Posts Tagged: Peter Cranston

UC Davis Connections Emerge at Conference in Malayasia

Talk about UC Davis connections! When UC Davis emeriti professors of entomology Peter Cranston and...

At Sibu: Penny Gullan, emeritus professor, UC Davis; Abu Hassan Ahmad of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang; and Peter Cranston, emeritus professor, UC Davis. Cranston and Gullan now live in Canberra, Australia.

At Sibu: Penny Gullan, emeritus professor, UC Davis; Abu Hassan Ahmad of Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang; and Peter Cranston, emeritus professor, UC Davis. Cranston and Gullan now live in Canberra, Australia.

How to Flush Out a Praying Mantis

So you want to capture an image of a praying mantis. You have to find one first. Sometimes it's a...

Praying mantis on a watered tomato plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Praying mantis on a watered tomato plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Praying mantis licks water from its forelegs, specialized to seize prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Praying mantis licks water from its forelegs, specialized to seize prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Praying mantis rests on a tomato vine prior to flying to a nearby tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Praying mantis rests on a tomato vine prior to flying to a nearby tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This Bug's for You

Last weekend we spotted a San Francisco-bound car sporting a bumper sticker that read simply:"I...

Peter Cranston

PETER CRANSTON, an entomology professor at the University of California, Davis, was one of a select group of entomologists invited by the Royal Entomological Society, United Kingdom, to write a blog during National Insect Week.

Thomas Miller

THOMAS MILLER. an entomology professor at the University of California, Riverside, was one of a select group of entomologists invited by the Royal Entomological Society, United Kingdom, to write a blog during National Insect Week.

Long Awaited: The Insects

The Insects are coming. The Insects are coming. That would be the fourth edition of The Insects:...

Textbook Cover

TEXTBOOK COVER of "The Insects: An Outline of Entomology." The textbook, considered "the gold standard of entomology books," will be available in the United States in March. It is the work of UC Davis professors Penny Gullan and Peter Cranston.

Tongue-Tied

Blue merle mini-Australian shepherds have one. So do honey bees. What? A tongue. For a puppy,...

Happy puppy

Blue merle mini-Australian shepherds have one: a tongue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Industrious honey bee

Just like the puppy above, the industrious honey bee has a tongue, too, or what entomologists call "mouthparts." Here's a pollen-dusted bee in the UC Davis Aboretum nectaring a flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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