Posts Tagged: Bohart Museum
The Missing Mistletoe and the Non-Purple Great Purple Hairstreak Butterfly
You may not recognize mistletoe unless it sports a red bow and is hanging over a doorway during the...
Mistletoe infests this Modesto ash in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the Great Purple Hairstreak, Atlides halesus. It is misnamed; it is not purple, but iridescent blue. Its host plant is mistletoe. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)
Who Will Find and Photograph the First Bumble Bee of the Year?
Who will find and photograph the first bumble bee of the year in Yolo and Solano counties and...
UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor Robbin Thorp (1933-2019) with his screen saver image of Franklin's bumble bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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.
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)
Bohart Museum Gift Shop: What's Not to Like About a Bug?
What's not to like about a bug? And there are more of them to like than you think! About a...
Bohart Museum of Entomology student intern Jasmine Chow holds a selection of bug pins available in the museum's gift shop.
A garden spider, Argiope trifasciata, in a Vacaville garden. The Bohart Museum of Entomology has an Argiope pin in its gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A close-up of a unique, entomological holiday card, available for sale in the Bohart Museum gift shop. It is the work of UC Davis alumnus Allen Chew, an entomologist and artist.