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Mark Your Calendars: Three Bohart Museum Open Houses
Mark your calendars! The Bohart Museum of Entomology has scheduled three open houses between now and Saturday, July 22. The first open house is themed "Ants!" It's set from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 21. The Phil Ward ant lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is planning the...
Forensic entomologist Robert "Bob" Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bohart Museum of Entomology will host a "Night at the Museum" from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Morphos! The Monarchs! The Bohart!
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house, a sure crowd-pleaser is the global Lepidoptera collection, which totals some 500,000 specimens--60 percent moths and 40 percent butterflies. Visitors "can learn about the defensive strategies these insects use for survival, such...
Martha Leija and Mario Preciado and their daughter Valentina, 8, a family from Mexico City, check over the morpho butterflies. At right is Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas (left) poses for a photo with a visiting family from Mexico City: Martha Leija and Mario Preciado and their daughter Valentina, 8. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mark Your Calendars: Four Bohart Museum Special Events Announced
You'll want to calendar these four events! The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, has scheduled four special events for the fall season. All are free and family friendly and all--except one--will take place in the Bohart Museum, located...
Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia. (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture)
This work, "Harlequin Bug," is by Mary Foley Benson, when she worked as a scientific illustrator for the U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture.
A flameskimmer dragonfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Good Day for Two Open Houses Saturday, Sept. 22 at UC Davis
If you've often wished you could clone yourself to be able to attend two events on the same day at the University of California, Davis, not to worry. Two open houses on Saturday, Sept. 22 have differing hours so you can attend both! The Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee...
Watch out! A honey bee buzzes into the habitat of a praying mantis. Praying mantids will be exhibited Saturday, Sept. 22 during the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. UC Davis student Lohit Garikipati will display some of his mantids, including orchids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A potter wasp sips some nectar. Potter wasps will be featured at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's "Crafty Insects" open house. Their nests are works of art. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This image by Allan Jones of Davis is of a sweat bee, Halictus ligatus. It will be among his images on display at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven Sept. 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum Open Houses: Aug. 19 and Sept. 22
Mark your calendar! You won't want to miss the summer weekend open houses at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane. Both are free, open to the public and family friendly. The first one is themed "Fire and Ice: Extreme California...
The live "petting zoo" is a popular place at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. This is a black velvet walking stick with red wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bohart Museum of Entomology houses some 8 million insect specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
