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Colony of Red Ants Roams the Bohart Museum of Entomology

A colony of red ants recently roamed the Bohart Museum of Entomology. They really weren't red ants, but children wearing ant headgear, created...

UC Davis first-year entomology student Kat Taylor (in ant headgear) staffed the arts-and-crafts table at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis first-year entomology student Kat Taylor (in ant headgear) staffed the arts-and-crafts table at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis first-year entomology student Kat Taylor (in ant headgear) staffed the arts-and-crafts table at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Five-year-old twins Lucas and Logan Cheuk of Woodland created these striking hats. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Five-year-old twins Lucas and Logan Cheuk of Woodland created these striking hats. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Five-year-old twins Lucas and Logan Cheuk of Woodland created these striking hats. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Esmeralda Myhre, 2, works on her art project. Her mother, Morgan Myhre, is a UC Davis senior majoring in entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Esmeralda Myhre, 2, works on her art project. Her mother, Morgan Myhre, is a UC Davis senior majoring in entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Esmeralda Myhre, 2, works on her art project. Her mother, Morgan Myhre, is a UC Davis senior majoring in entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myrhe adjusts the ant headgear on her son, Galileo, 5, while her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, watches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myrhe adjusts the ant headgear on her son, Galileo, 5, while her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, watches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myrhe adjusts the ant headgear on her son, Galileo, 5, while her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, watches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myhre shows her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, some of the Bohart Museum's insect/spider tenants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myhre shows her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, some of the Bohart Museum's insect/spider tenants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myhre shows her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, some of the Bohart Museum's insect/spider tenants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 4:27 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Family, Innovation, Natural Resources

Bees Are Your Buddies; Ants Are Your Friends

If bees are your buddies, ants ought to be your friends, right? Right.  They belong to the same order, Hymenoptera, but some folks insist...

These are carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus, as identified by  UC Davis 2020 alumnus and ant researcher Brendon Boudinot, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. (Photo taken in Vacaville, Calif. by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These are carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus, as identified by UC Davis 2020 alumnus and ant researcher Brendon Boudinot, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. (Photo taken in Vacaville, Calif. by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These are carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus, as identified by UC Davis 2020 alumnus and ant researcher Brendon Boudinot, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. (Photo taken in Vacaville, Calif. by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Phil Ward lab members are ready to answer your questions about ants. From left are Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow, both doctoral candidates, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Phil Ward lab members are ready to answer your questions about ants. From left are Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow, both doctoral candidates, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Phil Ward lab members are ready to answer your questions about ants. From left are Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow, both doctoral candidates, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Family, Innovation, Natural Resources

UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day: A Great Time to Talk Ants

How did you spend your Presidents' Day weekend? Well, if you were high school student Ziya Akmal, he journeyed--by car--nearly 400...

Got an ant question? From left are  members of the Phil Ward ant lab at UC Davis: doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zachary Griebenow, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Got an ant question? From left are members of the Phil Ward ant lab at UC Davis: doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zachary Griebenow, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Got an ant question? From left are members of the Phil Ward ant lab at UC Davis: doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zachary Griebenow, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski answers questions from Ziya Akmal of Los Angeles. Akmal made the 400-mile trip to talk to Professor Phil Ward and the Ward lab members at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski answers questions from Ziya Akmal of Los Angeles. Akmal made the 400-mile trip to talk to Professor Phil Ward and the Ward lab members at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Jill Oberski answers questions from Ziya Akmal of Los Angeles. Akmal made the 400-mile trip to talk to Professor Phil Ward and the Ward lab members at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral alumnus Brendon Boudinot (foreground), now an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, answers questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Seated are doctoral candidate Jill Oberski and graduate student Ziv Lieberman of the Phil Ward lab. In back is doctoral candidate Zachary Griebenow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis doctoral alumnus Brendon Boudinot (foreground), now an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, answers questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Seated are doctoral candidate Jill Oberski and graduate student Ziv Lieberman of the Phil Ward lab. In back is doctoral candidate Zachary Griebenow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral alumnus Brendon Boudinot (foreground), now an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, answers questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Seated are doctoral candidate Jill Oberski and graduate student Ziv Lieberman of the Phil Ward lab. In back is doctoral candidate Zachary Griebenow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, February 20, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Got an Ant Question? Ask Away at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

Got a question about ants? Or other insects? By popular demand, ant specialists (myrmecologists) from the Phil Ward lab, UC Davis Department of...

How much do you know about ants? Members of the Phil Ward lab will discuss ants and answer questions  at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Here carpenter ants (Camponotus semitestaceus) nest in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How much do you know about ants? Members of the Phil Ward lab will discuss ants and answer questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Here carpenter ants (Camponotus semitestaceus) nest in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

How much do you know about ants? Members of the Phil Ward lab will discuss ants and answer questions at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. Here carpenter ants (Camponotus semitestaceus) nest in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meet The Ant People (Myrmecologists) from the Phil Ward lab at UC Davis. From left are doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow; graduate student Ziv Lieberman; and alumnus Brendon Boudinot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet The Ant People (Myrmecologists) from the Phil Ward lab at UC Davis. From left are doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow; graduate student Ziv Lieberman; and alumnus Brendon Boudinot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meet The Ant People (Myrmecologists) from the Phil Ward lab at UC Davis. From left are doctoral candidates Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow; graduate student Ziv Lieberman; and alumnus Brendon Boudinot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Don't Miss This Virtual Seminar About an Ant Genus from the Amazon

If you like ants--and you should--then you won't want to miss this seminar sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and...

This image of an ant, Hylomyrma primavesi, is courtesy of AntWiki.
This image of an ant, Hylomyrma primavesi, is courtesy of AntWiki.

This image of an ant, Hylomyrma primavesi, is courtesy of AntWiki.

Posted on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 3:52 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

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