Posts Tagged: moth
Enthusiastic Team of UC Master Gardeners at Dixon May Fair
It wouldn't be a fair without the UC Master Gardeners. If you visited the horticulture building...
Marilyn Sexton of Fairfield, who plants tomatoes every year, asks a question at the UC Master Gardeners table at the Dixon May Fair. Master Gardeners (from left) are Tom Hutson, Julie Smith, and Betty Buxton. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A wealth of information on the UC Master Gardeners' table in the horticulture building, Dixon May Fair.
Tomato hornworms are major pests of tomatoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The adult form of the tomato hornworm. This is Manduca quinquemaculata, the five-spotted hawkmoth, family Sphingidae. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
What Will You See at Bohart Museum Open House
What will you see at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July...
A youth checks out the moth displays during a recent Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum, answers questions from the crowd at a recent Bohart Museum Moth Night open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Moths and other night-flying insects are drawn to a white sheet illuminated by an ultraviolet light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Where to Meet Some Lepidopterists and Dipterists--and Learn About Mosquitoes!
Moths will grab the spotlight at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Saturday, July 22...
A white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. (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)
National Moth Week: Here's One Moth that Beekeepers Won't Celebrate
During the 11th annual National Moth Week, one thing's for sure: Beekeepers won't be celebrating...
The larvae of the Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) inside a bee hive. The black dotes are small hive beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella), a night-flying moth that lays its eggs inside the cracks and crevices of a hive, inside and out. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a Bohart Museum of Entomology specimen, the Greater Wax Moth. (Photo by Jeff Smith)
This is a Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella, from the Bohart Museum of Entomology collection. (Photo by Jeff Smith)