Posts Tagged: Bohart Museum of Entomology
This Is Not Our Planet. Whose Planet Is It?
Mention "beetles," and most folks think of that iconic English rock band from Liverpool. You know,...
A honey bee encounters a lady beetle, aka ladybug, on mustard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cellar spider catches and wraps a lady beetle, aka ladybug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Fritillary eyes a blister beetle on a Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey Sheds Light on Asian Giant Hornets
Remember those Asian giant hornets, which the news media dubbed "the murder hornets?" No, they're...
The Asian giant hornet. (Courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture)
Countdown Until Bohart Museum of Entomology's Virtual Moth Open House
One...two...three... Are you counting down until the much-awaited Virtual Moth Open House, hosted...
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Lepidoptera collection, discusses how to pin and spread specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Preparing monarch specimens for viewing in the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Open House: Like a Moth to a Flame!
Want to learn more about moths? If you attend the Virtual Moth Open House hosted by the...
This is the Atlas moth, the largest moth in the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Like to learn how to blacklight for insects? Entomologists at the Virtual Moth Night Open House, hosted by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, will tell you how. At right is John De Benedictus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spider Alert! Meet a Little Charmer
Spider alert! Spider alert! Some folks request a "spider alert" because they cringe in horror when...
"Well, hello there!" A mature male crab spider, likely a Missumessus species (Thomisidae, crab spider) as identified by UC Davis Professor Jason Bond, peers at the camera from his Tithonia post. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Hey, I'll pose for a side view." A male crab spider scuttles around on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Is this my best side?" The male crab spider strikes a "pose" for the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Watch me, I shall do my vanishing act!" The crab spider moves out of the photographer's view. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)