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An Amazing UC Davis Mural: 'When Words Are Not Enough
How do you design a symbol that is meaningful to you and that addresses a problem in the world? UC...
This is the mural newly installed in the hallway of the the UC Davis Environmental Horticulture Building. The tiles are the work of top (from left) Heewon Shin, Diane Ullman, and Mai Xiong; center (from left) Jason Hu, Emma Stone, and Analiese Ignacio, and bottom (from left) Anushka Vispute, Gale Okumura, and Leslie Briceno-Marquez.
Designer-lecturer Gale Okumura of the UC Davis Department of Design engaged in printing
Cockroaches! Updated Pest Notes
Cockroaches, or roaches, are probably some of the least welcome insects people encounter in their...
Bohart Bugs Grab Interest of Fairgoers
Bugs from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, grabbed the interest of fairgoers at the 144th...
Entomologist Jeff Smith (left) shows insect displays from the Bohart Museum of Entomology to fairgoers last Saturday at the Dixon May Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologists Alex Dedon (left) and Jeff Smith of UC Davis engage with Carolyn Jones of Dixon, who served as chair of the 2019 Sacramento Orchid Show. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Forensic entomologist Alex Dedmon, a doctoral student at UC Davis, responds to a question from a fairgoer Saturday at the Dixon May Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This fairgoer checked out the specimens of carpenter bees, honey bees, leafcutting bees and sweat bees from the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the Dixon May Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An insect display on Hymenotpera (bees and wasps) drew the interest of this fairgoer at the Dixon May Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Specimens from the order Coleoptera (beetles) fascinated many fairgoers at the Dixon May Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Camouflaged insects include stick insects that look like leaves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Butterfly specimens from the order Lepitoptera (butterflies and moths) brightened the Bohart Museum of Entomology display at the Dixon May Fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Floriculture Building at the Dixon May Fair was more than flowers--it included specimens of pollinators and other insects from the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kids and Bugs Go Well Together: Check Out the Dixon May Fair
Kids and bugs go well together. Take the entries in Today's Youth Building at the 143rd annual...
Dixon May Fair Youth Building superintendent Building superintendent Stephanie Hill (left) of Yuba City and assistant building superintendent Pat Connelly of Vacaville hang bumble bee pillow, the work of Solano County 4-H'ers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beekeeper Ryan Anenson, 16, of the Tremont 4-H Club, Dixon, took this blue-ribbon winner, close-up of a bee. Overlapping the photo are plant leaves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jake Vinum, 15, of Vacaville, won a blue ribbon for his wall hanging, titled "Horseshoe Spider," cleverly crafted with a horseshoe and "spider legs." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Khole Cahoon, 13, of Vacaville won a blue ribbon for her chocolate ganache cupcakes, decorated with bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beekeeper Francis Agbayani, 12, of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club, Vacavile, is displaying his 4-H project, "Don't Bee Making Mistakes," a blue-ribbon winner. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Crowd-Pleasing Hamilton Will Be at Dixon May Fair
If you missed seeing Hamilton, not to worry. Hamilton will be at the 142nd annual Dixon May Fair...
Meet Hamilton, a scorpion owned by Wade Spencer, an undergraduate entomology student at UC Davis and an associate of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Spencer will display Hamilton and another scorpion named Celeste on Friday afternoon, May 12 in the Dixon May Fair's Floriculture Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet Celeste, a scorpion owned by Wade Spencer, an undergraduate entomology student at UC Davis and an associate of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Spencer will display Celeste and another scorpion named Hamilton on Friday afternoon, May 12 in the Dixon May Fair's Floriculture Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis entomology undergraduate student Wade Spencer holds his two scorpions, Celeste (left) and Hamilton. Fairgoers will be able to see and photograph them on Friday, but not hold them. Scorpions are venomous. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This scorpion sculpture, made of hex nuts, is the work of Roberto Ortiz of the Dixon FFA and is displayed in the Dixon May Fair's Youth Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dave Hutson, superintendent of the Dixon May Fair's Floriculture Building, stands in front of a bee-decorated exhibit. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet Buggy, a 275-pound Berkshire hog raised by Sophia DeTomasi (shown), 10, of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club. Trying to photobomb this image is her sister Toni's hog named Bea. They share a pen in the Dixon May Fair Livestock Barn.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
