Posts Tagged: Lynn Kimsey
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)
Yellowjacket or Paper Wasp?
Western yellowjackets, nicknamed "meat bees" (as opposed to the "vegetarian honey bees") are often...
A Western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica, sipping water. Note the black antennae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A European paper wasp, Polistes dominula, soaking up sun. Note the orange antennae.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a European paper wasp nest tucked inside a shrub. Yellowjacket nests are often in abandoned rodent nests. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Moths! Moths! Moths! Can You Identify Your Moths?
So you have this significant garden pest--a caterpillar eating your cabbage, lettuce, tomato,...
This moth is the Tobacco Budworm (as identified by Lepitopteran Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology) It's shown here on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Celebrate Moths at the Bohart Museum on Saturday Night, July 30
Ready...set...go! It's almost time to celebrate moths! How much do you know about moths? Do you...
UC Davis entomology graduate student Jessica Gillung shows Atlas moths from the Bohart Museum collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These moths are Rothschildia cincta, also known as giant silkworm moths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Bioblitz in Belize!
They're calling it "Bohart Belize Bioblitz," or "B-cubed" or "B to the 3." It's an insect...
Entomologists David Wyatt and Fran Keller pose for a photo in Belize.
Those who will join the June 20-July 1 collecting trip to Belize gathered for a pre-trip meeting and pizza party on June 1 in the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Some of the insects collected on the 2015 Bohart Museum trip to Belize. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)