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Moths, Microscopes and Insect Scientists: They All Go Together at Bohart Museum Open House

Moth Night at the Bohart Museum is fun and educational. Here two youngsters learn the differences between moths and butterflies at last year's event. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Moths, a magnificent microscope (scanning electron microscope) and friendly scientists--what could...

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Posted on Friday, July 21, 2017 at 5:43 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum open house (4), Greg Kareofelas (35), Jeff Smith (17), John DeBenedictis (4), Lynn Kimsey (188), Moth Night (5), National Moth Week (1)

Lindcove Hosts Cochran Fellows from Pakistan

The US Congress provides funding to the Cochran Fellowship Program to provide training for emerging...

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Posted on Friday, July 21, 2017 at 7:14 AM

Author: Elizabeth E Grafton-Cardwell

Not a Good Way to Welcome an Admiral

A territorial male long-horned bee, probably Melissodes agilis, targets a Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It was not a good way to welcome an admiral. The Red Admiral butterfly, that is. The Vanessa...

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Posted on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 5:35 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: longhorned bee (2), Melissodes agilis (13), Mexican sunflower (26), pollinator garden (4), Red Admiral butterfly (1), Tithonia (36), Vanessa atalanta (3)

Bruce's Big Battle at Briggs: 15 Minutes of Aim!

Distinguished professor Bruce Hammock, who holds a joint appointment with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, gets drenched. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What do professors do for fun and camaraderie? Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor at the...

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Posted on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 6:35 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Briggs Hall (14), Bruce Hammock (36), Christophe Morriseau (1), water balloon battle (2)

Bohart Museum to Celebrate Moth Night on July 22

UC Davis entomology graduate student Jessica Gillung with a moth display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, will celebrate National...

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Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 8:47 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (214), Jeff Smith (17), John DeBenedictis (4), Lynn Kimsey (188), moth night (5), open house (21), Stevey Heydon (1), Trump moth (1), Vazrick Nazari (2)

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