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A Praying Mantis Named Cupcake Greets Visitors at the Bohart Museum
Most bakers define a "cupcake" as a a small cake designed to serve one person--and one that can be...
Cupcake, a Rhombodera megaera praying mantis, perches on the hand of her owner, UC Davis animal biology major, Crystal Homicz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis animal biology major Crystal Homicz holds Cupcake, her Rhombodera megaera praying mantis. It is a native of Asia and the species is one of the largest in the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Trio of Napa visitors (from left) teacher Marykay Osborn, Abby Jurgens and Olivia Hamilton, 11, (one of Osborn's students) check out Cupcake, the praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bugs from Belize in the Bohart
Talk about alliteration. "Bugs from Belize in the Bohart." It doesn't get any more bugly than...
Professors Dave Wyatt and Fran Keller in Belize on their collection trip. They will be showing some of their insect specimens Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the campuswide Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo courtesy of Fran Keller)
These are some of the insects collected in Belize on a collection trip led by Professors David Wyatt of Sacramento City College and Fran Keller of Folsom Lake College. (Photo by Fran Keller)
Many insects collected in Belize now have a home at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. From left are Fran Keller, assistant professor at Folsom Lake College, and collectors Darian Dungey of Concord, a UC Davis graduate in entomology, and Noah Crockette of Davis, community college student. Some of their insect specimens are shown. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The collectors in Belize! All are wearing matching shirts; image taken in August 2017. (Photo courtesy of Fran Keller)
How Many Wild Bee Species Do We Need to Pollinate Our Crops?
They set out to answer the question: "How many wild bee species do we need to pollinate our...
A bumble bee pollinating blueberries. (Photo courtesy of Rachael Winfree, Rutgers University)
'Get Bugged' at Design Museum on Biodiversity Museum Day
It's bugged. Yes, it is. When you attend the seventh annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on...
"It's Bugged: Insects' Role in Design," an exhibit in Cruess Hall that explores the connection between insects and people, will be open from noon to 4 p.m. on Feb. 17. The image of bees is the work of Alex Wild. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This art by professor emerita Ann Savageau of the Department of Design shows beetle galleries as "Totem Art." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor emerita Ann Savageau of the Department of Design with her trilogy of wall pieces made from hornet nest paper.
Fabric at the Design Museum definitely says "It's Bugged!" (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet and Greet 'Watermelon' at the Bohart Museum of Entomology
Have you ever said "Hi" to a watermelon? No? Well, you can "meet and greet" a watermelon at the...
This praying mantis, nicknamed "Watermelon," is an adult female Australian rainforest mantis, Hierodula majuscola, part of the collection of UC Davis entomology student Lohit Garikipati. He will display this mantis and others from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
As a Bohart Museum associate, UC Davis entomology student Lohit Garikipati works on a tray of praying mantis specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The red and green coloration on this Australian rainforest mantis, Hierodula majuscola, led Lohit Garikipati to name her "Watermelon." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)