Bug Blog
Forecast of Heavy Rain, Wind Changes Location of California Honey Festival
Despite the weather forecast of heavy rain and wind, honey bees will still be "attending" the California Honey Festival. They'll be safe and dry in the bee observation hives. The free and...
The California Honey Festival will include bee observation hives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Clement Chow: Fruit Flies, Rare Diseases and the Accomplishments
Don't miss the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar by Clement Chow on Monday, May 6. It will open your eyes about fruit flies, rare diseases, and the progress...
The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is commonly used for biological research in genetics. (Photo courtesy of Wikpedia)
California Dogface Butterfly Steals the Show
The California dogface butterfly stole the show at the Bohart Museum of Entomology pop-up tent at Briggs Hall during the 110th annual UC Davis Picnic Day. Visitors received...
Bohart Museum graduate student and researcher Socrates Letana tosses paper butterflies to the net holders, as Professor Fran Keller (background) of Folsom Lake College staffs the California butterfly table. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a catch! UC Davis undergraduate student Lasya Nalia, majoring in environmental horticulture, nets a paper butterfly tossed by Professor Fran Keller of Folsom Lake College, a Bohart Museum scientist and UC Davis doctoral alumna. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Postdoctoral researcher and arachnologist James Starrett (foreground) and doctoral student and dragonfly expert Christofer Brothers (background) talk to visitors about the insect specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Fran Keller of Folsom Lake College poses with a California dogface butterfly face banner. She is a UC Davis doctoral alumna and a Bohart Museum scientist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Special Day for UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal
Today (April 30) was a special day for entomologist Walter Soares Leal. “I got two phone calls almost simultaneously on my two cell phones, so I thought this could not be a...
UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal today (April 30, 2024) was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Day That Barbie, Bugbie and Bugs Swept Briggs Hall
Think pink? Of course! Marielle Simone Hansel Friedman, a second-year doctoral student in the lab of urban landscape entomologist Emily Meineke, UC Davis Department of Entomology and...
Marielle Hansel Friedman of the Emily Meineke lab talks about scorpions to visitors at Briggs Hall during the UC Davis Picnic Day. In back is Em Jochim of the Jason Bond lab. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In the pink! Staffing the Entomology Graduate Student Association booth are (from left) Marshall Nakatani, Curtis Carlson and Richard Martinez. The T-shirts were among the top three best sellers of the day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)