Posts Tagged: Santa Claus
Santa Shops at the Bohart!
News flash: Santa shops at the Bohart Museum of Entomology gift shop at UC Davis. Yes, he...
Brennen Dyer, the Bohart Museum's collection manager, stands in front of the gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bohart Museum is stocked with scores of books for children and adults. Children's books include "The Story of the Dogface Butterfly." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Insect-themed T-shirts are a favorite at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Visit with Santa Claus on Christmas Morning
Christmas morning and the sights are bright. Santa came in his sleigh last night. He came with a...
Santa Claus greets a monarch, which scientists say may be heading for extinction. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
2020: The COVID Chase
In the year 2020, COVID chased us out of our work places and out of our fun places. So we...
A honey bee buzzing in a patch of catmint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Fritillary fluttering toward its host plant, passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A praying mantis eating its prey, a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Top Secret: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Is Really a Praying Mantis
Sorry, contrary to popular opinion and Western lore, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is NOT a...
Giddy-up! Santa, being the jolly ol' gent he is, drives The Red-Nosed Mantis in front of the Davis home of entomologists Robert and Lynn Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Lynn Kimsey)
This praying mantis, photographed in Vacaville, Calif., waits to ambush prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What, Santa Didn't Bring You a Tarantula for Christmas?
Doesn't Santa give everyone a Mexican redknee tarantula for Christmas? Oh, you didn't get...
Mexican redknee tarantula, the new project of 9-year-old Delsin Russell of Vacaville. Santa delivered the much-wanted gift on Christmas Eve. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Delsin Russell of Vacaville, then 8, attended an open house last August at the Bohart Museum of Entomology with his mother, Beth. Here they chat with Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)