Posts Tagged: natural

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 (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.

Connor Hsu (right) greets visitors, talks about insects, and answers questions at a community outreach program.

2024: Revisiting 'The 13 Bugs of Christmas'

Back in 2010, UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (1944-2022) of the UC...

UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (1944-2022) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility apiary. Image taken in 2010. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Cooperative Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (1944-2022) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility apiary. Image taken in 2010. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Insect 'Infomercials' You Won't Want to MIss

If you have some free time during the holidays--free time, what's that?--and you're interested in...

Suds for a Bug, or a Pitcher of Beer for a Butterfly

Suds for a bug? A bug for some suds? The annual “Beer for a Butterfly” contest,...

Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, on lantana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, on lantana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Congrats to Danielle Rutkowski: Early Career Entomology Award

We're delighted that microbial ecologist Danielle Rutkowski, a UC Davis doctoral alumna and...

This is one of the bumble bees that microbial ecologist Danielle Rutkowski studies: a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is one of the bumble bees that microbial ecologist Danielle Rutkowski studies: a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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