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International Scientists at the Bohart Museum Open House
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosted an open house, "An Evening at the Museum," on Saturday, July 22, showcasing moths and flies, the moth experts were there to celebrate National Moth Week, July 22-30 and the fly experts had just attended the 10th International Dipterology...
Tephritid fruit fly expert Nikos Papadopoulos of Greece showed a video on tephritid flies at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. He did postdoctoral work at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tephritid fruit fly expert Nikos Papadopoulos of Greece answered questions about tephritid flies at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev, a Ukrainian entomologist who studies flies, talks about his work. He holds a joint postdoc position with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Miguel Angel Miranda (far right) of the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain, answered questions about his specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house and also demonstrated how to draw insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Iris Quayle (right), a second-year doctoral student in the lab of Professor Jason Bond, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, fielded questions as did colleague Folsom Lake College graduate Julianna Campos. Campos is a former student of Folsom Lake College professor Fran Keller, a UC Davis doctoral alumna. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nazzy Pakpour, a UC Davis alumna who holds a doctorate in microbiology, virology and parasitology from the University of Pennsylvania, read from her newly published children's book, "Please Don't Bite Me." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum research associate Brittany Kohler (foreground, left) encouraged visitors to get acquainted with the insects in the live petting zoo. Next to her: doctoral student Emma Jochim of the Jason Bond lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What Will You See at Bohart Museum Open House
What will you see at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 22? The event, "A Night at the Museum," is free and family friendly. It takes place in several places: (1) inside the insect museum, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker...
A youth checks out the moth displays during a recent Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum, answers questions from the crowd at a recent Bohart Museum Moth Night open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Moths and other night-flying insects are drawn to a white sheet illuminated by an ultraviolet light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Where to Meet Some Lepidopterists and Dipterists--and Learn About Mosquitoes!
Moths will grab the spotlight at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Saturday, July 22 but besides Lepidopterists (those who study butterflies and moths), attendees can meet and greet dipterists (those who study flies), learn about mosquitoes from the author of a newly published...
A white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
