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Posts Tagged: UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Eric Conn Biochemistry Quizzes: Answer Me This!
Answer me this: “What is the name of the proteins (water channels) that facilitates water transport into and out of cells? And who discovered...
Natalie Six of the winning Gibbs Team answers a question. (Screen shot)
Catherine Rodriguez of the winning Ironic Bonds team answers a question about Peter Agre. (Screen shot)
UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal moderating the Eric Conn Biochemistry Quizzes. (Screen shot)
When Bruce Hammock's Cockroaches Achieved Stardom
If you're meandering around the UC Riverside campus and see a cockroach, it might have a connection to UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce...
A Madagascar hissing cockroach from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis. This is similar to what Bruce Hammock was rearing for a research project. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a Madagascar hissing cockroach, aka "hisser," from the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock in his Briggs Hall office. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jessica Kansman: 'To Be an Aphid in a Cruel World'
Lady beetles, aka ladybugs, gobble up aphids like kids gobble up popcorn and we all cheer loudly. Take that, you aphids! That'll...
A winged aphid, photo courtesy of Jessica Kansman, Pennsylvania State University.
An aphid rides the back of a lady beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Learn About the Diversity of Bees in This UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Month Program
Talk about diverse. The bee world exemplifies diversity and the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Month, being celebrated throughout the month of...
A honey bee in flight, packing red pollen from a rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, formerly known as Xylocopa varipuncta. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, which the late Robbin Thorp of UC Davis called "the teddy bear bee." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on the tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male leafcutter bee, Megachile spp., foraging on rock purslane. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male longhorned bees, Melissodes agilis, asleep on a Tithonia blossom. Females return to their nest at night; males cluster outside. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male sweat bee, Agapostemon texanus, on a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female leafcutting bee, Megachile fidelis, foraging on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Murder Hornets: Murder in the First Degree?
Want to learn about "murder hornets?" Entomologists cringe every time someone substitutes the moniker, "murder hornet," for the Asian giant...
The Asian giant hornet, which the news media named "murder hornet." (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture)
