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The Fly Man of Alcatraz
Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology is known as "The Fly Man of Alcatraz." When he's not teaching classes, advising students and graduate students, or heading out on homicide cases, you can usually find him on "The Rock"--researching flies. Kimsey will...
UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey on "The Rock." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kelp flies or cormorant flies (Fucillia thinobia) on Alcatraz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cormorant off waters of Alcatraz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)