UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro of the Department of Evolution and Ecology didn't sponsor his annual "Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest" this year, but if he had, an eight-year-old Davis boy would have been the runner-up.
Can you imagine typing a huge grant application on an 132-year-old "type writer?" Make that 986 pages, equal to a four-inch-thick document. No one visiting the Briggs Hall office of UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock can imagine that, either.
It's Friday Fly Day--and time to post images of a syrphid fly. Syrphid flies, often mistaken for honey bees, are pollinators, too. Also known as flower flies and hover flies, syrphids hover over a flower before touching down.
