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Bugs and Beat: Talented UC Davis Graduate Students Form Insect-Themed Band

Yao-“Fruit-Fly”-Cai has been playing drums since age 17. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you missed hearing The Entomology Band performing in front of Briggs Hall during the recent UC...

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Posted on Tuesday, July 3, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Brendon Boudinot (8), Christine Tabuloc (1), Entomological Society of America (2), Entomology Today (1), Jackson Audley (1), Jill Oberski (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (15), UC Davis Picnic Day (42), Wei Lin. (1), Yao Cai (1), Zachary Griebenow (2)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Family Natural Resources Pest Management

Fly Fishers of Davis: Tying One On

While mom (right) observes, Steven Mao, 7, of Davis, watches Dave Driscoll of the Fly Fishers of Davis tie a fly during the 104th annual UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It was difficult to say who enjoyed this event the most: the Fly Fishers of Davis...

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Posted on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 5:43 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Briggs Hall (8), Dave Driscoll (1), Fly Fishers of Davis (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (15), UC Davis Picnic Day (42)

Focus Area Tags: Family Innovation

The Doctor Is In: 'Bug Me'

Bug Doctor Brendon Boudinot answers a question from Lilliana Phillips, 5, of Carmichael, as her father, William Phillips, watches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The handwritten sign at the "Bug Doctor" booth at Briggs Hall during the 104th annual UC Davis...

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Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 4:59 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Brendon Boudinot (8), Bug Doctor (1), Entomological Society of America (2), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (15), UC Davis Picnic Day (42), Zachary Griebenow (2)

Focus Area Tags: Family Health Natural Resources Pest Management Yard & Garden

Bohart Museum Picnic Day: Bugging Out

Entomologist and Bohart associate Jeff Smith introduces a crowd to Snuggles, a rose-haired tarantula. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

They came. They saw. They bugged out. Who wouldn't, when you get an opportunity to pet a...

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Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 4:54 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: beaver (1), beetles (1), Bohart Museum of Entomology (9), Lynn Kimsey (5), Madagascar hissing cockroaches (1), Platypsyllus castoris (2), stick insects (2), tarantulas (1), UC Davis Picnic Day (42), walking sticks (1)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Family Natural Resources

Who Invited Bugs to the UC Davis Picnic Day?

Bohart Museum associate Wade Spencer with his desert hair scorpion, Celeste, poses with the mascot,

Who invited bugs to the UC Davis Picnic Day? Well, UC Davis officials and the UC Davis Department...

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Posted on Friday, April 20, 2018 at 6:31 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (9), Diego Rivera (1), insects (3), Lohit Garikipati (1), praying mantis (1), scorpion (1), stick insects (2), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (15), UC Davis Picnic Day (42), Wade Spencer (2)

Focus Area Tags: Family Natural Resources

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