Skip to main content
UC Davis
UC Davis Logo

UC Davis

UC Davis Logo
  • myUCDavis
  • MyAdmissions
  • Make a Gift to UC Davis
  • Emergency Services
  • Campus Map
  • Calendar
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Jobs
  • Athletics
  • Academic Dates
  • Canvas
  • General Catalog
  • Schedule Builder
  • Commencement
  • Student Health
  • Student Parents
  • Alumni
  • UC Davis Stores
  • Directory
  • Campus COVID Information

Main navigation (extended config)

  • About Us
    • Administration
      • Initiatives
      • Principles and Policies
      • Top Administrative Units
      • Org chart
      • Staff Resources
        • Computing Resources
    • Diversity and Inclusion
    • Rankings
    • Locations
      • In the Middle of Everywhere
        • Bay Area day trips
        • Beach day trips
        • Wine country day trips
      • Transportation
        • Join 'Team Bike'
      • Unique to UC Davis
    • Sustainability
    • Visit UC Davis
      • Campus Tour
      • Campus Tour
      • Plan your visit
      • Directions and Parking
      • Tour Guides
        • Aidan Hymel
        • Ava Hutchins
        • Bianca Pahler
        • Cameron Green
        • Elise Hernandez
        • Ellie Kwon
        • Elyse Wohlenberg
        • Esin Demiray
        • Heidi Aleman Jimenez
        • Lauren Sirmons
        • Madelyn Parker
        • Megan Wallace
        • Miguel Moran
        • Olivia Westall
        • Raynisha Fields
        • Riti Prasanna
        • Teresa Yubeta
        • Thomas Kao
      • Welcome Center
      • Virtual Tour
    • UC Davis Health
    • Student Safety
  • Admissions
    • Undergraduate Admissions
      • Apply to UC Davis
        • Admitted First-years
        • Admitted Transfer Students
        • After You Apply
          • Deferred Enrollment
          • Reporting Changes After Admission
          • Applicant Waitlist
        • Application Review Criteria
        • Personal Insight Questions
      • First-year Admission
        • Freshman Admission Requirements
          • Advanced Placement Exams
          • International Baccalaureate Exams
        • Freshman Application Tips
        • Freshman Timeline
        • Freshman Special Situations
      • Transfer Admission
        • Plan Your Transfer
        • Transfer Admission Requirements
        • Transfer Application Tips
        • Transfer Timeline
        • Transfer Admission Guarantee
          • TAG Requirements
          • TAG Decisions
          • TAG FAQs
          • TAG Counselor Resources
            • Counselor Contacts
            • TAG Evaluations
        • Transfer Special Situations
        • Transfer with International Records
        • Selective Major Requirements
          • Major Requirements: CAES
          • Major Requirements: CBS
          • Major Requirements: CLS
          • Major Requirements: COE
      • International Admission
        • International Exam and Visa Requirements
        • International Records
        • International Student Resources
      • Events
        • Discover UC Davis
        • Aggie Transfer Scholars Weekend
        • Aggie to Be
      • Contact Undergraduate Admissions
      • Parents and Families
      • Counselors
    • Undocumented Applicants
    • Graduate Admissions
    • Professional Admissions
    • Cost & Aid
      • Financial Aid and Scholarships
      • Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund
      • Next Steps
      • Educational Opportunity Program
    • Apply to UC Davis
  • Academics
    • Majors
      • Majors Blog
        • Career Preparation
          • Research
          • Advising
          • Beyond the Classroom
          • Honors Programs
          • Internships
        • Individual Majors
        • Undeclared and Exploratory Majors
        • Subscribe
        • Top 10 majors
    • Minors
    • Graduate Programs
    • Professional Programs
    • Colleges and Schools
      • Academic Departments
      • College of Agricultural and Environmental Science
      • College of Biological Sciences
      • College of Engineering
      • College of Letters and Science
      • Graduate Studies
      • School of Education
      • School of Law
      • School of Medicine
      • School of Nursing
      • School of Veterinary Medicine
    • Our Faculty
      • Faculty Resources
        • Teaching Resources
      • Student Resources
      • Women in STEM
        • Battling Barriers, Bias to Retain and Recruit STEM Talent
        • Building Community to Benefit Physics Students
        • For the love of wild things
        • Heart health pioneer, STEM champion
        • The STEM Road Less Traveled
        • Using STEM to improve lives
    • Study Abroad
  • Research
    • From Labs to Lives
    • Undergraduate Research
    • Graduate Research
    • Office of Research
    • Library
    • Museums and Collections
    • Research Partners
  • Campus Life
    • California’s College Town
      • The College Tour
    • Housing
    • Dining
    • Things to Do
      • Arts and Culture
      • Traditions
        • #ourUCDavis
        • Fall Welcome
        • Homecoming
        • Picnic Day
      • Arboretum
      • Campus Poster Calendars
      • Commencement
      • Calendar
    • Student Jobs
    • Clubs and Communities
    • Athletics
  • News
    • Latest News
    • In Focus Features
    • University News
      • Dateline
    • Magazine
    • Social Media
      • Social Media Guidelines
    • Student News
    • Blogs
    • Podcasts and Shows
      • Face to Face
      • That May Be the Chancellor
      • The Backdrop
      • Thursday Thoughts
      • UC Davis LIVE
      • Unfold
Student holds up a vial with an insect in it

Student Entomologists Gain Hands-On Skills in Insect Biology

  • by José Vadi
  • May 28, 2024
  • The Student Researcher
  • Human & Animal Health
A beetle eats a green leaf from the edge.

