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Terrible Night for a Visiting Scholar at UC Davis
It didn't appear that anything was wrong. He hid it well. "It's okay," he said quietly. "I'm...
Visiting scholar Syed Fahad Shah and doctoral student Charlotte Herbert Alberts (next to him) help youngsters make buttons at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral student Charlotte Herbert Alberts and visiting scholar Syed Fahad Shah working at the button-making table at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why You Should Celebrate World Robber Fly Day
Quick, do you know what today is? It's World Robber Fly Day! Question is, how are you celebrating...
A robber fly, Ommatius amula, with prey. Today (April 30) is World Robber Day. (Drawing by Charlotte Herbert Alberts.)
UC Davis doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert Alberts in her habitat.
It's all about robber flies in the habitat of Charlotte Herbert Alberts.
'Bearing' a Close Resemblance
You've heard of the California Bear Flag, the one with the grizzly bear" right? It's lettered...
Entomologist/artist Charlotte Herbert Alberts wearing a red hooded sweatshirt: front view showing the Bohart logo and a tardigrade face. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Back view: Entomologist-artist Charlotte Herbert Alberts shows the Bohart Republic's bear flag, the water bear, that is. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate Emma Cluff cuddles a tardigrade stuffed animal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tardigrades Aren't Microscopic Any More
Tardigrades, also known as the water bears, are microscopic animals but they're...
Charlotte Herbert Alberts, an entomology doctoral student. The Bohart has its own bear "water bear" flag! (Photo by Fran Keller)
The California Bear Flag features a grizzly bear, while the Bohart Republic flag features another bear, a water bear. The California State Legislature adopted the official version of the Bear Flag in 1911 in a law signed by then Gov. Hiram Johnson in 1911.
The Professors: Fran Keller, assistant professor at Folsom Lake College, and Jason Bond, Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair in Insect Systematics in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, are surrounded by hooded sweatshirts available for sale at the Bohart Museum. Keller, who holds a doctorate in entomology from UC Davis, designed the hoodies. Bond, a spider expert, will be presenting displays at the Bohart Museum's open house on March 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Times Flies When You're Studying Flies! Bohart Museum Open House Jan. 12
Time flies when you're having fun? No, time's fun when you're studying flies! Take it from the...
UC Davis graduate student Socrates Letana collecting flies in the Philippines. He studies botflies with major professor Lynn Kimsey.
UC Davis fourth-year doctoral student Charlotte Herbert Alberts holds her acrylic painting of an Assassin fly (Ommatius sp.) that she painted to celebrate World Robber Fly Day, April 30.
