Posts Tagged: insects
These Insects Thrive in the Extreme!
A mannequin in a firefighter turncoat pinned with fire beetles drew "oohs" and "aahs" at the Bohart...
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and animal biology major Crystal Homicz look at the turncoat covered with pinned beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors examined the Extreme Insects display at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Delsin Russell, 8, of Vacaville, wearing a T-shirt, "I Like Big Bugs; I Cannot Lie," asks a question of Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum. At right is Delsin's mother, Beth Russell, who related that Delsin wants to become an entomologist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Folsom residents Ravi Kahlon and her sons Rohan Jagadeesan, 6, and Raja Jagadeesan,3, discuss extreme insects with Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum. Ravi Kahlon is a 2001 graduate of UC Davis, majoring in philosophy.
Rohan Jagadeesan, 6, of Folsom, reads all about insects who thrive in a salty habitat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis students Karissa Merritt (center) and Sara Guevara-Plunkett staffed the live "petting zoo." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Participating in the family craft activity are (from left) Vacaville residents Rinka Matsumiya, 5, Kate Irwin, 3, and Kate's brother, Thomas Irwin, 8. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Senior museum scientist Steve Heydon chats with a visitor about parasites. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet the 'Extreme Insects' Aug. 19 at Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House
Talk about extremes! Have you ever thought about how some insects have adapted to fire, ice, acid,...
This is part of the beetle collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
A sand wasp, Bembix americana, foraging on seaside daisies at Bodega Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bugging You at the California State Fair
The Insect Pavilion at the California State Fair, which includes specimens from the Bohart Museum...
The California State Fair's Insect Pavilion lauded the Bohart Museum of Entomology for donating insect specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Everyone liked the beneficial insect, the lady beetle, aka lady bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This trio checks out the pests displayed below a sign in the Insect Pavilion that cautions: "Beware of hitchhikers." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A youngster points excitedly at a display in the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The wanted visitors at the California State Fair and the unwanted visitors (pests). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This visitor was fascinated by the displays in the Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors coming and going in the California State Fair's Insect Pavilion. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Love Makes the World--and the Bugs--Go 'Round
Consider the lovestruck praying mantis. If you've ever watched a mating pair of mantids and seen...
A mating pair of Stagmomantis limbata in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This male praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, has just lost his head. This one kept moving for eight hours before he expired. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomologist Emily Bick with her program at "An Entomologist's Love Story." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Everybody Loves Bugs, Right? Here Are the Top 25 Bug Blogs in the World
Everybody loves bugs, right? Well, no, they don't. Some folks scream, smash them, or sprint away...
A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata, perches on a bamboo stake in Vacaville, Calif. Native to western North America, it belongs to the family Libellulidae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the flameskimmer dragonfly, also called a "firecracker skimmer." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Flameskimmer in flight as he heads back to his perch, a bamboo stake. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)