Backyard Orchard News
Aren't You Supposed to Be Hibernating?
Dec. 22 marked the winter solstice, the first day of winter. But don't tell that to the western...
A western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica, flies toward Algerian ivy in mid-December in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica, sipping nectar from Algerian ivy in Vacaville, Calif. in mid-December. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's Chrysalis Time in the City
Our unseasonably warm temperatures in November yielded 12 unexpected surprises: 12...
It's chrysalis time in the city. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Santa appears to be looking at the newly eclosed male monarch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Happy holidays from an out-of-season monarch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Bugworthy Kind of Christmas
It's a bugworthy kind of Christmas. Remember the iconic song, "The 12 Days of Christmas," ...
The "Bugworthy" version of "The 12 Days of Christmas" includes a golden bee--actually five golden bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yes, an Insect Museum Can Have Mounted Heads, Too!
When you enter the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge...
Wade Spencer, a UC Davis entomology major who works at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, stands next to the mounted heads of rhino beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wade Spencer (left) and Parras McGrath of the Bohart Museum hold a mounted rhino beetle head next to a mounted deer head. Spencer is a UC Davis entomology major, and McGrath is a high school student (The Met, Sacramento) who also helps out at the Bohart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the head of a mounted male rhino beetle. Bohart Museum associate Greg Kareofelas cut the board from Sika spruce, using the Shield pattern (used to mount game heads). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gifts to Bohart Museum of Entomology
Folks are asking how to donate to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, the world-renowned insect museum...
A walking stick in the live "petting zoo" at the Bohart Museum of Entomology changes hands. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator, interacts with visitors.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Crowds fill the open houses at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Weekend open houses take place throughout the year. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)