Posts Tagged: Entomology Games

Congrats, UC Davis Bug Team!

"In 1973 Dr. David Gibby of the Washington State University Extension Center started a program to meet the demand for urban horticulture...

The UC Davis Entomology Games Team of doctoral candidates: Madison Hendrick, Jill Oberski, Erin "Taylor" Kelly and Zach Griebenow. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis faculty)

The UC Davis Entomology Games Team of doctoral candidates: Madison Hendrick, Jill Oberski, Erin "Taylor" Kelly and Zach Griebenow. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis faculty)

Victory! Gamesmaster Alix Whitener announced the championship team, the crowd cheered and the champions, the UC Davis Entomology Games Team, responded. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis faculty)

Victory! Gamesmaster Alix Whitener announced the championship team, the crowd cheered and the champions, the UC Davis Entomology Games Team, responded. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo, UC Davis faculty)

A Tip of the Net to Our UC Davis PBESA Winners

A tip of the net to our trio of UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology award recipients who will be honored when the Pacific Branch,...

The UC Davis Entomology Games Team is comprised of (from left) Erin "Taylor" Kelly, Madison "Madi" Hendrick, captain Zachary Griebenow, and Jill Oberski.

The UC Davis Entomology Games Team is comprised of (from left) Erin "Taylor" Kelly, Madison "Madi" Hendrick, captain Zachary Griebenow, and Jill Oberski.

ESA Entomology Games Are Both Educational and Entertaining

Quick question: "Kleptopharmacophagy, a newly described behavior recently observed in milkweed butterflies, is characterized by adult butterflies...

The UC Davis Entomology Games Team is comprised of (from left) Erin "Taylor" Kelly, Madison "Madi" Hendrick, Zachary Griebenow and Jil Oberski. Griebenow and Oberski were members of the 2018 national championship team.

The UC Davis Entomology Games Team is comprised of (from left) Erin "Taylor" Kelly, Madison "Madi" Hendrick, Zachary Griebenow and Jil Oberski. Griebenow and Oberski were members of the 2018 national championship team.

Do you know the common name of Hermetia illucens, a dipteran? Black soldier fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Do you know the common name of Hermetia illucens, a dipteran? Black soldier fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What Entomologists Need to Know

If you're a graduate student in entomology and competing with your team in the Entomology Games, a college-bowl type trivia game hosted by the...

A question about the paranormal figure Mothman drew interest at the Entomology Games, hosted by the Entomological Society of America. (Illustration by Tim Bertelink, Wikipedia)

A question about the paranormal figure Mothman drew interest at the Entomology Games, hosted by the Entomological Society of America. (Illustration by Tim Bertelink, Wikipedia)

This is not the Mothman, but an Atlas moth, Attacus atlas, from the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is not the Mothman, but an Atlas moth, Attacus atlas, from the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology collection. (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.

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