Posts Tagged: Bohart Museum of Entomology
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)
Why More Water Bears Are Heading for the Bohart Museum of Entomology
The Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis, which houses one of the largest collections of water...
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with part of the museum's tardigrade collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The proposed water bear sculpture at Bohart Museum of Entomology. The Bohart Museum Society has set up a go-fund-me account.