Posts Tagged: entomology

Congrats to Danielle Rutkowski: Early Career Entomology Award

We're delighted that microbial ecologist Danielle Rutkowski, a UC Davis doctoral alumna and now a National Science Foundation postdoctoral...

This is one of the bumble bees that microbial ecologist Danielle Rutkowski studies: a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is one of the bumble bees that microbial ecologist Danielle Rutkowski studies: a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum Gift Shop: What's Not to Like About a Bug?

What's not to like about a bug? And there are more of them to like than you think! About a million described species of insects inhabit our...

Bohart Museum of Entomology student intern Jasmine Chow holds a selection of bug pins available in the museum's gift shop.

Bohart Museum of Entomology student intern Jasmine Chow holds a selection of bug pins available in the museum's gift shop.

A garden spider, Argiope trifasciata, in a Vacaville garden. The Bohart Museum of Entomology has an Argiope pin in its gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A garden spider, Argiope trifasciata, in a Vacaville garden. The Bohart Museum of Entomology has an Argiope pin in its gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A close-up of a unique, entomological holiday card, available for sale in the Bohart Museum gift shop. It is the work of UC Davis alumnus Allen Chew, an entomologist and artist.

A close-up of a unique, entomological holiday card, available for sale in the Bohart Museum gift shop. It is the work of UC Davis alumnus Allen Chew, an entomologist and artist.

Can You Spare a Leg?

If you collect insect specimens, can you spare a leg? It's for science. UC Berkeley doctoral alumnus Brad Balukjian, CEO and...

Some of the insects that entomologist Fran Keller and crew collected in Belize for the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

Some of the insects that entomologist Fran Keller and crew collected in Belize for the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

UC Davis Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology: Meet Kaitai Liu

Back in 2011, three UC Davis entomology faculty members launched the campuswide Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology (RSPIB) to provide...

UC Davis student entomologist Kaitai Liu exults after finding a rain beetle on a field trip. He plans to become an entomology professor and study rain beetles.

UC Davis student entomologist Kaitai Liu exults after finding a rain beetle on a field trip. He plans to become an entomology professor and study rain beetles.

Bohart Museum of Entomology volunteer Kaitai Liu, a UC Davis entomology major, introduces an open house visitor, Eden Jett, 7, of Berkeley, to a stick insect. Eden has her sights set on becoming an entomologist. She and her mother, Peg, brought dragonfly cookies to a 2022 open house themed "Dragonflies and Spiders." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum of Entomology volunteer Kaitai Liu, a UC Davis entomology major, introduces an open house visitor, Eden Jett, 7, of Berkeley, to a stick insect. Eden has her sights set on becoming an entomologist. She and her mother, Peg, brought dragonfly cookies to a 2022 open house themed "Dragonflies and Spiders." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Apiculturist: Apivectoring Defined

Do you know what apivectoring is? Bee scientist Elina Lastro Niño, associate professor of Cooperative Extension,...

A honey bee heading toward almond blossoms. Managed bees such as bumble bees and honey bees are used to transfer a powder form of a biological control agent from flower to flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heading toward almond blossoms. Managed bees such as bumble bees and honey bees are used to transfer a powder form of a biological control agent from flower to flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on almond blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on almond blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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