Posts Tagged: Bohart Museum of Entomology
Can You Bear It? Plush Water Bears Are All the Rage at the Bohart Museum of Entomology
Move over, teddy bears! There's a new bear in town. Stuiffed toy animals resembling tardigrades,...
UC Davis student and Bohart associate Emma Cluff holds a plush water bear from the Bohart Museum's gift shop. It costs about $30, plus tax, will all proceeds to finance educational programs at the Bohart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's not to love about a water bear? UC Davis student and Bohart associate Emma Cluff hugs the stuffed toy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet the 'Extreme Insects' Aug. 19 at Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House
Talk about extremes! Have you ever thought about how some insects have adapted to fire, ice, acid,...
This is part of the beetle collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
A sand wasp, Bembix americana, foraging on seaside daisies at Bodega Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bugs Share Spotlight with Pigs, Polar Bears and Pigeons: ACE Awards
This was a case of bugs sharing the spotlight with pigs, polar bears and pigeons. Six...
Children of California migratory workers react to a Madagascar hissing cockroach during their tour of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. A news story about the event won a gold or first-place award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, fields questions from the tour group. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This monarch caterpillar, discovered Oct. 27, 2017 on milkweed in Vacaville, survived and hitched a ride to an overwintering site in Santa Cruz, thanks to "Monarch Mom" and "Good Samaritan Rita LeRoy of Vallejo. The blog, "Once Upon a Monarch," won a silver award at the ACE conference. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Monarch Mom" Rita LeRoy (pictured) of Vallejo transported "Ms. Vacaville Monarch" to an overwintering site in Santa Cruz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Portrait of My Old Flame
Just call it "my old flame." Well, it's not mine, but it is a flame of sorts, a flame skimmer...
A flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) perches on a bamboo stake in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum Open Houses: Aug. 19 and Sept. 22
Mark your calendar! You won't want to miss the summer weekend open houses at the Bohart Museum of...
The live "petting zoo" is a popular place at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. This is a black velvet walking stick with red wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bohart Museum of Entomology houses some 8 million insect specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)