Posts Tagged: Bob Kimsey

Mark Your Calendars: Three Bohart Museum Open Houses

Mark your calendars! The Bohart Museum of Entomology has scheduled three open houses between now and Saturday, July 22. The first open house is...

Forensic entomologist Robert "Bob" Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Forensic entomologist Robert "Bob" Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum of Entomology will host a "Night at the Museum" from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum of Entomology will host a "Night at the Museum" from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

How a Newly Described Bacteria Species Became a Kimsey

Ever had a bacteria species named for you? No? Well, a newly described bacteria species now carries the last name of a husband-wife team: Lynn...

Former UC Davis doctoral student Matan Shelomi described a new bacteria species from the gut of a Giant New Guinea Stick Insect, Eurycantha calcarata. This is a E. calcarata from the Bohart Museum. Shelomi named the bacteria after UC Davis faculty members Lynn and Bob Kimsey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Former UC Davis doctoral student Matan Shelomi described a new bacteria species from the gut of a Giant New Guinea Stick Insect, Eurycantha calcarata. This is a E. calcarata from the Bohart Museum. Shelomi named the bacteria after UC Davis faculty members Lynn and Bob Kimsey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Art of Maggot Art

They came, they saw, they participated. Youngsters--and the young at heart--headed over to Briggs Hall during the 109th annual campuswide UC Davis...

UC Davis entomologists, first-year doctoral students Abigail Lehner (front) of the Neal Williams lab, and Iris Quayle of the Jason Bond lab, staff the Maggot Art table at Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis entomologists, first-year doctoral students Abigail Lehner (front) of the Neal Williams lab, and Iris Quayle of the Jason Bond lab, staff the Maggot Art table at Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Iris Quayle of the Jason Bond lab supervises the Maggot Art project, as young artists dip maggots into water-based, non-toxic paint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Iris Quayle of the Jason Bond lab supervises the Maggot Art project, as young artists dip maggots into water-based, non-toxic paint. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Watson Owens, 2, of Carmichael, watches a maggot crawl on his Maggot Art project. His father, Sean Owens, is a UC Davis alumnus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Watson Owens, 2, of Carmichael, watches a maggot crawl on his Maggot Art project. His father, Sean Owens, is a UC Davis alumnus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Winter Owens, 5, of Carmichael, displays her Maggot Art masterpiece. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Winter Owens, 5, of Carmichael, displays her Maggot Art masterpiece. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Maggot Art drying on a bulletin board in Briggs Hall, UC Davis campus. Soon they will be ready to take home. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Maggot Art drying on a bulletin board in Briggs Hall, UC Davis campus. Soon they will be ready to take home. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Picnic Day: Let's Go on an Insect Scavenger Hunt!

Have you ever participated in a scavenger hunt? You know, as part of a team hunting for specified objects? Were any of the objects ever "insects?"...

How many of these can you identify? Match these images with the Bohart Museum of Entomology specimens at a scavenger hunt in 122 Briggs Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 15.

How many of these can you identify? Match these images with the Bohart Museum of Entomology specimens at a scavenger hunt in 122 Briggs Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 15.

Maggot Art at UC Davis Picnic Day: Just Me and My Maggot

Do you like to blend science with art, or is there a budding young artist in your family? Then you may want to create Maggot Art, a hands-on...

So many colors to choose from! A young artist working on his Maggot Art. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So many colors to choose from! A young artist working on his Maggot Art. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hands reach for more maggots. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hands reach for more maggots. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A work of art: Maggot Art being done at a UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A work of art: Maggot Art being done at a UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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