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Bohart Museum Open House: Collecting Insects and Making Insect Collecting Jars

Visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house learned about such "household vampires" as mosquitoes, fleas, lice, ticks and...

UC Davis entomology senior Sol Wantz, president of the Entomology Club, showed open house visitors how to make an insect collecting jar or "kill" jar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis entomology senior Sol Wantz, president of the Entomology Club, showed open house visitors how to make an insect collecting jar or "kill" jar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum intern Melody Ruiz, a third-year UC Davis entomology major, staffed the "Clear Packing Tape Art" table. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum intern Melody Ruiz, a third-year UC Davis entomology major, staffed the "Clear Packing Tape Art" table. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Alina Franco, 11, of Woodland, was eager to see the morpho butterflies at the Bohart Museum. With her is entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Alina Franco, 11, of Woodland, was eager to see the morpho butterflies at the Bohart Museum. With her is entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Scientists at the Bohart open house included (from left) medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey, and Bohart director Lynn Kimsey, all of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty; California Department of Food and Agriculture retiree Mike Pitcairn; and UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, former chair of the Entomology Department. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Scientists at the Bohart open house included (from left) medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey, and Bohart director Lynn Kimsey, all of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty; California Department of Food and Agriculture retiree Mike Pitcairn; and UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, former chair of the Entomology Department. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An 'Invasion' of Household Vampires at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

They saw mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, lice and bed bugs at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Household Vampires." They...

CC Edwards (left), a doctoral student and mosquito research in the lab of UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, answers questions about mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

CC Edwards (left), a doctoral student and mosquito research in the lab of UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, answers questions about mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Luz Maria Robles, public information officer, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control, answers a question about West Nile disease. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Luz Maria Robles, public information officer, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control, answers a question about West Nile disease. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Luz Maria Robles, public information officer, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control, points out live mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Luz Maria Robles, public information officer, Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control, points out live mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Moriah Garrison, senior entomologist and research coordinator with Carroll-Loye Biological Research (CLBR), showed live ticks and other "household vampires." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Moriah Garrison, senior entomologist and research coordinator with Carroll-Loye Biological Research (CLBR), showed live ticks and other "household vampires." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo is pictured next to one of his mosquito images. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo is pictured next to one of his mosquito images. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum director Lynn Kimsey (foreground) explains what Davis residents Francisco Flores and son Azeez, 6, are seeing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum director Lynn Kimsey (foreground) explains what Davis residents Francisco Flores and son Azeez, 6, are seeing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Christofer Brothers, who studies dragonflies, chats with UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Christofer Brothers, who studies dragonflies, chats with UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum Open House: What You Should Know About Mosquitoes

If you've been following the breaking news about the invasive mosquito, Aedes aegypti, detected recently in Yolo, Solano and Sacramento...

A blood-fed Aedes aegypti mosquito, photographed by medical entomologist/geneticist Geoffrey Attardo.

A blood-fed Aedes aegypti mosquito, photographed by medical entomologist/geneticist Geoffrey Attardo.

Bohart Museum Open House: Learn About Mosquitoes, Ticks, Bed Bugs, Lice, and Fleas

You won't want to miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Household Vampires," targeting mosquitoes, ticks, bed bugs, lice and...

UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey at Alcatraz where he has done insect research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey at Alcatraz where he has done insect research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey directs the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey directs the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum of Entomology: All That Glitters Is Not Gold...

All that glitters is not gold...think insects! When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house on "Household Vampires" from 1 to...

Hanna Briggs, a UC Davis transfer student, holds a sample card showing how glitter mimics insects. She is an intern in the laboratory of arachnologist Jason Bond, the Schlinger Endowed Chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and associate dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Hanna Briggs, a UC Davis transfer student, holds a sample card showing how glitter mimics insects. She is an intern in the laboratory of arachnologist Jason Bond, the Schlinger Endowed Chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and associate dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

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