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.
#Bug people don't hand out little candy #hearts on Valentine's Day. They post photos of bugs "keeping busy." bit.ly/1jkmtA5
February 14, 2026 at 3:49 PM
#Bug people don't hand out little candy #hearts on Valentine's Day. They post photos of bugs "keeping busy." bit.ly/1jkmtA5
Grand opening and celebration of newly installed UC Davis murals on Feb. 21. You’re invited!
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February 14, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Grand opening and celebration of newly installed UC Davis murals on Feb. 21. You’re invited!
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Waiting for the master
February 12, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Waiting for the master
Blue sky, monarch, Tithonia. What could be better?
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Blue sky, monarch, Tithonia. What could be better?
Mark your calendars, Feb. 21. 15th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Free and family friendly
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February 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Mark your calendars, Feb. 21. 15th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Free and family friendly
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“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.”
February 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.”
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 AM
“The press is the enemy of the people.”
February 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“The press is the enemy of the people.”
Bee-hold: A honey bee. European wool carder bee
February 1, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Bee-hold: A honey bee. European wool carder bee
Congrats to our PBESA award winners: Geoffrey Attardo, Rachel Vannette and the Spotted Wing-Drosophila Resistancd Team!
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January 30, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Congrats to our PBESA award winners: Geoffrey Attardo, Rachel Vannette and the Spotted Wing-Drosophila Resistancd Team!
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Release of Epstein Files was due Dec. 19. Don’t “bee” distracted
January 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Release of Epstein Files was due Dec. 19. Don’t “bee” distracted
Bee-hold: a honey bee on a Japanese apricot blossom
January 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Bee-hold: a honey bee on a Japanese apricot blossom
Any time is a good time to post a cat pic. This is Miss Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout, all dressed up and looking at birds in a tree. Very politely. (No birds harmed in making of this photo) Does your cat do this? Cat tax!
January 28, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Any time is a good time to post a cat pic. This is Miss Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout, all dressed up and looking at birds in a tree. Very politely. (No birds harmed in making of this photo) Does your cat do this? Cat tax!
@maddow.bsky.social
Vacaville, Calif. protest on Jan. 24
Some 213 men, women and children
in protest at Vacaville City Hall.
Images and videos are here
www.probonophoto.org/2026/24Jan26...
Vacaville, Calif. protest on Jan. 24
Some 213 men, women and children
in protest at Vacaville City Hall.
Images and videos are here
www.probonophoto.org/2026/24Jan26...
ProBonoPhoto
Photos for Social and Environmental Justice in the San Francisco Bay Area
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January 27, 2026 at 2:18 AM
@maddow.bsky.social
Vacaville, Calif. protest on Jan. 24
Some 213 men, women and children
in protest at Vacaville City Hall.
Images and videos are here
www.probonophoto.org/2026/24Jan26...
Vacaville, Calif. protest on Jan. 24
Some 213 men, women and children
in protest at Vacaville City Hall.
Images and videos are here
www.probonophoto.org/2026/24Jan26...
Blue sky.
Western tiger swallowtail.
Mexican sunflower.
Joy.
Western tiger swallowtail.
Mexican sunflower.
Joy.
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Blue sky.
Western tiger swallowtail.
Mexican sunflower.
Joy.
Western tiger swallowtail.
Mexican sunflower.
Joy.
Bombus vosnesenskii on lupine
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Bombus vosnesenskii on lupine
The world around us; Honey bee pollinating orange blossoms.
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
The world around us; Honey bee pollinating orange blossoms.
Bombus melanopygus on rosemary in Vacaville in January!
January 20, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Bombus melanopygus on rosemary in Vacaville in January!
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
UC Davis Distinguished Professor EmeritusRick Karban’s incredible 40-year research on the wooly bear caterpillar ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
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
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...
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
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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@georgekittle92.bsky.social hope you’re okay!
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
@georgekittle92.bsky.social hope you’re okay!