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It's Chrysalis Time in the City

It's chrysalis time in the city. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Our unseasonably warm temperatures in November yielded 12 unexpected surprises: 12...

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Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 6:25 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (265), caterpillar (1), chrysalis (1), monarch butterflies (4), UC Davis (10)

Yes, an Insect Museum Can Have Mounted Heads, Too!

Wade Spencer, a UC Davis entomology major who works at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, stands next to the mounted heads of rhino beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When you enter the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge...

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Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 2:40 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (265), Lynn Kimsey (145), Parras McGrath (2), rhinocerous beetles (1), Wade Spencer (11)

Gifts to Bohart Museum of Entomology

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Folks are asking how to donate to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, the world-renowned insect museum...

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Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 5:56 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (265), bugs (4), donations (1), donors (1), gift shop (3), insect science (3), Lynn Kimsey (145), petting zoo (2), Tabatha Yang (63)

Landmark Book Addresses California Bees, Blooms

This is a native bumble bee, Bombus californicus, on blanketflower (Gaillardia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you're looking for a holiday gift for family and friends--or maybe yourself--think bees and...

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Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 1:48 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Barbara Erter (1), Bohart Museum of Entomology (265), Bumble Bees of North America (1), California Bees and Blooms (1), Gordon Frankie (1), Robbin Thorp (14), Rollin Coville (1)

The Making of a Monarch

A monarch butterfly on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). Monarch puppets are available at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you're addicted to monarchs--and lament that they're overwintering in coastal California and in...

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Posted on Monday, November 28, 2016 at 3:23 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (265), Lynn Kimsey (145), monarch butterfly (2), monarch caterpillar (1), monarch chrysalis (1), monarch puppets (1)

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