Posts Tagged: UC Davis Picnic Day
What's a Picnic Without Bugs?
What's a picnic without bugs? UC Davis entomologists--students, faculty, staff and emeriti--will...
Britanny Kohler, then a member of the UC Davis Entomology Club, works the roach race track in this 2022 image. She is a UC Davis alumna and a research associate at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kyle Eishoff, then of the UC Davis Entomology Club, makes sure the roaches stay in their place. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One of the American cockroaches in a 2022 race tries to make a run for it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fly Diversity Explained With Ukrainian Colors
When officials at the Bohart Museum of Entomology asked UC Davis students, graduate students...
Postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev, a Ukranian dipterist, created this fly diversity display as a traveling exhibit for the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is Severyn Korneyev's fly diversity display showcased at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A visitor at the Bohart Museum open house reads Severyn Korneyev's fly diversity display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis and CDFA postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev, a Ukranian dipterian, fields questions at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Run, Roaches, Run!
Folks will do just about anything to remove cockroaches from their homes, but when it comes to UC...
Kyle Elshoff of the UC Davis Entomology Club retrieves a winning roach. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Brittany Kohler checks to see which roach came in first. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ian Clark (foreground) works the crowd and the roaches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Some roaches escape before they can be lined up to run. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Briggs Hall Showcases Forest, Medical and Agricultural Entomology
If a room could beam, Room 122 of Briggs Hall certainly beamed on Saturday, April 23 during...
The crowd flows into 122 Briggs Hall in the early morning of April 23, UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral student and forest entomologist Crystal Homicz answers questions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Forensic entomologist Robert "Dr. Bob" Kimsey talks about the importance of forensic entomology. He is the faculty coordinator of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's Picnic Day activities. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The jars in front of forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey contain maggot specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ant posters from the Phil Ward lab drew the attention of these visitors. (Photo by Danielle Rutkowski)
A huge sculpture of a praying mantis occupied part of 122 Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral student Addie Abrams of the agricultural entomology laboratory of Ian Grettenberger fields questions from the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All the insects fascinated Connor Lemcke, 3, of Davis. "He loves bugs," said his mother, Coreen Lemke, a UC Davis alumna. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cooperative Extension specialist and agricultural entomologist Ian Grettenberg (far left) responds to questions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wouldn't You Like to Be a Larva?
Would you like to be an egg, a larva, a pupa or a fly? That was the question that awaited...
UC Davis students Noel Bresson and Jordan King pose at Briggs Hall on UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)