Posts Tagged: ants
Bees Are Your Buddies; Ants Are Your Friends
If bees are your buddies, ants ought to be your friends, right? Right. They belong to the...
These are carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus, as identified by UC Davis 2020 alumnus and ant researcher Brendon Boudinot, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. (Photo taken in Vacaville, Calif. by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Phil Ward lab members are ready to answer your questions about ants. From left are Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow, both doctoral candidates, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Terry McGlynn: 'Lessons about Thermal Ecology from Rainforest Ants'
"As the world is getting hotter, we are now urgently focused on understanding on how climate change...
Biology professor Terry McGlynn of California State University, Dominguez Hills, will present a seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on “Lessons about Thermal Ecology from Rainforest Ants” at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 5 in 122 Briggs Hall.
Entomological ABCs: Ants, Bees and Caterpillars
Urban landscape entomologist Emily Meineke, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology...
A monarch caterpillar, Danaus plexippus, munching on milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a honey bee, Apis mellifera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Rainforest ants, Euprenolepis procera feeding on a Pleurotus mushroom. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
The Morphos! The Monarchs! The Bohart!
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house, a sure crowd-pleaser is the global...
Martha Leija and Mario Preciado and their daughter Valentina, 8, a family from Mexico City, check over the morpho butterflies. At right is Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas (left) poses for a photo with a visiting family from Mexico City: Martha Leija and Mario Preciado and their daughter Valentina, 8. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Got an Ant Question? Ask Away at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
Got a question about ants? Or other insects? By popular demand, ant specialists (myrmecologists)...
How much do you know about ants? Members of the Phil Ward lab will discuss ants and answer questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Here carpenter ants (Camponotus semitestaceus) nest in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet The Ant People (Myrmecologists) from the Phil Ward lab at UC Davis. From left are doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow; graduate student Ziv Lieberman; and alumnus Brendon Boudinot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)