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Oh, What a (Moth) Night!

Moth Night at the Bohart Museum of Entomology was the first-ever evening open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, what a (moth) night! Saturday, July 18 marked the beginning of National Moth...

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Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 6:45 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (218), Fran Keller (23), Greg Kareofelas (19), Jeff Smith (14), John DeBenedictis (3), Moth Night (4), Steve Heydon (21), Tabatha Yang (52)

Do You Know Where Your Moths Are?

This small moth is known as a pterphorid plume moth. It was found in the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's Saturday night, July 18--or soon will be. Do you know where your moths are? It so happens...

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Posted on Friday, July 10, 2015 at 6:24 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (218), Jeff Smith (14), Lynn Kimsey (119), Moth Night (4), Tabatha Yang (52)

The Wonderful World of Bugs

UC Davis entomology graduate student Jéssica Gillung engages Griffin Shepherd, 7, of Winters, as she talks about a rose-haired tarantula. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Forget about “fun and games.” Think “fun and names.” The open house...

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Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 4:52 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (218), insects (14)

Name That Bug! What About Bob?

Theme of the Bohart Museum open house on May 17 is

Naming a child or a pet takes some major thought and requires some major decisions. Naming our son...

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Posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 5:14 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bob Kimsey (3), Bockler Wasp (1), Bohart Museum of Entomology (218), Lynn Kimsey (119), open house (17), Tabatha Yang (52)

From a 'Butterfly Wish' to a Tarantula Named 'Peaches'

Roxanne Bell, 7, of Davis, decided that Peaches, the rose-haired tarantula,

What a grand event! When the University of California, Davis held its annual campus "Take Your...

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Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 5:56 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (218), Joel Fuerte (1), Roxanne Bell (1), S. S. Dudley (1), Scott Stoddard (1), TODS Day (1)

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