Posts Tagged: dragonflies

Don't Miss Bohart Museum Open House on Nov. 2

You won't want to miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Nov. 2. You'll learn how spiders and dragonflies catch their...

A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Chilean rose-haired tarantula, Grammostola porteri, on a Bohart Museum of Entomology t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Chilean rose-haired tarantula, Grammostola porteri, on a Bohart Museum of Entomology t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Identify and Learn About the 73 Dragonfly Species (Anisoptera) in California

If you're like me, your heart skips a couple of beats when you encounter a dragonfly, especially the fire-engine red flameskimmer, Libellula...

Kathy Biggs (left) and Sandra von Arb are co-authors of the newly published "Dragonflies (Anisoptera) of California."

Kathy Biggs (left) and Sandra von Arb are co-authors of the newly published "Dragonflies (Anisoptera) of California."

Dragonfly experts participating in a 2015 Bohart Museum of Entomology open house included (front, from left) Andrew Rehn of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Kathy Biggs, author of dragonfly books, and Sandra von Arb, then a senior biologist at the Pacific Northwestern Biological Resources, McKinleyville, Calif. In back are Rosser Garrison (left), now retired from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas.

Dragonfly experts participating in a 2015 Bohart Museum of Entomology open house included (front, from left) Andrew Rehn of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Kathy Biggs, author of dragonfly books, and Sandra von Arb, then a senior biologist at the Pacific Northwestern Biological Resources, McKinleyville, Calif. In back are Rosser Garrison (left), now retired from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas.

A flameskimmer, Libellula saturata, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flameskimmer, Libellula saturata, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Dragonfly to Behold: Within an Arm's Reach

International dragonfly authority and researcher Rosser Garrison, who retired as a senior insect biosystematist with the California Department...

Anna Garrison's arm art: a tattoo of Cordulegaster diadema, aka Apache spiketail. The Sacramento resident is the daughter of noted dragonfly expert Rosser Garrison. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Anna Garrison's arm art: a tattoo of Cordulegaster diadema, aka Apache spiketail. The Sacramento resident is the daughter of noted dragonfly expert Rosser Garrison. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An image of Cordulegaster diadema, aka Apache spiketail. (Photo by Rosser Garrison)

An image of Cordulegaster diadema, aka Apache spiketail. (Photo by Rosser Garrison)

Rosser Garrison and his daughter, Anna Garrison, display their insect drawings. They participated in a class taught at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house by Professor Miguel Angel Miranda of the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rosser Garrison and his daughter, Anna Garrison, display their insect drawings. They participated in a class taught at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house by Professor Miguel Angel Miranda of the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rosser Garrison and his daughter, Anna Garrison, examine some of the specimens on display at the recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rosser Garrison and his daughter, Anna Garrison, examine some of the specimens on display at the recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum Open House: Dragonflies Rule!

Dragonflies rule! That was the theme of the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 6, and dragonflies do just...

Noted dragonfly expert Rosser Garrison shows a slide of Cora semiopaca at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Noted dragonfly expert Rosser Garrison shows a slide of Cora semiopaca at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Dragonfly experts at the Bohart Museum open house included Sandra Hunt-von Arb, with the Pacific Northwest Biological Resources Consultants, Inc.; Andy Rehn, stream ecologist with California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Rosser Garrison, formerly with the California Department of Food and Agriculture; and Greg Kareofelas, Bohart associate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Dragonfly experts at the Bohart Museum open house included Sandra Hunt-von Arb, with the Pacific Northwest Biological Resources Consultants, Inc.; Andy Rehn, stream ecologist with California Department of Fish and Wildlife; Rosser Garrison, formerly with the California Department of Food and Agriculture; and Greg Kareofelas, Bohart associate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Christofer Brothers (left), a UC Davis doctoral student studying dragonflies, and Christopher Beatty, a visiting visiting scholar in the Program for Conservation Genomics at Stanford University, offered their expertise at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Christofer Brothers (left), a UC Davis doctoral student studying dragonflies, and Christopher Beatty, a visiting visiting scholar in the Program for Conservation Genomics at Stanford University, offered their expertise at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Christopher Beatty, a visiting scholar in the Program for Conservation Genomics at Stanford University, is a co-editor and co-author of this newly published book, "Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research," second edition. Fresh from the printers, it was among the dragonfly books displayed at the open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Christopher Beatty, a visiting scholar in the Program for Conservation Genomics at Stanford University, co-edited this newly published book, "Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research," second edition. Fresh from the printers, it was among the dragonfly books displayed at the open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This Bohart Museum display includes the world's largest dragonfly, Petalura ingentissima, discovered in 1908 in North Queensland, Australia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This Bohart Museum display includes the world's largest dragonfly, Petalura ingentissima, discovered in 1908 in North Queensland, Australia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rosser Garrison answers questions following his seminar on dragonflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Rosser Garrison answers questions following his seminar on dragonflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum showcased dragonfly images by Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas. Here Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart, admires a river jewelwing, Calopteryx aequabilis, that Kareofelas photographed at the Klamath River. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum showcased dragonfly images by Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas. Here Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart, admires a river jewelwing, Calopteryx aequabilis, that Kareofelas photographed at the Klamath River. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's Friday Fly Day--No, Make that DragonFLY Day

It's Friday Fly Day--no, let's switch that insect order from Diptera to Odonata and make it "DragonFLY Day." Better yet, let's make...

A flameskimmer, Libellula saturata, with prey. This image was taken in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flameskimmer, Libellula saturata, with prey. This image was taken in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flameskimmer perched on a garden stick in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flameskimmer perched on a garden stick in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Read more