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RJ Millena: from Entomology-Focused Kindergartener to Scoring Cover of Journal With Her Research

Remember Rebecca Jean "RJ" Millena? She's the little Concord, Calif., kindergarten student who declared--on the very first day of class-- "When...

RJ Millena, a doctoral candidate of comparative biology in the lab of Professor Jessica Ware, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) holds a copy of the journal "Environmental Entomology." Her research is the cover story. (Photo by UC Davis alumnus Lohit Garikipati, now a doctoral student at AMNH)

RJ Millena, a doctoral candidate of comparative biology in the lab of Professor Jessica Ware, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) holds a copy of the journal "Environmental Entomology." Her research is the cover story. (Photo by UC Davis alumnus Lohit Garikipati, now a doctoral student at AMNH)

This image shows a twisted-wing insect (Xenos peckii) male pupae in dark paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus) (Abbott Nature Photography)

This image shows a twisted-wing insect (Xenos peckii) male pupae in dark paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus) (Abbott Nature Photography)

This image of UC Davis entomology graduate RJ Millena shows her jumping for joy while wielding an insect net. (Photo taken in 2021 by Kaylee Fagan)

This image of UC Davis entomology graduate RJ Millena shows her jumping for joy while wielding an insect net. (Photo taken in 2021 by Kaylee Fagan)

Know Your ABC's: Arthropods, Bohart and Collecting

Folks are looking forward to the next open house at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis. It's set Saturday, Sept. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m....

Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with a drawer of monarch specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with a drawer of monarch specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A closeup of a male monarch on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A closeup of a male monarch on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A closeup of a female monarch on lavender in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A closeup of a female monarch on lavender in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

'Nearly Wild' and 'In the Pink'

Talk about flower power.  When you walk through the UC Davis Bee Haven, a half-acre garden on Bee Biology Road, west of the central...

A pink floribunda rose cultivar, "Nearly Wild," draws honey bees and native bees in the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pink floribunda rose cultivar, "Nearly Wild," draws honey bees and native bees in the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A native bee seeks to join two honey bees in gathering nectar and pollen from a floribunda rose cultivar, "Nearly Wild," in the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A native bee seeks to join two honey bees in gathering nectar and pollen from a floribunda rose cultivar, "Nearly Wild," in the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Side view of a honey bee foraging on a "Nearly Wild" rose cultivar in the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Side view of a honey bee foraging on a "Nearly Wild" rose cultivar in the UC Davis Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee foraging on "Nearly Wild" looks at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee foraging on "Nearly Wild" looks at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Buds, Butterflies and Books...

It's delightful to see a child browsing through an insect book. And it's double delightful with twins! Such was the case at the...

A children's book on the California state insect, the dogface butterfly, draws the interest of twins Ford and Wyatt Devine, 2, of Vacaville.The book was displayed at the Vacaville Museum Guild's Children's Party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A children's book on the California state insect, the dogface butterfly, draws the interest of twins Ford and Wyatt Devine, 2, of Vacaville.The book was displayed at the Vacaville Museum Guild's Children's Party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Can You Name California's State Insect?

Can you name California's state insect? Did you know that California has a state insect? It does. Is it the honey bee? No. Is it the lady...

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, holds a drawer of California dogface butterfly specimens. The butterfly is California's state insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, holds a drawer of California dogface butterfly specimens. The butterfly is California's state insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A 35-page children's book, "The Story of the Dogface Butterfly," is authored by UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, a professor at Folsom Lake College and a Bohart research scientist.

A 35-page children's book, "The Story of the Dogface Butterfly," is authored by UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, a professor at Folsom Lake College and a Bohart research scientist.

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