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Love Makes the World--and the Bugs--Go 'Round

A mating pair of Stagmomantis limbata in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Consider the lovestruck praying mantis. If you've ever watched a mating pair of mantids and seen...

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Posted on Monday, June 18, 2018 at 3:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: An Entomologist''s Love Story (1), Emily Bick (1), Entomological Society of America (1), insects (3), Linnaean Games (1), praying mantis (78), San Francisco Playhouse (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (3)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Environment Pest Management

Oh, the Bugs You'll See at the Bohart: Giant T-Shirt Sale

Wearing Bohart Museum of Entomology t-shirts are (seated) UC Davis student Wade Spencer (left) and senior museum scientist Steve Heydon. In back are UC Davis students and Bohart associates Eliza Litsey, Parras McGrath, Lohit Garikipati, and Brennen Dyer. Spender, Litsey, Garikipiati and Dyer are all UC Davis students. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

They'll give you the shirt off their back. Well, not quite, but you can buy a shirt off their...

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Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 2:01 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (16), Ceanothus silkworm moth (1), gift shop (1), insect-themed t-shirts (1), insects (3), Lynn Kimsey (9), praying mantis (78), silkworm moth caterpillar (1), Steve Heydon (2), t-shirts (1)

Focus Area Tags: Family Innovation

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 (16), Diego Rivera (1), insects (3), Lohit Garikipati (3), praying mantis (78), scorpion (2), stick insects (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (3), UC Davis Picnic Day (1), Wade Spencer (3)

Focus Area Tags: Family Natural Resources

A Praying Mantis Named Cupcake Greets Visitors at the Bohart Museum

Cupcake, a Rhombodera megaera praying mantis, perches on the hand of her owner, UC Davis animal biology major, Crystal Homicz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Most bakers define a "cupcake" as a a small cake designed to serve one person--and one that can be...

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Posted on Monday, February 19, 2018 at 4:09 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: animal biology (1), Biodiversity Museum Day (2), Bohart Museum of Entomology (16), Crystal Homicz (1), praying mantis (78), Rhombodera megaera (1), Steve Seybold (1)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources

Meet and Greet 'Watermelon' at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

This praying mantis, nicknamed

Have you ever said "Hi" to a watermelon? No? Well, you can "meet and greet" a watermelon at the...

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Posted on Monday, February 12, 2018 at 5:18 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Australian rainforest mantis (1), Biodiversity Museum Day (2), Bohart Museum of Entomology (16), Hierodula majuscola (1), Lohit Garikipati (3), praying mantis (78), UC Davis (5)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources

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