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Celebrate Moths at the Bohart Museum on Saturday Night, July 30

UC Davis entomology graduate student Jessica Gillung shows Atlas moths from the Bohart Museum collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ready...set...go! It's almost time to celebrate moths! How much do you know about moths? Do you...

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Posted on Friday, July 15, 2016 at 5:20 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Atlas moths (1), Bohart Museum of Entomology (93), celerate moths (1), International Moth Week (1), Jessica Gillung (1), Lynn Kimsey (158), moths (3), noctuid moth (1), Rothschildia cincta (1), Tabatha Yang (34)

Bohart Bioblitz in Belize!

Entomologists David Wyatt and Fran Keller pose for a photo in Belize.

They're calling it "Bohart Belize Bioblitz," or "B-cubed" or "B to the 3." It's an insect...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 4:22 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Belize (2), Bohart Museum Bioblitz (1), collecting trip (1), David Wyatt (2), Fran Keller (13), Lynn Kimsey (158), Noah Crockett (1), UC Davis (4)

Crane Flies Are Here, There and Everywhere

A crane fly dangles from a spider web. It is about to become prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

You don't have to crane your neck to see the crane flies. They're everywhere. They're zigzagging...

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Posted on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 5:30 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (93), crane flies (1), family Tipulidae (1), Lynn Kimsey (158), mosquito eaters (1), mosquito hawks (1)

Head on Over to the Haven

Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, shows a bee to haven visitor Lalibella Eaves, 6, of Quebec City, Canada. Her mother, Valerie Fournier, received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis in 2003 and is now a professor at Laval University, Quebec City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Head on over to the haven on Friday, May 6. That would be the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven....

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Posted on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 4:32 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bee garden (2), Christine Casey (3), Elina Niño (2), Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven (3), Lynn Kimsey (158), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (2), Valerie Fournier (1)

A Jewel of a Gift

David Verity of Los Angeles gifting his collection of buprestid jewel beetles to Bohart Museum director Lynn Kimsey.

It's a jewel of a gift. David Verity of Los Angeles has just gifted the Bohart Museum of...

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Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 6:40 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (93), buprestid jewel beetles (1), David Verity (1), Lynn Kimsey (158)

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