Posts Tagged: Lynn Kimsey
UC Davis Entomology Graduate: A Kindergarten Dream Comes True
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this image of a jumping-for-joy entomology graduate...
This image of UC Davis entomology graduate RJ Millena shows her jumping for joy while wielding an insect net. (Photo by Kaylee Fagan)
This insect-themed graduation cap is in the running for UC Davis prizes. RJ Millena's first project involved the California pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor). See caterpillar.(Photo by Kaylee Fagan)
Bohart Museum Receives Collection of More than 50,000 Aculeate Wasp Specimens
If you've ever seen a spider-hunting wasp capture, sting, and paralyze a spider, you know what...
Female golden hunting wasp dragging a paralyzed spider to its nest. (Photo by Tony Wills, courtesy of Wikipedia)
Bohart Museum director Lynn Kimsey (inside truck) and husband UC Davis forensic entomologist Bob Kimsey unload the U-Haul truck. At right is Bohart research associate Brennen Dyer. Also helping are Kimsey friends, Mike Whitney (retired Placer County sheriff) and his wife, Becky. (Photo by Steve Heydon)
The Marius Wasbauer aculeate (stinging) wasp specimens total more than 50,000. (Photo by Steve Heydon)
The Beetles, a Growing Concern in Davis
The beetles are coming! No, this is not a historical reference to that famed rock band from...
UC Davis professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows how flour and cereal should be stored. (Screen shot from her presentation on YouTube.)
Happy 'World Robber Fly Day!'
Do you know that today is "World Robber Fly Day?" "World Robber Day?" you ask. No, "World Robber...
UC Davis doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert Alberts reads to her son, Griffin, born in April of 2020.
This family photo, taken in June 2020, shows George and Charlotte Alberts and their son, Griffin.
You Don't Have to Crane Your Neck to See Them
They're out there, and you don't have to crane your neck to see them. Some folks mistakenly call...
A common crane fly, Tipula oleracea, on a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)