Posts Tagged: Robbin Thorp
Bigger, Better, Buglier: Impressive Science
Oh, the bugs! Bigger. Better. Buglier. It was Saturday, April 18, the 103rd annual UC Davis...
Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, chats with Adne Burruss, 6, of Irvine. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A close-up of a male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, held by Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis.
Future entomologist? Julianna Amaya, 10, of Martinez is fascinated by an Australian walking stick.
Entomologist and Bohart Museum associate Jeff Smith talks butterflies to Ted Swift and his daughter Grace Swift, 10, of Davis.
Fran Keller, assistant professor at Folsom Lake College, staffs the Bohart Museum gift shop.
A Chance Encounter with an Ichneumon
So here's this lady beetle patrolling a rosebud. It's early spring--April 15--in Vacaville,...
A lady beetle meeets a male parasitic wasp from the family Ichneumonidae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The lady beetle continues to patrol the rosebud, while the male parasitic wasp quickly leaves the scene. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Mining for Bees' in the Cherry Laurels
Have you checked to see what's foraging on your early spring blooms? Our cherry laurels (Prunus...
A tiny Andrena candida foraging in the cherry laurels in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Andrena nigrocaerulea foraging in the cherry laurels in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Big Butterfly-and-Bee Day at the Bohart
It was a big butterfly-and-bee day at the Bohart. Despite other major attractions--including the...
Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterfly and moth display at the Bohart, shows South American rainforest butterflies, Preponas, in the genus Archaeoprepona to butterfly-bee enthusiast Ria deGrassi of Davis. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Davis resident Ria deGrassi talks about finding an unusual bee in her yard. At left are Robbin Thorp (foreground), UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, and Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas (next to him).
Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, displays a male Valley carpenter bee, aka "teddy bear." He assured visitors: "Boy bees can't sting."
A visitor stops to read a poster at the close of the Bohart Museum open house.
Well, Hello, Bumble Bee...
What are the odds? Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of...
A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, peers at the photographer. This one buzzed into Robbin Thorp's office at UC Davis on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A black-tailed bumble bee heading for jade blossoms in the Benicia (Calif.) Capitol State Historic Park, Solano County, on Christmas Day, 2013. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)