Posts Tagged: Lynn Kimsey
'The Girl in the Red Boots' Has Retired
"The Girl in the Red Boots" has retired. That would be UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn...
Professor (and now retiree) Lynn Kimsey (seated), former director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, is honored at a birthday celebration on Feb. 1. With her from left are doctoral student Iris Quayle of the Bond lab; Professor Jason Bond, newly selected director of the Bohart Museum; and entomology researcher Tom Zavortink of the Bohart. (Photo by Tabatha Yang)
The Ladybug: Luck Be a Lady?
It's not often that entomology and football mesh. But that was the case when San Francisco...
A portrait of a lady beetle, aka ladybug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A lady beetle, aka ladybug, devouring an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Is there an aphid out there for me, or another football game to win? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Social Wasps Are Great Artists and Architects, But So Are....
When it comes to building nests, social wasps are great artists and architects. But so were the...
Bohart Museum of Entomology set out instructions on how to make a paper mache wasp nest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Skylan Potter, 11, of Sacramento works on creating a wasp nest at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. In back are her mother, Camille Potter, and baby brother, Kehlan Kaufeldt, age 1; Tabatha Yang, Bohart education and outreach coordinator and Bohart associate Andrew Logan, who staffed the table. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Skylan Potter displays her newly created social wasp nest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Camille Potter and her daughter, Skylan and son, Kehlan, Sacramento, admire a species of robber fly (family Asilidae) at the entrance to the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate and entomologist Sandy Shanks (right) and researcher and retired senior museum scientist Steve Heydon (partially hidden) answer questions about Hymenoptera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distingished professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, answers questions on social wasps. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Quick, Get Your Camera Ready! There's a Wasp!
Quick, get your camera ready! There's a wasp! Ever heard anyone say that? We remember capturing...
A European paper wasp, Polistes dominula, has just shredded a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar and is about to take the prey to her colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A beewolf, a crabronid wasp, lands on a buckwheat blossom, unaware it's occupied by a praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum: How to Make a Paper Wasp Nest
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house on "Social Wasps" from 1 to 4...
The makings of a European paper wasp nest in Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A fully occupied European paper wasp nest on a Vacaville fence. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)