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Blacklighting at the Bohart: They Saw the Light
They saw the light. The insects, that is. Bohart Museum of Entomology research...
John "Moth Man" DeBenedictus, a research associate at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, showed part of his moth collection at the Bohart open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
John "Moth Man" DeBenedictus, answers questions at the Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Night at the Bohart Museum: Moth Night on Saturday, July 22
Mark your calendar! The next open house at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, themed...
Scene from a recent Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night. The portrait is of UC Davis entomologist Richard Bohart, for whom the Bohart Museum is named. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gotta Love Those Woolly Bear Caterpillars
You gotta love those woolly bear caterpillars. Richard "Rick" Karban, UC Davis distinguished...
A wooly bear caterpillar investigating an ice plant on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, in April 2022.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The wooly bear caterpillar becomes a tiger moth, Arctia virginalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Celebrating National Moth Night at the Bohart Museum of Entomology
The first moth to arrive was the alfalfa looper moth, Trichopusia ni. But the most striking:...
This was the scene at the blacklighting display Saturday night, July 22 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Greg Kareofelas (far right) had just set up the display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterfly and moth specimens at the Bohart Museum, talks to Prerna Jain and her son Prakrit Jain, 13, of Los Altos. Prakrit will be attending the Bioblitz in Belize this summer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum associate and UC Davis entomology undergradate student Lohitashwa Garikipati (center) talks about the Bohart Museum's live petting zoo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Donald Trump moth, Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, is a permanent part of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Bohart scientists collected the new species in the Algodones Dunes, and it was named by evolutionary biologist and systematist Vazrick Nazari of Canada. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