For This Beetle, ‘Date Night’ Comes Every Other Day

  • by Andy Fell
  • January 18, 2024
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Driven by Curiosity
Dense white cloud seen from space spirals outwards from the center of the image. A coastline is barely visible through the cloud.

Climate Catastrophe Produced Instantaneous Evolutionary Change

  • by Jade Boyd
  • October 12, 2023
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Science and Climate
Stock image of deep green rainforest.

Modern Plants Show More Insect Damage Than Fossilized Plants

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • October 14, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
An orange, black and yellow butterfly feeds on a flower while perched the stem.

Three-Year Study Gives Insight into Monarchs and Milkweed

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • August 04, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
A patch of white clover leaves on dirt with a single flower.

Global Study of White Clover Shows Urbanization Driving Evolution

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • March 17, 2022
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
Blue orchard bee rests on purple flower

Pesticides Can Affect Multiple Generations of Bees

  • by Amy Quinton
  • November 29, 2021
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
Aphids on a green plant stalk.

Up to 25% of Non-Native Plant-Eating Insects May Be Undetected

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • November 10, 2021
  • Egghead
  • Environment

Attack of the Clones: Deep Look at the Lives of Aphids

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • October 08, 2021
  • Egghead
  • Science & Technology
Blue outlined torso with pancreas in red

Anti-inflammation Drug Combination May Help Pancreatic and Liver Cancer Patients

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • September 28, 2021
  • Egghead
  • Human & Animal Health
close up of Acinebactor, a bacteria common in flowers, interacting with pollen grains that are germinating and bursting

Common Floral Bacteria Can Induce Pollen Germination

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • July 28, 2021
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Food & Agriculture
Boxes being unloaded from a U-haul van

Massive Spider Wasp Collection Donated to Bohart Museum

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • June 04, 2021
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
Mural

Unexpected Art: Walk the Gateway Gardens in the Arboretum

  • by Karen Nikos-Rose
  • July 14, 2020
  • Arts Blog

Deep Look Inside the Tsetse Fly

  • by Andy Fell
  • June 16, 2020
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
Big black spider

Help Name a New Species of California Spider

  • by Greg Watry
  • May 20, 2020
  • Egghead
  • Driven by Curiosity
Nine hornets in a grid

All You Want To Know About Hornets

  • by Andy Fell
  • May 14, 2020
  • Egghead
  • Science & Technology

THE DOWNLOAD: Famous Flies, Library ‘Juice Bars’

  • by Cody Kitaura/Dateline
  • February 04, 2020
  • University
Hummingbird at hummingbird feeder

Microbes Grow in Hummingbird Feeders But Do Not Likely Pose Health Hazard

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • March 06, 2019
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
Three researchers in protective lab gloves and clothing work at lab bench

DEET Works Against Zika-Infected Mosquitoes, but High Doses are Best

  • by Kathy Keatley Garvey
  • February 16, 2017
  • Human & Animal Health
  • Science & Technology
Bee and poppy

Entomologists, Engineers Work Together to Weigh a Bee

  • by Andy Fell
  • July 06, 2016
  • Driven by Curiosity
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science & Technology
Bumblebee on a flower

Wild bees decline where crop pollination most needed, study finds

  • by Pat Bailey
  • December 21, 2015
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Environment
Subscribe to Entomology Content

UC Davis

  • UC Davis Health
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education
  • UC Davis Stores
  • UC Davis Arts
  • UC Davis Mobile Apps
  • Hiring UC Davis Students and Alumni
  • Make a Gift to UC Davis

Students

  • Orientation
  • Student Resources
  • Graduate Students
  • Student Parents
  • Commencement
  • Career Center
  • Jobs and Internships
  • Parents

Alumni

  • Cal Aggie Alumni Association
  • Career Connections
  • Member Benefits
  • Transcripts
  • UC Davis Magazine

Faculty

  • Resources
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Benefits
  • Faculty Governance

Staff

  • Resources
  • Training
  • Benefits
  • Jobs
  • Staff Assembly
  • Website Feedback
UC Davis footer logo

University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 | 530-752-1011

  • Questions or comments?
  • Privacy & Accessibility
  • Principles of Community
  • University of California
  • Last update: May 12, 2025

Copyright © The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus. All rights reserved.

This site is officially grown in SiteFarm.