Posts Tagged: Lynn Kimsey
A Boy, Bugs, a Birthday and the Bohart
A 12-year-old boy from Mesa, Ariz. with a lifelong interest in bugs, got what he wished for last...
UC Davis entomology undergraduate student Wade Spencer (left) and budding entomologist Ty Elowe of Mesa, Ariz., show their bugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Matching pairs of (walking) sticks on Ty Elowe's t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Oh, the Bugs They Saw at the Bohart!
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, hosted an open house showcasing specimens collected...
Jordan Bailey, a student in Fran Keller's class at Folsom Lake College, holds a walking stick for extra credit. At right is Keller, an assistant professor and Bohart associate. She received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Milo Kovet, a student in Fran Keller's class at Folsom Lake College, watches as his daughter, Paschela Kovet, 8, holds a tarantula. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Noah Crockette, 17, of Davis, participated on the Belize tour and answered questions from the crowd at the Bohart open house. He won a grant to study beetles in Belize. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A donation to the Bohart: Esther and Gordon Schmierer (center) of Lodi donated Esther's specimens that she collected in 1973-73 while living in Belize. Flanking them are David Wyatt, professor, Sacramento City College, and Fran Keller, assistant professor, Folsom Lake College, who led the collection trip to Belize last summer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A young boy peruses a book as a crowd gathers in the Bohart Museum gift shop, which is open year around. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These are some of the insects collected during the Belize trip last summer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
At the Bohart open houses,there are family activities. Here Echo Valor, 8, of Rio Linda, makes a button with assistance from his mother, Nika Valor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Her Shoes Are as Magical and Enchanting as Lightning Bugs
She's known fondly as "The Wasp Woman" (wasps are her specialty) and now she may be known as "The...
Lynn Kimsey gets ready to lace up her new shoes, painted with cuckoo wasps. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, wearing the "magic shoes" in her office. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet You at the Bohart!
If you've never visited the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, or...
Retired entomologist and Bohart Museum associate Norm Smith engages visitors as he talks about moths at the July 30th Bohart Museum open house. Smith received his doctorate in entomology from UC Davis with major professor Richard Bohart, for whom the museum is named. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nan Rowan of Davis talks to entomologist and UC Davis graduate student Jessica Gillung (foreground) at the open house on July 30. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Selfies are fun to take at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Here Monica Ballard of Rancho Cordova smiles for the camera as an Australian walking stick obliges. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum of Entomology director Lynn Kimsey oversees the global collection of insects, which numbers nearly eight million. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Un-Bee-Lievable Summer at Belize: Bohart Open House on Sunday, Sept. 18
You will not bee-lieve what a group of scientists affiliated with the Bohart Museum of Entomology,...
Entomologist Jeff Smith (center) who curates the moth and butterfly collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, talks about butterflies at the Bohart's Belize summer expedition. (Photo by Steve Heydon)
Senior museum scientist Steve Heydon of the Bohart Museum of Entomology holds some of the specimens collected in Belize. He participated in the collection expedition.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)