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Tracy and Ruth Storer, photographed on Tracy's 80th birthday in 1968. The Storer Lectureship memorializes them.
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UC Davis Storer Lectures for 2019-2020

September 17, 2019
The UC Davis Storer Lectures for the academic year, 2019-2020 have been announced. They begin Oct. 15 and conclude on April 16, announced Jennifer Lynn Voight (jlvoight@ucdavis.edu).
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Biologist Iris Bright, a student at Sacramento City College and a volunteer at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, samples a red earthworm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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This Bug's for You at the Bohart Museum Open House Sept. 21

September 16, 2019
This bug's for you. Ever tasted a cricket? A mealworm? An earthworm? You can if you attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house themed "Gobble, Gobble, Munch, Munch, Crunch: Entomophagy, to be held from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept.
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The late Robbin Thorp, distingished emeritus professor of entomology, monitored the bee garden for bee species. He detected more than 80 different species through the years. This image was taken on April 15, 2011. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bee Garden to Mark 10th Anniversary

September 14, 2019
It was the fall of 2009 when a half-acre bee garden on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis campus, sprang to life. Headlines on colony collapse disorder dominated the news media, as scientists declared "honey bees are in trouble.
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A gravid (pregnant) tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)
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Geoffrey Attardo: Landmark Research on Genomics of Tsetse Flies

September 13, 2019
Landmark research led by UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo provides new insight into the genomics of the blood-sucking tsetse fly, an insect that transmits the parasite that causes human and animal trypanosomiasis.
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The Bohart Museum of Entomology's live "petting zoo" is a favorite among all visitors. This is a red velvet walking stick. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Bohart Museum of Entomology's Open Houses

September 12, 2019
The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, has scheduled nine special weekend open houses for the academic year.
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