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Why Excitement Surged at the UC Davis Academic Surge Building

Joshua Trombly, 4, eagerly asks for insect identification at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. In back is his brother Daniel, 5. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Excitement surged at the UC Davis Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane during the recent "Take...

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Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 5:28 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (111), Emma Cluff (1), Lynn Kimsey (178), Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology (1), Papaya Pythons (1), Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work (1), Wade Spencer (7)

Bugs to the Fair: From UC Davis to the Dixon May Fair

Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterflies and moths at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, will be at the Dixon May Fair (Floriculture Building) on Saturday, May 13 to showcase insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The theme of the 142nd annual Dixon May Fair set Thursday, May 11 through Sunday, May 14, is "Farm...

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Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 4:11 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (111), Dixon May Fair (1), insects (5), Jeff Smith (12), Lynn Kimsey (178), Tabatha Yang (42)

Bigger, Better, Buglier: Impressive Science

Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, chats with Adne Burruss, 6, of Irvine. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, the bugs! Bigger. Better. Buglier. It was Saturday, April 18, the 103rd annual UC Davis...

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Posted on Monday, May 1, 2017 at 5:24 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (111), Fran Keller (16), Jeff Smith (12), Lynn Kimsey (178), male Valley carpenter bee (1), Robbin Thorp (16), Wade Spencer (7), Xylocopa varipuncta (1)

There's a Black Widow Spider in the Parade!

UC Davis Entomology Club members with the black widow spider float are (from left) Darian Dungey, James Fong, Chloe Shott (partially shown), Ben Maples (partially shown) James Heydon, Maia Lundy, Diego Rivera. Lundy is the president of the club. (Photo by Melissa Cruz)

The venomous black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) is usually found in and around wood piles,...

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Posted on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 5:32 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: black widow spider (1), Briggs Hall (2), Lynn Kimsey (178), Maia Lundy (1), Robert Kimsey (11), UC Davis Entomology Club (1), UC Davis Picnic Day Parade (1)

Seeing Spots at the Bohart

The Bohart team includes (front, from left) graduate students Charlotte Herbert and Jessica Gillung and undergraduate student Wade Spencer. In back (from left) are UC Davis biology student Emma Cluff; Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator; Bohart Museum director Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology; and Steve Heydon, senior museum scientist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you walk into the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, you'll see...

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Posted on Friday, April 21, 2017 at 4:43 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: 12-spotted lady beetles (1), Bohart Museum of Entomology Coleomegilla maculate (1), Lynn Kimsey (178), pink-spotted lady beetles (1), Steve Heydon (16), Tabatha Yang (42)

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