Posts Tagged: UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Spider Alert! Meet a Little Charmer
Spider alert! Spider alert! Some folks request a "spider alert" because they cringe in horror when they see an image of the eight-legged...
"Well, hello there!" A mature male crab spider, likely a Missumessus species (Thomisidae, crab spider) as identified by UC Davis Professor Jason Bond, peers at the camera from his Tithonia post. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Hey, I'll pose for a side view." A male crab spider scuttles around on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Is this my best side?" The male crab spider strikes a "pose" for the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Watch me, I shall do my vanishing act!" The crab spider moves out of the photographer's view. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Allie Igwe: The Road to Success
The road to success is paved with soil microbial communities. And education, curiosity, determination, and collaboration. UC Davis doctoral student...
UC Davis doctoral student Alexandria “Allie” Igwe has received a $138,000 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on soil microbial communities and develop novel online tools to increase interest in ecology.
'Ant Man' Brendon Boudinot Off to Do Research in Germany
It's off to Germany for ant specialist Brendon Boudinot. And what an honor and an opportunity! Boudinot, who received his...
Ant specialist Brendon Boudinot doing field work at the Southwest research station in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Ariz. (Photo by Roberto Keller, National Museum of Natural History and Science, Portugal)
Brendon Boudinot reacts after listening to a question at the Entomological Society of America's Linnaean Games, now the Entomology Games. (ESA Photo)
Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla: Targeting Cucumber Beetles on Melons
The Beatles rocked the music world, drawing millions of fans. Other beetles--cucumber beetles--ravage agricultural crops, drawing millions of...
Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla targets the Western striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma trivittatum. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)
UC Davis graduate student Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla also targets the Western spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata--a milder pest but still a pest of melons. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)
Bug Love: How Much Do You Know About Insect Courtship and Intimacy?
It's all about insect courtship rituals and intimacy, or what entomologists sometimes call "insect wedding photography." The Bay...
Gulf Fritillaries (Agraulis vanillae) keeping busy on a Tithonia flower in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two European wool carder bees (Anthidium manicatum) find one another on a foxglove. This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Birds do it. Bees do it. So do lady beetles, aka ladybugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)