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.
#ucdavis doctoral
candidates Lexie Martin and Abigail Lehner to lead Bohart Museum
of Entomology open house on “Bees and their Mimics
on Nov. 15, 1 to 4. Free and family friendly!
ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
candidates Lexie Martin and Abigail Lehner to lead Bohart Museum
of Entomology open house on “Bees and their Mimics
on Nov. 15, 1 to 4. Free and family friendly!
ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#ucdavis doctoral
candidates Lexie Martin and Abigail Lehner to lead Bohart Museum
of Entomology open house on “Bees and their Mimics
on Nov. 15, 1 to 4. Free and family friendly!
ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
candidates Lexie Martin and Abigail Lehner to lead Bohart Museum
of Entomology open house on “Bees and their Mimics
on Nov. 15, 1 to 4. Free and family friendly!
ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
Tachinid fly laid eggs in my monarch chrysalis.
Sneaky little fly
Sneaky little fly
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tachinid fly laid eggs in my monarch chrysalis.
Sneaky little fly
Sneaky little fly
Remembering Francis Keatley, my paternal immigrant ancestor from Ireland, who served in the Revolutionary War. So did my maternal ancestors, the Laughlins.
Fly high..
Fly high..
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Remembering Francis Keatley, my paternal immigrant ancestor from Ireland, who served in the Revolutionary War. So did my maternal ancestors, the Laughlins.
Fly high..
Fly high..
UC Davis entomologist and invertebrate specialist Geoffrey Attardo will lead a free-and-family-friendly workshop, “Life Begins in Water: A Workshop on Restoring Healthy Wetland Communities,” on Saturday, Nov. 15 at Capay Open Space Regional Park, Yolo County.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
UC Davis entomologist and invertebrate specialist Geoffrey Attardo will lead a free-and-family-friendly workshop, “Life Begins in Water: A Workshop on Restoring Healthy Wetland Communities,” on Saturday, Nov. 15 at Capay Open Space Regional Park, Yolo County.
entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/free-wo...
entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/free-wo...
Monarch visits a Vacaville garden on Election Day. Nectaring on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. A joy to see
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November 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Monarch visits a Vacaville garden on Election Day. Nectaring on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. A joy to see
ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...
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Cheers! Western tiger swallowtail
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Cheers! Western tiger swallowtail
At Vacaville Museum today (Nov. 1) Ballet Folklorico Netzahualcoyotl
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
At Vacaville Museum today (Nov. 1) Ballet Folklorico Netzahualcoyotl
Vacaville Indivisible Official-sponsored protest today (Nov. 1) at Monte Vista Avenue and Nut Tree Road. ProBono Photo (KKG) was there. A few images/ More at www.probonophoto.org/2025/1Nov25V...
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Vacaville Indivisible Official-sponsored protest today (Nov. 1) at Monte Vista Avenue and Nut Tree Road. ProBono Photo (KKG) was there. A few images/ More at www.probonophoto.org/2025/1Nov25V...
Vacaville Indivisible Official-sponsored protest today (Nov. 1) at Monte Vista Avenue and Nut Tree Road. ProBono Photo (KKG) was there. A few images/ More at www.probonophoto.org/2025/1Nov25V...
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Vacaville Indivisible Official-sponsored protest today (Nov. 1) at Monte Vista Avenue and Nut Tree Road. ProBono Photo (KKG) was there. A few images/ More at www.probonophoto.org/2025/1Nov25V...
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
It’s National Cat Day
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It’s National Cat Day
Sunday breakfast
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sunday breakfast
October 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Random thoughts, random images. What’s happening in Washington DC is not who we are
October 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Random thoughts, random images. What’s happening in Washington DC is not who we are
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you left your heart in San Francisco, now’s not the time to go get it. (Sculpture of heart in Vacaville)
October 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you left your heart in San Francisco, now’s not the time to go get it. (Sculpture of heart in Vacaville)
Anthophora urbana heading toward lavender
October 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Anthophora urbana heading toward lavender
Passion for passionflower vines
October 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Passion for passionflower vines
Vote “Yes” on Prop 50
October 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Vote “Yes” on Prop 50
The People’s House! Where is Congress?
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The People’s House! Where is Congress?