Posts Tagged: insects
Three Insect-Related Events at Aggie Spirit Week: That's the Spirit!
That's the spirit! What better way to celebrate Aggie Spirit Week, Oct. 10-16, on the UC Davis...
This image shows scientific illustrator Mary Foley Benson at age 21 in 1926 when she was employed by the USDA.
Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist at the Bohart Museum and Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator, confer on a display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Madagascar hissing cockroaches are a popular attraction at the Bohart Museum's live "petting zoo." Visitors can hold, pet and take images of them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A stick insect, aka walking stick, crawls on an arm at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Live insects are part of the museum's petting zoo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How to Find a Praying Mantis in the Wild
If you're trying to find a praying mantis in the wild, go where the food source is. Sounds pretty...
A praying mantis, a Stagmomantis limbata, hides beneath an African blue basil leaf in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This praying mantis, a Stagmomantis limbata, hanging out in the African blue basil leaf, scouts for bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Interview with a Budding Scientist
Teach 'em young, they say. Encourage them to learn about insects, spiders and other critters at a...
Brandon DeGroot,6, examines the bug he just collected outside McCormack Hall, Solano County Fairgrounds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Brandon DeGroot monitors how a bug crawls. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Brandon DeGroot gets a closer look at his bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
When you first meet 6-year-old Brandon DeGroot, he'll tell you "I love spiders and snakes" and he'll flash a big smile. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bees Weren't the Only Insects at California Honey Festival
Honey bees weren't the only insects at the 2022 California Honey Festival, held Saturday, May 7 in...
Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, "talks bugs" with visitors at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis undergraduate students Pichawi "Salee" Sangrawiakararat (left) and Lauren Spellman check out the Peruvian stick insects at the Bohart Museum of Entomology table at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Smile! UC Davis students Pichawi "Salee" Sangrawiakararat (left) and Lauren Spellman take images of the Peruvian stick insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a Peruvian walking stick (stick insect). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator and senior museum scientist Steve Heydon of the Bohart Museum of Entomology greet visitors at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Briggs Hall Showcases Forest, Medical and Agricultural Entomology
If a room could beam, Room 122 of Briggs Hall certainly beamed on Saturday, April 23 during...
The crowd flows into 122 Briggs Hall in the early morning of April 23, UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral student and forest entomologist Crystal Homicz answers questions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Forensic entomologist Robert "Dr. Bob" Kimsey talks about the importance of forensic entomology. He is the faculty coordinator of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's Picnic Day activities. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The jars in front of forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey contain maggot specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ant posters from the Phil Ward lab drew the attention of these visitors. (Photo by Danielle Rutkowski)
A huge sculpture of a praying mantis occupied part of 122 Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral student Addie Abrams of the agricultural entomology laboratory of Ian Grettenberger fields questions from the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All the insects fascinated Connor Lemcke, 3, of Davis. "He loves bugs," said his mother, Coreen Lemke, a UC Davis alumna. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cooperative Extension specialist and agricultural entomologist Ian Grettenberg (far left) responds to questions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)