Posts Tagged: ESA

Robert Michael Pyle: The Face of Insect Conservation

Robert Michael Pyle, founder of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, was right at home at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of...

Scholar, writer, biologist and educator Robert Michael Pyle visiting the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology lepidoptera collection in July of 2019. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Scholar, writer, biologist and educator Robert Michael Pyle visiting the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology lepidoptera collection in July of 2019. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bob Pyle locates Magdalene alpine butterfly specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bob Pyle locates Magdalene alpine butterfly specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Robert Michael Pyle (far right) at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. From left are Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology; Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas and entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Robert Michael Pyle (far right) at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. From left are Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology; Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas and entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Art of the Ant

We're used to admiring street art that showcases such iconic insects as lady beetles, dragonflies and butterflies, but carpenter ants? Carpenter...

Street art usually focuses on such insects as bees, butterflies and dragonflies, but at Vacaville's Ulatis Creek Park, someone affixed this carpenter ant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Street art usually focuses on such insects as bees, butterflies and dragonflies, but at Vacaville's Ulatis Creek Park, someone affixed this carpenter ant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

See the carpenter ant (foreground at right) on the bridge pillar of the Ulatis Creek Bridge, Vacaville? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

See the carpenter ant (foreground at right) on the bridge pillar of the Ulatis Creek Bridge, Vacaville? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Doctoral Students in Entomology Got It Right

They knew the answer.  "A worker honey bee has how many pairs of wax glands on its abdomen?" That would be four, answered...

UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski captured this screen shot at the finals. She is top row, second from left.

UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski captured this screen shot at the finals. She is top row, second from left.

The Legendary Bruce Hammock: Why Science Is Fun

"Bruce D. Hammock is widely known for his groundbreaking research in insect physiology, toxicology, pharmacology, and experimental therapeutics....

UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock in his office (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock in his office (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bruce Hammock in a Hammock on the UC Davis Quad. Note: He doesn't spend much time in a hammock; he just posed for this photo. (Photo by Cindy McReynolds)

Bruce Hammock in a Hammock on the UC Davis Quad. Note: He doesn't spend much time in a hammock; he just posed for this photo. (Photo by Cindy McReynolds)

Ever Seen a Bumble Bee Nest?

Ever seen a bumble bee nest? We remember when insect enthusiast Rita LeRoy of the Loma Vista Farm, part of the Vallejo City Unified School District,...

A nest of Bombus vosnesenkii in May 2015 at the Loma Vista Farm, Vallejo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A nest of Bombus vosnesenkii in May 2015 at the Loma Vista Farm, Vallejo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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