Posts Tagged: Mary Foley Benson
Zeroing in on the Life of Scientific Illustrator Mary Foley Benson
The late Mary Foley Benson would have been proud. Benson, internationally known for her entomology...
Mary Foley (later Mary Foley Benson) at work as a scientific illustrator with the USDA. This image was taken in 1926 when she was 21.
Mary Foley Benson at her home studio in Davis, Calif. (Photo courtesy of the Auburn Journal, Oct. 11, 1981)
Draw-a-Bug Competition at Bohart Museum
If you or someone in a household near you can draw a bug, then you need to head over to the Bohart...
UC Davis undergraduate student Ivana Li with a walking stick. She's an entomologist, an artist, and president of the UC Davis Entomology Club. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fran Keller, doctoral candidate in entomology, helps out in the Bohart Museum's gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)