Posts Tagged: Steve Heydon
Bugs at the Bohart? Yes, and Bernie and a Hot Dog, Too!
Entomologists don't always dress as predators or prey at their Halloween parties. Sure, they're...
A carved pumpkin at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Halloween party spilled its guts. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum research entomologist Tom Zavortink portrayed Bernie Sanders, and UC Davis alumnus Danielle Wishon, a shark. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart senior museum scientist Steve Heydon portrayed a scarecrow--that knife is fake--and his wife, Anita, a black widow spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at UC Davis, delighted in student Parras McGrath's costume--a tarantula hawk. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and the advisor to the UC Davis Entomology Club, came dressed in his ghillie suit. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Student Keely Davies, a member of the UC Davis Entomology Club, was all law 'n order. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Student Jamie Fong came dressed as a hot dog. At left is Tabatha Yang, Bohart Museum outreach and public education coordinator, dressed as a "staff infection." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ahoy, there, mate! UC Davis student Diego Rivera came dressed as a pirate (see the parrot on his shoulder?) but he was mistaken for a patriot from the American Revolutionary War. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
And the band played on! From left are James Heydon on guitar, vocalist Maia Lundy (UC Davis entomology graduate) and her sister, Jade Lundy, on violin. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Framed by a harp, Andre Poon softly played the violin. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seeing Spots at the Bohart
If you walk into the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, you'll see...
The Bohart team includes (front, from left) graduate students Charlotte Herbert and Jessica Gillung and undergraduate student Wade Spencer. In back (from left) are UC Davis biology student Emma Cluff; Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator; Bohart Museum director Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology; and Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seeing spots--scores of t-shirts are lined up, ready to be placed in the gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
KUIC Meets the Entomologists and Coco McFluffin
It was a buggy, sweet kind of day when KUIC Radio 95.3 hosted a coffee break for the Bohart...
Oh, no, an escapee! Lynn Kimsey (left), director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and KUIC host Barbara Hoover share a laugh as a Madagascar hissing cockroach decides not to star but to escape. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist at the Bohart Museum, introduces KUIC's Barbara Hoover to a walking stick--and it started walking up her arm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang (far left), education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart, entomologist and Bohart associate Wade Spencer, entomology student at UC Davis, introduce KUIC's Barbara Hoover to a tarantula named Coco McFluffin. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Camaraderie: Distinguished emeriti professors from the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology with Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart and professor of entomology. With her (from left) are Harry Kaya, Robert Washino and Robbin Thorp. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the scene at the start of the KUIC/Bohart coffee break--a mixture of bugs on the wall and sweets on the table. At far left is Extension apiculturist emeritus Eric Mussen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gathering of Lepidopterists: Who's Who of the Butterfly, Moth Experts
It was a gathering of lepidopterists. A veritable Who's Who of lepidopterists. Some 25...
Essig Museum associate Kelly Richers works on underwing moths at the gathering of lepitopderists at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jerry Powell (seated at microscope) of Berkeley talks to colleagues. From left are entomologist Max Klepikov of Berkeley; distinguished professor Don Strong of tje UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology and UC Davis graduate student Eric Lopresti. Kleipkov holds a doctorate in entomology from his native Russia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Physician Val Albu (left) of Fresno confers with entomologist Jerry Powell, emeritus director of the Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley. At far right is Chris Lay, manager of UC Santa Cruz's Natural History Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Rick Kelson, who directs the butterfly habitat at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, looks over specimens with Shanda Witham, associate curator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Conferring are Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist at the Bohart Museum, Jeff Smith,curator of the Bohart's butterfly and moth specimens, and Marc Epstein, senior biosystematist for the California Department of Food and Agriculture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum and Essig Museum associate Bill Patterson opens a drawer at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologists Know How to Party
Entomologists know how to party. They know how to put the "boo" in biology and the "just buggin'...
Bug catchers Wade Spencer (far left) and Brennen Dyer, both entomoogy students, try to net a venomous caterpillar--doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
That's the spirit! From left are Julie Tillman and husband Steve Seybold and their daughter Natalie. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dragonflies! Mother Jeanette Wryskinski (far right) and her son Aren Scardaci with Eve Butler. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert and her fiance, George Alberts, made this tardigrade pinata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey (center), director of the Bohart, cuts the anniversary cake, as Tabatha Yang, public education and outreach coordinator disguised as a wet blanket, assists. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey in his ghillie suit with his newfound friend, Quack. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)