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Moths! Moths! Moths! Can You Identify Your Moths?

So you have this significant garden pest--a caterpillar eating your cabbage, lettuce, tomato, squash, geraniums and petunias--and more. And then one...

This moth is the Tobacco Budworm (as identified by Lepitopteran Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology) It's shown here on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This moth is the Tobacco Budworm (as identified by Lepitopteran Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology) It's shown here on a blanket flower, Gaillardia. Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Celebrate Moths at the Bohart Museum on Saturday Night, July 30

Ready...set...go! It's almost time to celebrate moths! How much do you know about moths? Do you know the difference between a moth and a butterfly?...

UC Davis entomology graduate student Jessica Gillung shows Atlas moths from the Bohart Museum collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis entomology graduate student Jessica Gillung shows Atlas moths from the Bohart Museum collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These moths are Rothschildia cincta, also known as giant silkworm moths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These moths are Rothschildia cincta, also known as giant silkworm moths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Bioblitz in Belize!

They're calling it "Bohart Belize Bioblitz," or "B-cubed" or "B to the 3." It's an insect collecting trip to Belize for the Bohart Museum of...

Entomologists David Wyatt and Fran Keller pose for a photo in Belize.

Entomologists David Wyatt and Fran Keller pose for a photo in Belize.

Those who will join the June 20-July 1 collecting trip to Belize gathered for a pre-trip meeting and pizza party on June 1 in the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Those who will join the June 20-July 1 collecting trip to Belize gathered for a pre-trip meeting and pizza party on June 1 in the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Some of the insects collected on the 2015 Bohart Museum trip to Belize. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Some of the insects collected on the 2015 Bohart Museum trip to Belize. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Crane Flies Are Here, There and Everywhere

You don't have to crane your neck to see the crane flies. They're everywhere. They're zigzagging around your yard, bumping into walls and...

A crane fly dangles from a spider web. It is about to become prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A crane fly dangles from a spider web. It is about to become prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sometimes it's an artistic sight--a crane fly and its shadow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sometimes it's an artistic sight--a crane fly and its shadow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Head on Over to the Haven

Head on over to the haven on Friday, May 6. That would be the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. The occasion: It's National Public Gardens Day, as...

Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, shows a bee to haven visitor Lalibella Eaves, 6, of Quebec City, Canada. Her mother, Valerie Fournier, received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis in 2003 and is now a professor at Laval University, Quebec City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, shows a bee to haven visitor Lalibella Eaves, 6, of Quebec City, Canada. Her mother, Valerie Fournier, received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis in 2003 and is now a professor at Laval University, Quebec City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Professor Valerie Fournier shows her son, Phoenix Eaves, 9, the California golden poppies and insects in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. The professor is taking a sabbatical and is based in the lab of UC Davis pollination ecologist Neal Williams. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Professor Valerie Fournier shows her son, Phoenix Eaves, 9, the California golden poppies and insects in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. The professor is taking a sabbatical and is based in the lab of UC Davis pollination ecologist Neal Williams. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees foraging in the haven on seaside daisies, Erigeron glaucus "Wayne Roderick." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bees foraging in the haven on seaside daisies, Erigeron glaucus "Wayne Roderick." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Through its "catch-and-release" program, visitors at the haven can get up close and personal to honey bees and other insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Through its "catch-and-release" program, visitors at the haven can get up close and personal to honey bees and other insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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