

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Net a Butterfly, Photograph a Bee | Bug Squad
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January 2, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Is it my turn to do Homeland Security? But I am so comfy!
December 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Here’s to a buggy year in 2026
#insects
#monarchs
#prayingmantis
#bees
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis sponsoring 6th annual Robbin Thorp Memorial First Bumble Bee of the Year Contest

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Bohart Museum Contest: Let's Bumble! | Bug Squad
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December 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s cold outside!
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hi, I’m a squirrel and I’m having a pecan for Christmas.
#squirrel
#nature
#merrychristmas
#nuts
December 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Merry Christmas!
Bug Squad

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December 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It all began at the Bohart Museum of Entomology…Cole and Connor

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December 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Getting all puffy after seeing a dog
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The bees. Just bee-cause.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology today published its newsletter, Bug Bytes. See the 2025 News in Review.

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UC Davis Department Newsletter in Review | Bug Squad
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December 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
To bee or not to bee
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM