Posts Tagged: UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Bohart Museum Butterfly Donor Chuck Hageman Leaves a Lasting Legacy

When the Northern California Lepidopterists met in February of 2019 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis,...

Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows visitors some of the butterfly specimens. The worldwide Lepidoptera collection now totals more than 500,000. One of the most recent donors was the late Charles Hageman of Yuba City (1945-2021). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows visitors some of the butterfly specimens. The worldwide Lepidoptera collection now totals more than 500,000. One of the most recent donors was the late Charles Hageman of Yuba City (1945-2021). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Geoffrey Attardo: Growing Presence of This Mosquito: 'A Major Public Health Threat'

UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, an assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, says that...

"The growing presence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which can transmit the viruses that cause Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever as well as the parasite that causes heartworm in pets, is a major public health threat," says UC Davis medical entomologist/geneticist Geoffrey Attardo. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

"The growing presence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which can transmit the viruses that cause Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever as well as the parasite that causes heartworm in pets, is a major public health threat," says UC Davis medical entomologist/geneticist Geoffrey Attardo. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

Monika Egerer: About Those Wild Bees and Natural Enemies in Urban Gardens

Urban garden management can play an important role in supporting species diversity and the provision of insect-mediated services, says...

Urban garden management can play an important role in supporting species diversity and the provision of insect-mediated services, says ecologist Monika Egerer, an assistant professor at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.

Urban garden management can play an important role in supporting species diversity and the provision of insect-mediated services, says ecologist Monika Egerer, an assistant professor at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.

Why Folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology Are Smiling--And So Very Grateful

If the folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis are smiling even more than usual, that's because their UC Davis...

The Bohart Museum of Entomology surpassed its goal of $5000 and gratefully received $6000. (Screen shot)

The Bohart Museum of Entomology surpassed its goal of $5000 and gratefully received $6000. (Screen shot)

A map on the UC Davis CrowdFund wall shows where the donors to the Bohart Museum of Entomology are located. The drive is now over but the map and donors are at https://bit.ly/3v4MoaJ. (Screen shot)

A map on the UC Davis CrowdFund wall shows where the donors to the Bohart Museum of Entomology are located. The drive is now over but the map and donors are at https://bit.ly/3v4MoaJ. (Screen shot)

Treasured Comments About Insects: Can We Hear a Collective 'Sigh?'

It's a given: entomologists collect insects. So what do entomology professors collect? Well, if your name is Lynn Kimsey, director of the...

A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata, perched in Vacaville, Calif. One of Professor Kimsey's students commented on their "superior haunting skills."(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata, perched in Vacaville, Calif. One of Professor Kimsey's students commented on their "superior haunting skills."(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Comments about honey bees often find their way into Lynn Kimsey's treasured sentence collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Comments about honey bees often find their way into Lynn Kimsey's treasured sentence collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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