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Bohart: Bugs, Boom, Bang!
Talk about alliteration! Bohart: Bugs, Boom, Bang! That's the theme of the Bohart Museum of...
A Birthday Visit to the Bohart
When you visit a traditional zoo, you might see lions, tigers and bears. Oh, my! If you visit...
Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator, introduces a stick insect, aka walking stick, to Teddy Marlatte, 4, and his mother, Maddy Marlatte of Auburn. In the foreground is Teddy's sister Reagan. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum research associate and "zookeeper" Brittany Kohler, a prospective graduate student, shows Teddy Marlatte a Madagascar hissing cockroach. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Watch him walk! Teddy introduces his father, Chris Marlatte, to a walking stick at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A little love! Teddy Marlatte pets a Madagascar hissing cockroach. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A stick insect, aka walking stick, receives some recognition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Chris Marlatte watches as his daughter, Reagan, a year and a half, pets a Madagascar hissing cockroach. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seeing Spots at the Bohart Museum of Entomology
When you visit the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus, you're likely to see...
The Indian domino cockroach is part of the live "petting zoo" at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bring on the Bugs at the Dixon May Fair!
What's a fair without insects? Entomologists at the University of California, Davis, will share...
You can hold Madagascar hissing cockroaches from the Bohart Museum of Entomology's petting zoo, on Saturday, May 11 in the Floriculture Building, Dixon May Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Walking sticks or stick insects will be at the Dixon May Fair on Saturday, May 11. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith will show butterfly specimens from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, at the Dixon May Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What a Night for Moths and Spectators!
What a night! What a night--both inside and outside the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the...
Retired entomologist and UC Davis alumnus Norm Smith (second from left) talks to visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's "Moth Night." The white witch (see display on the far left) is the largest moth in the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum's butterfly and moth section, talks about the specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate Greg Karofelas answers questions about moths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist and Bohart associate Noah Crockette talks about the critters in the live "petting zoo." He will enter Cornell University this fall, majoring in entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bohart Museum's petting zoo, which includes Madagascar hissing cockroaches, walking sticks, and tarantulas, is a favorite among Bohart visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Noah Crockette encourages visitors of all ages to check out the live petting zoo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors to the Bohart Museum's Moth Night enjoyed the family craft activity--decorating wax candles with replicas of moths and butterflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
