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Booking Insects at Vacaville Public Library: Bring 'em On!
It's so quiet at times that you can almost hear a bee buzz or a walking stick walk or a Madagascar...
The Bohart Museum of Entomology insect presentation fascinates these youngsters at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How many of you like insects? Hands shoot up at the Bohart Museum presentation at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, discusses the diversity of insects to a diverse crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang hands out insects from the Bohart Museum of Entomology's petting zoo to eager youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Madagascar hissing cockroach draws attention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One of the most popular insects: a Great Thin Stick Insect (Ramulus nenatodes). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eager hands await their turn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pre-schooler takes an image of an insect with a borrowed cell phone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A line of viewers at the display of the Bohart Museum's pinned specimens, gathered from all over the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Grace Murray, 13, relaxing with a stick insect. Her mother, Kristen Murray, is a children's librarian. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Honey of a Ride and a Whale of a Legacy
It was a honey of a ride. My inaugural Bug Squad blog on Aug. 6, 2008 dealt...
In this image, taken Aug. 1, 2008, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (left) talks to vanpool driver Keir Reavie, head of the Biological and Agriculture Sciences Department at Shields Library, about the bees that "hitched" a ride on a commuter van traveling from El Cerrito to the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen holds out his hand as the bees gather. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Don't Yell 'Yecch' and Run for Cover!
The message was clear. If you see a “creepy crawler,” don't yell “yecch!”...
Children at the Bohart Museum of Entomology program at the Vacaville Public Library display different reactions when the bugs appear. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Oh, yes, the word to say not "yecch!" but "interesting." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator at the Bohart Museum, displays insect specimens at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang (background) of the Bohart Museum of Entomology talks about insects while the child, a sculpture, reads in the foreground at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A stick insect is about to crawl up the arm of Tabatha Yang. "It thinks I'm a tree," she said. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Oh, cool, we get to touch and hold the Madagascar hissing cockroaches! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Here we come, ready or not! Who's first? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It tickles! Madagascar hissing cockroach moves a bit. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
No, I'm not going to eat it. But maybe... (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Australian stick insect is transferred from one hand to another. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Going Native with the Native Bees
If you want to learn more about native bees, mark your calendar for Saturday, April...
Male mountain carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, nectaring on salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Citrus Education at the Library
The Lindcove Research and Extension Center partnered with the Tulare Public Library on March 28 to...
Citrus Farmers Mkt Collage 1
Citrus Farmers Mkt Collage 2
