Posts Tagged: insect
Why Study Insects? A UC Davis Poster Lists Possible Careers
"Why Study Insects?" That's the title of a poster next to the door of the Bohart Museum...
A poster outside the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Larry Snyder Sharing Images of 'Insects at the Ditch'
They crawl, they fly, they flutter, they buzz. They look at us, and we look back. But if you're...
This is one of the images of monarchs that Davis resident Larry Snyder took at the North Davis Channel.
A tachnid fly grooming in the morning sun at the North Davis Channel. (Photo by Larry Snyder)
Two Engytatus varians share a tarweed flower. (Photo by Larry Snyder)
Enjoy Taking Images of Insects and Spiders? Enter the Insect Salon!
If you enjoy taking images of insects and spiders, enter the 65th international Insect Salon...
This image of a golden dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria, won the ESA medal in the 2022 Insect Salon competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Booking Insects at Vacaville Public Library: Bring 'em On!
It's so quiet at times that you can almost hear a bee buzz or a walking stick walk or a Madagascar...
The Bohart Museum of Entomology insect presentation fascinates these youngsters at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How many of you like insects? Hands shoot up at the Bohart Museum presentation at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, discusses the diversity of insects to a diverse crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang hands out insects from the Bohart Museum of Entomology's petting zoo to eager youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Madagascar hissing cockroach draws attention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One of the most popular insects: a Great Thin Stick Insect (Ramulus nenatodes). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eager hands await their turn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pre-schooler takes an image of an insect with a borrowed cell phone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A line of viewers at the display of the Bohart Museum's pinned specimens, gathered from all over the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Grace Murray, 13, relaxing with a stick insect. Her mother, Kristen Murray, is a children's librarian. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Professor Louie Yang: On Conserving the Western Monarch Population
"Recent studies have continued to shed light on the ecology of monarch butterflies (Danaus...
A monarch leaving a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. This image was taken in a pollinator garden in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)