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'Dr. Jessicles' Heading for Cornell
Her new nickname is “Jessicles.” “Jess” with...
Entomologist Jessica Gillung stands by her exit seminar slide. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
At the going-away party: From left are Andrew Young of the Phil Ward lab; Phil Ward, professor of entomology at UC Davis; Amir Ghoddoucy, formerly with the California Department of Food and Agriculture; Jessica Gillung (opening her card), and Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A toast! From left are Phil Ward, UC Davis professor of entomology; Amir Ghoddoucy, formerly with the California Department of Food and Agriculture; and Jessica Gillung, new Ph.D. who is heading to Cornell for her postdoctorate fellowship. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lucy, a three-legged mascot at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, gets some love from Jessica Gillung. Lucy, a rescue dog, was adopted by Fran Keller, assistant professor at Folsom Lake College who received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What Native California Plants Are Best for Attracting Pollinators?
What native California plants are best for attracting pollinators? That's a question often...
Phacelia campanularia was one of the 43 plants tested in the UC Davis research garden. Here a honey bee sips nectar from a blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These are some of the 43 plants tested in the UC Davis research garden. This is an illustration from the research paper. (Photos by Ola Lundin)
Time to Revisit 'The 13 Bugs of Christmas'
It's time to revisit the "13 Bugs of Christmas!" Back in 2010, two innovators with the UC Davis...
"On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 5 golden bees." This is one of them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A varroa mite on a honey bee--not something that beekeepers want to see on their bees! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A queen bee and her retinue. "On the 11th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me, 11 queen bees piping." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Something Sweet and Something Neat: Entomological Holiday Gifts at UC Davis
Just call these "something sweet" and "something neat." Yesterday on Bug Squad we featured holiday...
Sweet! The UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center is selling honey and offering free recipes.
UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) offers t-shirts year-around and they're especially popular during the hoidays. From left are president Brendon Boudintot, t-shirt coordinator Jill Oberski and Corwin Parker with their award-winning shirts. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In Search of the Perfect Entomological Gift
If you're looking for the perfect "bugly" entomological gift, be sure to stop by the Bohart Museum...
Bohart associate Emma Cluff cuddles a tardigrade, one of the stuffed animals available for sale in the Bohart Museum of Entomology's gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This humorous mayfly illustration, "The swarmers are attracted to lights and tend to expose themselves in the evenings," appears in the 2019 Bohart Museum calendar. That sentence was written by a UC Davis student in Professor Lynn Kimsey's class. The calendar illustrations are all the work of entomologist/artist Karissa Merritt, a UC Davis student. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)