President Obama caught a little flak when he smacked a fly during a recent press interview in the...
Blow Fly on Cosmos
BOTTLE-GREEN blow fly, the color of emeralds, on a pink cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Shadow Knows
LOOK CLOSELY and you'll see the shadow of a fly inside this pink cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, June 18, 2009 at
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UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey loves flies.
So, every chance I get, I shoot an...
Pretty in Pink?
A FLY on a cactus flower: an almost ethereal image. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up
A FLY is the sum of its moving parts. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, June 5, 2009 at
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Poet Gertrude Stein wrote in her 1913 poem, "Sacred Emily," that "a rose is a...
Fly on a Rose
FLY ON A ROSE--We're accustomed to seeing insects on roses, but not flies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 at
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It wasn't too surprising.
Reuters posted a story online today about flies spreading drug-resistant...
Lone Fly
A LONE FLY visits a flower in the Storer Garden, UC Davis Arboretum, on Feb. 27, 2009. The common housefly is known to transfer at least 100 different pathogens and carry about 6.6 million bacteria on its body at a single time, according to UC Davis forensic entomologist Bob Kimsey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Monday, March 16, 2009 at
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It’s Friday, so it must be Friday lite…
When...
Perfect cake for an entomologist
PERFECT CAKE FOR AN ENTOMOLOGIST--What's a perfect birthday cake for an insect scientist? One with bugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey
PEDALING AWAY--Birthday celebrant Lynn Kimsey, chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, pedals home. (A shoulder injury prompted her to temporarily trade her bicycle for this "chariot.") (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, January 30, 2009 at
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