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Dragonflies En Masse

A wind-swept meadowhawk, Sympetrum corruptum, perches on a fence post after feasting on prey on July 1, 2018 in Vacaville, Calif. This was taken just after sunrise with a 200mm macro lens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So there they were, literally dozens of dragonflies flying around two separate Vacaville (Calif.)...

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Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 5:13 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (268), Greg Kareofelas (23), pterostigma (1), Sympetrum corruptum (2), UC Davis (12), variegated meadowhawk dragonfly (2)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Yard & Garden

Why Beauty Is in the Eye of the Bee-Holder

A crabronid wasp or beewolf foraging on a pineapple sea lily (Eryngium horridum) at the Morningsun Herb Farm, Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford was right. In Molly Bawn, published in 1878, Hungerford...

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Posted on Monday, July 9, 2018 at 4:21 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (268), crabronid wasp (1), Eryngium horridum (1), Morningsun Herb Farm (1), Philanthus (1), pineapple sea lily (1), UC Davis (12)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Pest Management Yard & Garden

Bohart Museum Open House: Let's Celebrate Moths!

Standing in front of the blacklighting, Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas talks to moth enthusiasts at the 2017 Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

National Moth Week, July 21-29, celebrates the beauty, life cycles and habitats of...

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Posted on Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (268), Greg Kareofelas (23), Jeff Smith (22), John DeBenedictis (4), Lynn Kimsey (146), moth night (5), Tabatha Yang (64), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (15)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Family Natural Resources

These European Paper Wasps Didn't Get the Memo

A sign on a UC Davis recycling bin clearly says

They didn't get the memo. A sign on a recycling bin near the Mann Laboratory at the University of...

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Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 4:38 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amy Toth (2), Bohart Museum of Entomology (268), donation boxes (1), European paper wasps (1), Iowa State University (1), Lynn Kimsey (146), National Pollinator Week (1), Polistes dominula (2), recyling bins (1), UC Davis (12)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Innovation Natural Resources Yard & Garden

Oh, the Bugs You'll See at the Bohart: Giant T-Shirt Sale

Wearing Bohart Museum of Entomology t-shirts are (seated) UC Davis student Wade Spencer (left) and senior museum scientist Steve Heydon. In back are UC Davis students and Bohart associates Eliza Litsey, Parras McGrath, Lohit Garikipati, and Brennen Dyer. Spender, Litsey, Garikipiati and Dyer are all UC Davis students. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

They'll give you the shirt off their back. Well, not quite, but you can buy a shirt off their...

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Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 2:01 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (268), Ceanothus silkworm moth (1), gift shop (3), insect-themed t-shirts (1), insects (20), Lynn Kimsey (146), praying mantis (16), silkworm moth caterpillar (1), Steve Heydon (25), t-shirts (2)

Focus Area Tags: Family Innovation

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