Posts Tagged: Brian Turner

Just Wanna Be Your 'Teddy Bear'

When you think of a teddy bear, you think of a huggable stuffed animal. Not so entomologists. When they think of a teddy bear, they think of the...

Green Eyes

GREEN EYES--The male Valley carpenter bee is a green-eyed, golden insect nicknamed the "teddy bear" carpenter bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ferocious?

FEROCIOUS? No. The male Valley carpenter bee doesn't sting. The female is black, and the male is golden.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brian Turner

CHUNK OF WOOD--Brian Turner, public outreach coordinator at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows a chunk of wood swarming with Valley carpenter bees (males). The females are black and the males are a golden hue with green eyes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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