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'Invited' Guests and 'Uninvited' Pests at the Bohart Museum Open House Nov. 19

Bohart Museum volunteer Noah Crockette, a high school senior planning a career in entomology, stands by the many items in the museum's gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts its open house, “Uninvited Guests: Common...

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Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 4:34 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (258), Karissa Merritt (2), Lynn Kimsey (140), open house (25), pantry pests (2), uninvited guests (2)

Monarchs: Should They Go or Should They Stay?

Marilyn, a butterfly enthusiast from Fairfield, ready to release two monarchs at the Natural Bridges State Park's monarch sanctuary. The butterfly mesh habitat is from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis. The

So here we are, planning a long-awaited 113-mile trip from Solano County to Natural Bridges State...

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Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 4:35 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (258), butterfly sanctuary (1), monarch release (1), monarch sanctuary (1), monarchs (6), Natural Bridges State Park (1), Santa Cruz (2)

Entomologists Know How to Party

Bug catchers Wade Spencer (far left) and Brennen Dyer, both entomoogy students, try to net a venomous caterpillar--doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologists know how to party. They know how to put the "boo" in biology and the "just buggin'...

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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2016 at 3:17 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (258), bug catchers (1), Halloween party (2), Lynn Kimsey (140), slug caterpilllar (1), Steve Heydon (24), Tabatha Yang (62), tardigrade (1)

Sometimes The Unexpected Happens

UC Davis entomology student Wade Spencer holds the female praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sometimes the unexpected happens. Take the case of the female praying mantis delivered to the...

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Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (258), praying mantis (14), UC Davis (9), Wade Spencer (10)

A Boy, Bugs, a Birthday and the Bohart

UC Davis entomology undergraduate student Wade Spencer (left) and budding entomologist Ty Elowe of Mesa, Ariz., show their bugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A 12-year-old boy from Mesa, Ariz. with a lifelong interest in bugs, got what he wished for last...

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Posted on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 8:19 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (258), Lynn Kimsey (140), Robbin Elowe (1), Tabatha Yang (62), Ty Elowe (1), UC Davis (9), UC Davis (9), Wade Spencer (10)

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