Posts Tagged: Grace Horne

Ready for a Saturday Night of Bioblitz at the UC Davis Arboretum?

Like to participate in an evening City Nature Challenge Bioblitz on the UC Davis campus and search for insects? And document other fauna and flora, as well? Doctoral student Grace Horne of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology...

A waved sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) caterpillar glows under ultraviolet light. (Photo by Grace Horne)

A waved sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) caterpillar glows under ultraviolet light. (Photo by Grace Horne)

UC Davis Picnic Day: Let's Go on an Insect Scavenger Hunt!

Have you ever participated in a scavenger hunt? You know, as part of a team hunting for specified objects? Were any of the objects ever "insects?" Like a lady beetle (aka ladybug), butterfly or bee? No? Well, at the 109th annual campuswide UC...

How many of these can you identify? Match these images with the Bohart Museum of Entomology specimens at a scavenger hunt in 122 Briggs Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 15.

How many of these can you identify? Match these images with the Bohart Museum of Entomology specimens at a scavenger hunt in 122 Briggs Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 15.

Maggot Art at UC Davis Picnic Day: Just Me and My Maggot

Do you like to blend science with art, or is there a budding young artist in your family? Then you may want to create Maggot Art, a hands-on activity offered by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology during the 109th annual UC Davis...

So many colors to choose from! A young artist working on his Maggot Art. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So many colors to choose from! A young artist working on his Maggot Art. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hands reach for more maggots. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hands reach for more maggots. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A work of art: Maggot Art being done at a UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A work of art: Maggot Art being done at a UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Congrats to 4 Outstanding UC Davis Student Entomologists: Recipients of NSF-GRFP Grants

Congratulations to the four student entomologists in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology who won National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP) grants, a record high achievement for the...

Big Bioblitz Set April 29 at UC Davis: Plants, Animals and More

Mark your calendar! A BioBlitz is set from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, April 29 in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. It's being hosted by UC Davis doctoral student Grace Horne of the Department of Entomology and Nematology. Participants...

A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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