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Painted Ladies on the Move
The painted ladies are on the move. Have you seen these migratory butterflies, Vanessa...
A painted lady, Vanessa cardui, photographed on lantana in Vacaville in 2015. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet-n-Greet the Bugs!
It's finals week at the University of California, Davis, and what a great opportunity to take time...
It's finals week! Coco McFluffin, a Chaco golden knee tarantula, will be one of the de-stressors at the Meet-n-Greet Bug Show from noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 19 in the UC Davis LGBTQUIA Resource Center. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology student and Bohart Museum associate Wade Spencer shows Coco McFluffin to students touring the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bruce Hammock: From ResearchIng Insect Science to Researching Autism and Schizophrenia
Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor at the University of California, Davis, who holds a...
UC Davis researchers Jun Yang (right) and Sung Hee Hwang (center) with Bruce Hammock. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a photo from the Kenji Hashimoto lab, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Japan, and includes some of the scientists working on the autism/schizophrenia research. In the center, front row, is Kenji Hashimoto. First author Ma Min, third from right, back row. Second author Qian Ren is in the back row, far right. Researcher Tamaki Ishima is the fourth from right, back row. (Photo courtesy of Kenji Hashimoto lab)
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling...There Must Be a Green Insect Nearby
When Irish eyes are smiling, it could be... St. Patrick's Day is approaching or A green insect...
The female metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, nectaring on a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The male metallic green sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, is partly green; its head and thorax are green, but not its abdomen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A sand wasp, Bembix americana, foraging on a seaside daisy (Erigeron glaucus) at Bodega Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Science of the Monarch Butterfly: For Graduate Students and Citizen Scientists As Well!
If you're a graduate student at the University of California, Davis, you can enroll in a newly...
A longhorned bee, Melissodes agilis, targets a monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A newly eclosed monarch drying its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
