Posts Tagged: insects
Cole and Connor: Connecting with Insects
The annual UC Davis Bio Boot Camps not only connect youths with nature, but with each...
Cole Cramer (left) and Connor Hsu heading to Arizona to attend the 2024 Entomological Collections Network (ECN) conference, held Nov. 9-10 in Phoenix.
Oliver Keller, president of the Entomological Collections Network (ECN), welcomes young entomologists Connor Hsu (center) and Cole Cramer to the 2024 ECN conference, held in Nov. 9-10 in Phoenix.
The two young entomologists-- Connor Hsu (left) and Cole Cramer--at the Entomological Society of America meeting, held in Phoenix.
Community outreach programs are part of the entomological activities of Cole Cramer (shown) and Connor Hsu, who founded the Lorquin Scholars.
Connor Hsu (left) and Cole Cramer displaying insect specimens at Lorquin Scholars' event.
Connor Hsu (right) greets visitors, talks about insects, and answers questions at a community outreach program.
Can You Spare a Leg?
If you collect insect specimens, can you spare a leg? It's for science. UC Berkeley doctoral...
Some of the insects that entomologist Fran Keller and crew collected in Belize for the Bohart Museum of Entomology.
Spooky Insect Parasitoids
Forget the bats, spiders, and black cats. If you want to learn about some truly spooky creatures...
Our Buddies in the Garden
When you venture into your pollinator garden, look for the beauty, color, diversity and the...
A honey bee nectars on lavender in a Vacaville garden. The soft pastel colors almost resemble a painting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A katydid nymph crawls on a blanketflower, Gaillaria. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Fritillary butterfly, Agraulis vanillae, nectaring on lantana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, perched on a Cosmo and looking for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Goodbye! A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, exits a lavender patch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Introduce Your Children to Insects
How can you interest your children in insects? "For me, at least a lot of my interest developed...
Three-year-old Everly Puckett checks out a stick insect held by her father, Ryan Puckett, a UC Davis employee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis animal biology major Jakob Lopez shows a stick insect to Hunter Baker, 8. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hunter Baker, 8, delights in holding a stick insect. In back is Bohart collections manager Brennen Dyer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Danielle Hoskey introduces her 4-year-old son, Atlas Scott to a tomato hornworm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology major Oliver Smith eagerly shows a stick insect to a youngster. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology doctoral student Emma "Em" Jochim (left) and high school intern Syd Benson engage the youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mark Blankenship, 10, peers at a thorny stick insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis psychology major Naomi Lila, a member of the UC Davis Entomology Club, awaits visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sebastian Carrasco, 3, waves "bye bye" to a stick insect. He decided he didn't want to hold it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)