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All Systems Are 'Go'--and 'Green'--for UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

All systems are "go"--and "green"--for the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 18. This  "Super Science Day"...

Wearing of the Green--Ready to greet the crowd at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Feb. 18 are (from left) Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, and entomology students and Bohart associates, Sol Wantz, president of the Entomology Club,  and Allen Chew. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wearing of the Green--Ready to greet the crowd at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Feb. 18 are (from left) Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, and entomology students and Bohart associates, Sol Wantz, president of the Entomology Club, and Allen Chew. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wearing of the Green--Ready to greet the crowd at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Feb. 18 are (from left) Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, and entomology students and Bohart associates, Sol Wantz, president of the Entomology Club, and Allen Chew. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Focus Area Tags: Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Bingo! First Cabbage White Butterfly of the Year!

In between the rain and the cold, UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro of the Department of Evolution and Ecology has been searching in vain...

UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro spotted two cabbage white butterflies today (Feb. 8) in West Sacramento, Yolo County. These weren't them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro spotted two cabbage white butterflies today (Feb. 8) in West Sacramento, Yolo County. These weren't them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro spotted two cabbage white butterflies today (Feb. 8) in West Sacramento, Yolo County. These weren't them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is the first-flight-of-the-butterfly chart by UC Davis alumnus Matthew
This is the first-flight-of-the-butterfly chart by UC Davis alumnus Matthew "Matt" Forister, the Trevor J. McMinn Endowed Professor in Biology, and Foundation Professor, Department of Biology, University of Nevada.

This is the first-flight-of-the-butterfly chart by UC Davis alumnus Matthew "Matt" Forister, the Trevor J. McMinn Endowed Professor in Biology, and Foundation Professor, Department of Biology, University of Nevada.

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

A Checkered Past, a Checkered Future or Just Checkered?

Have you seen any Checkered White butterflies lately? They're quite common in the southern United States and northern Mexico (they're known as the...

A female Checkered White butterfly, Pontia protodice (as identified by UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro) nectars on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female Checkered White butterfly, Pontia protodice (as identified by UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro) nectars on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female Checkered White butterfly, Pontia protodice (as identified by UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro) nectars on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The female Checkered White spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The female Checkered White spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The female Checkered White spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female Checkered White butterfly, Pontia protodice nectaring on lavender.  (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female Checkered White butterfly, Pontia protodice nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female Checkered White butterfly, Pontia protodice nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The female Checkered White showing a rejection behavior although no males are around.
The female Checkered White showing a rejection behavior although no males are around. "The 'tail in the air' is a sexual rejection posture," says UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The female Checkered White showing a rejection behavior although no males are around. "The 'tail in the air' is a sexual rejection posture," says UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Gwen Erdosh: Entomology Ambassador Extraordinaire

If you're not big on bugs, you will be--or should be--after seeing UC Davis entomologist Gwen Erdosh's recent interview with reporter Ashley...

Gwen Erdosh's Instagram account; more than 22,000 fans follower her.
Gwen Erdosh's Instagram account; more than 22,000 fans follower her.

Gwen Erdosh's Instagram account; more than 22,000 fans follower her.

Posted on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 2:42 PM
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Economic Development, Environment, Natural Resources

UC Davis Animal Science Major Ivana Satre Vying for Miss Vietnam Northern California Title

If you walk into the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, you might see UC Davis student Ivana Trinh Satre entering...

UC Davis student Ivana Trinh Satre is entered in the Miss Vietnam Northern California/Miss Vietnam Sacramento Pageant. (Photo by Lightsmith Studios, LLC)
UC Davis student Ivana Trinh Satre is entered in the Miss Vietnam Northern California/Miss Vietnam Sacramento Pageant. (Photo by Lightsmith Studios, LLC)

UC Davis student Ivana Trinh Satre is entered in the Miss Vietnam Northern California/Miss Vietnam Sacramento Pageant. (Photo by Lightsmith Studios, LLC)

Ivana Trinh Satre at work in the Bohart Museum of Entomology. She enters moth data on the LepNet database. (Photo by Eliza Litsey)
Ivana Trinh Satre at work in the Bohart Museum of Entomology. She enters moth data on the LepNet database. (Photo by Eliza Litsey)

Ivana Trinh Satre at work in the Bohart Museum of Entomology. She enters moth data on the LepNet database. (Photo by Eliza Litsey)

Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 7:39 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Family, Innovation

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