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Good News on the Monarch Butterfly Front
She came, she saw, she oviposited, she nectared and she left. That's the extent of our sole...
Monarch laying an egg in Vacaville on Oct. 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Boh-Art Drawing Helps Mark an Important Anniversary
Insect enthusiasts will love the Bohart Museum of Entomology's latest art piece, commissioned as...
In Celebration of the Bohart Museum's 75th Year
So much is happening at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California,...
As part of Aggie Pride Week or Spirit Week, the Bohart Museum displayed some of its insect specimens.
Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum, shows some of the displays to a visitor.
Portrait of a Jumping Spider
Gotta love those spiders. We recently saw an adorable jumping spider (aren't all jumping spiders...
Look closely and you'll see a jumping spider huddled in the petals of this yellow rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hi, there! A jumping spider peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the jumping spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Bye, bye! See ya later.' The jumping spider heads to another site. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hey, Wait, Take Me With You!
Hey, wait, take me with you! No, leave me alone! Let me go! Have you ever seen insects struggling...
A honey bee frantically struggles to escape from a reproductive chamber of a milkweed blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
Right, left, up and down, the honey bee tries to free herself from the milkweed "floral trap." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This honey bee finally managed to free herself and then returned to forage for more nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This honey bee couldn't free herself from the reproductive chamber of the milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
