Posts Tagged: ESA
UC Davis Doctoral Students in Entomology Got It Right
They knew the answer. "A worker honey bee has how many pairs of wax glands on its...
UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski captured this screen shot at the finals. She is top row, second from left.
The Legendary Bruce Hammock: Why Science Is Fun
"Bruce D. Hammock is widely known for his groundbreaking research in insect physiology, toxicology,...
UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock in his office (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bruce Hammock in a Hammock on the UC Davis Quad. Note: He doesn't spend much time in a hammock; he just posed for this photo. (Photo by Cindy McReynolds)
Ever Seen a Bumble Bee Nest?
Ever seen a bumble bee nest? We remember when insect enthusiast Rita LeRoy of the Loma Vista Farm,...
A nest of Bombus vosnesenkii in May 2015 at the Loma Vista Farm, Vallejo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
News Flash: Don't Miss 'Current Techniques in Morphology'
You won't want to miss this. A year-long project on "Current Techniques in Morphology" was posted...
One of the articles in the journal deals with "Jumping and Grasping: Universal Locking Mechanism in Insect Legs." This image is a banded-winged grasshopper, family Acrididae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
About That Three-Cornered Alfalfa Hopper...
It's green, it's tiny, and everyone is hoping it doesn't wreak any havoc in the vineyards. "It" is...
The three-cornered alfalfa hopper, Spissistilus festinus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The three-cornered alfalfa hopper, Spissistilus festinus, is a clear-winged, wedge-shaped (thus the name "three-cornered") insect that's about a quarter of an inch long. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)