Posts Tagged: Bohart Museum of Entomology.

Want to Learn More about Mosquitoes and Ticks?

Want to learn more about mosquitoes and ticks? UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist Carla-Cristina “CC” Melo Edwards of...

UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist CC Edwards dragging for ticks at Bodega Bay.

UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist CC Edwards dragging for ticks at Bodega Bay.

Curator Jeff Smith: Spreading the Wings of Butterflies

Do you know how to spread the wings of a butterfly specimen? It's not as easy as it looks, but entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the...

Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum's Lepidoptera collections, shows visitors how to spread the wings of a butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum's Lepidoptera collections, shows visitors how to spread the wings of a butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Lepidoptera collection, discusses projects with UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, professor at Folsom Lake College, a UC Davis lecturer, and a Bohart research associate/affiliate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Lepidoptera collection, discusses projects with UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, professor at Folsom Lake College, a UC Davis lecturer, and a Bohart research associate/affiliate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Remembering Richard 'Doc' Bohart

The date of Sept. 28 is significant. It's the birthday anniversary of noted entomologist Richard "Doc" Bohart (1913-2007), founder of...

Richard "Doc" Bohart, seated, with UC Davis professor emeritus and entomologist Robert Washino on May 15, 2006 in Briggs Hall. The occasion: a ceremony honoring Bohart, recipient of the International Society of Hymenopterists' Distinguished Research Medal, then one of three ever awarded. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Richard "Doc" Bohart, seated, with UC Davis professor emeritus and entomologist Robert Washino on May 15, 2006 in Briggs Hall. The occasion: a ceremony honoring Bohart, recipient of the International Society of Hymenopterists' Distinguished Research Medal, then one of three ever awarded. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Wings Up! Let's Go!

Wings up! Let's go! The monarch fall migration is underway. "Unlike most other insects in temperate climates, monarch butterflies cannot survive a...

A monarch butterfly gliding over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola on Sept. 17 in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch butterfly gliding over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola on Sept. 17 in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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)

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