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Bohart Museum of Entomology Gearing Up for 2025

Drum roll... The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, is gearing up for the new year. Open houses or special...

Visitors to an upcoming Bohart Museum of Entomology open house will learn the differences between venomous and poisonous. This jumping spider is venomous. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Visitors to an upcoming Bohart Museum of Entomology open house will learn the differences between venomous and poisonous. This jumping spider is venomous. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

2025 UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day Set Saturday, Feb. 8

Mark your calendar! The 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day is set for Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. announced coordinator and...

UC Davis professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum, shows butterfly specimens to Woodland residents Olive Smith, 8, and her mother Sarah Smith. Bond is the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and associate dean, UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum, shows butterfly specimens to Woodland residents Olive Smith, 8, and her mother Sarah Smith. Bond is the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and associate dean, UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The nematology display, headed by associate professor Shahid Siddique, was a popular attraction at the 13th annual Biodiversity Museum Day, held Feb. 20, 2024. From left are doctoral student Nick Latina and doctoral candidates Pallavi Shakya an Alison Blundell. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The nematology display, headed by associate professor Shahid Siddique, was a popular attraction at the 13th annual Biodiversity Museum Day, held Feb. 20, 2024. From left are doctoral student Nick Latina and doctoral candidates Pallavi Shakya an Alison Blundell. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologist Jeff Smith: The Master Builder of Insect Specimen Drawers

When you slide open the butterfly and moth drawers at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, the color, size and shape of the specimens...

Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum, stands by the drawers he crafted. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum, stands by the drawers he crafted. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum drawers are intricately crafted. This one is of pine. Curator Jeff Smith has crafted and donated 2,487 of them for the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum drawers are intricately crafted. This one is of pine. Curator Jeff Smith has crafted and donated 2,487 of them for the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a drawer in the Lepidoptera collection, Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a drawer in the Lepidoptera collection, Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pass the Crickets, Please!

"Crickets, anyone? Free sample!"  Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, sits at a...

Postdoctoral research scientist James Starrett, of the arachnology lab of Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum, gets ready to eat a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Postdoctoral research scientist James Starrett, of the arachnology lab of Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum, gets ready to eat a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Down the hatch! UC Davis research scientist and arachnoogist James Starrett enjoying a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Down the hatch! UC Davis research scientist and arachnoogist James Starrett enjoying a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis student Nia Rhodes, an atmospheric science major, stopped by the cricket booth with her mother, Elizabeth Rhodes of Los Angeles, who is wearing a "UC Davis Mama" shirt. It was Davis Parent and Family Weekend. In the foreground is Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis student Nia Rhodes, an atmospheric science major, stopped by the cricket booth with her mother, Elizabeth Rhodes of Los Angeles, who is wearing a "UC Davis Mama" shirt. It was Davis Parent and Family Weekend. In the foreground is Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Introduction to Dragonflies and Spiders

Predators employ a diversity of behavioral and morphological adaptations to successfully capture their insect prey, UC Davis doctoral candidates...

Doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers explains how a dragonfly catches prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers explains how a dragonfly catches prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers fielding questions about dragonflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers fielding questions about dragonflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim answers a question about spiders. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim answers a question about spiders. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Placerville residents Sullivan Lowe, 6, and his father, Ron Lowe watch as UC Davis doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim fluoresces a tarantula with ultraviolet (UV) light. Sullivan is holding a plastic spider that Jochim gave him. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Placerville residents Sullivan Lowe, 6, and his father, Ron Lowe watch as UC Davis doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim fluoresces a tarantula with ultraviolet (UV) light. Sullivan is holding a plastic spider that Jochim gave him. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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