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Following the Trail of Ants

When the ants come marching in, Andrea Lucky will be right there. Ant specialist Andrea Lucky, who...

Andrea Lucky in New Guinea

ANDREA LUCKY (center) in New Guinea in September 2009 with her field team, on a Conservation International Rapid Assessment Project (RAP). She'll discuss her work at her May 12 presentation in 122 Briggs Hall, UC Davis. The lecture is from 12:10 to 1 p.m. and will be webcast.

Collecting

ANDREA LUCKY collecting an ant-plant which is a tuber that is hollow inside, and often harbors ant colonies in the living tissues. This photo was taken in New Guinea.

Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Andrea Lucky (8), New Guinea (2), Phil Ward (36), UC Davis Department of Entomology (97)

These Walking Sticks Are Insects

Brian Turner, outreach coordinator at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis campus, is used to...

Brian Turner

Brian Turner, outreach coordinator at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows a male Giant New Guinea Walking Stick. Six species of insects from the Bohart are housed at the Dixon May Fair, May 7-10. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up

CLOSE-UP of a male Giant New Guinea Walking Stick. Note the spikes on its femurs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 5:21 AM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

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New Headgear

Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and chair of the UC Davis Department of...

Eric's New Headgear

NEW HEADGEAR--Eric San Gregorio, an undergraduate student majoring in entomology at UC Davis, has new headgear: a Giant New Guinea Walking Stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

I'd Rather Not Look At It, Thank You

I'D RATHER NOT LOOK AT IT, THANK YOU--Bohart Museum visitor Janice Calvento wasn't all that fond of the Giant New Guinea Walking Stick climbing the face of UC Davis entomology student Eric San Gregorio. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 12:35 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (0), Eric San Gregorio (0), Eurycantha calcarata (0), Giant New Guinea Walking Stick (0), Janice Calvento (0), Lynn Kimsey (0)

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Posts Tagged: New Guinea

Following the Trail of Ants

These Walking Sticks Are Insects

New Headgear

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