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A daily (M-F) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008 and about the wonderful world of insects and those who study them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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)

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Paying Tribute to Richard 'Doc' Bohart

September 30, 2024

"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.

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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)

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Watch the Science of Entomology Unfold at Bohart Museum of Entomology Open House

September 27, 2024

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.

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This is an image from Kyle Wickings' soil arthropod ecology lab at Cornell University.

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Zeroing in on Soil Invertebrate Communities

September 26, 2024

You might call it earth-shattering, but better, "an eye-opener about soil compositions.

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UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist CC Edwards dragging for ticks at Bodega Bay.

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Want to Learn More about Mosquitoes and Ticks?

September 25, 2024

Want to learn more about mosquitoes and ticks?

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A female praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, poses for a portrait in a Lantana patch in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Praying or Preying or Peering

September 24, 2024

Praying, preying, or peering? This female praying mantis, a Stagmomantis limbata, selects a patch of red Lantana to watch for pollinators. Her spiked forelegs resting, her eyes always watching but her body as still as a stone, she makes an incredible predator portrait.

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