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The Beautiful Coloration of a Western Yellowjacket
It's been several months since I've seen a Western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica. But there it was, dead. It had drowned in an outdoor water bowl. Easy pickings, you say? Easy photography! It's a beautiful insect with its black and yellow coloration. I've seen...
A yellowjacket (expired) placed on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The black and yellow coloration of the yellowjacket is striking. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spectacular Leaf Insect Latest Addition to Origami Display at Bohart Museum
A spectacular leaf insect is the latest addition to the Bohart Museum of Entomology's hallway display of origami, all crafted by UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi of Davis. Leaf insects, family Phylliidae, resemble leaves as their name implies. They are so well-camouflaged that their...
UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi gifts a leaf insect origami that he crafted to the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Accepting it is UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director and now executive director of the Bohart Museum Society. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kevin Murakoshi created these two praying mantises in origami. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Origamis of two ticks (one engorged) and a bed bug by Kevin Murakoshi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Paying Tribute to Richard 'Doc' Bohart
"His eyes seem to be following us everywhere." So quipped UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey about the portraits and multiple images of Richard "Doc" Bohart (1913-2007) gracing the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Sept. 28, on what would have been his...
Only three directors have led the Bohart Museum of Entomology since 1946. Pictured are hymenopterist Lynn Kimsey, director from 1990 to Feb. 1, 2024, and arachnologist Jason Bond, director since Feb. 1. The portrait shows Richard "Doc" Bohart, who founded the insect museum in 1946. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A portrait of Richard "Doc" Bohart graces a wall overlooking a celebratory cake at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Sept. 28th open house. "Doc" was born Sept. 28, 2013 in Palo Alto and founded the UC Davis insect museum, now known as the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum director Professor Jason Bond addresses the crowd, with former director Lynn Kimsey, now a UC Davis distinguished professor emerita. Bond is the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and associate dean, UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum director Professor Jason Bond cuts the cake while Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator serves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Watch the Science of Entomology Unfold at Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House
You can watch the science of entomology unfold at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Sept. 28. The open house, free and family friendly, takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Parking is also free. "The theme is Museum...
UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum for 34 years until her retirement on Feb. 1, 2024, listens as the new director, Professor Jason Bond praises her at a retirement party. Bond is the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and associate dean, UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
At a recent Bohart Museum open house, doctoral student Iris Quayle (left) of the Jason Bond lab and Professor Fran Keller of Folsom Lake College chat with a visitor. Keller, a UC Davis doctoral alumna, is a Bohart research associate and also a lecturer, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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 the laboratory of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will be discussing...
UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist CC Edwards dragging for ticks at Bodega Bay.
