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Bohart Museum: Learn about California's State Insect on UC Davis Picnic Day

Quick, what's the California state insect? You may know that the California grizzly bear (Ursus californicus) is the official state animal. You may know that the California quail (Lophortyx californica) is the official state bird. You may know that...

This is the female California dogface butterfly, photographed by Greg Kareofelas, a Bohart Museum of Entomology asociate.

This is the female California dogface butterfly, photographed by Greg Kareofelas, a Bohart Museum of Entomology asociate.

This is a California dogface butterfly eclosing from its chrysalis. (Reared and photographed by Greg Kareofelas)

This is a California dogface butterfly eclosing from its chrysalis. (Reared and photographed by Greg Kareofelas)

This is the cover of the children's book, "The Story of the Dogface Butterfly," written by Fran Keller, now a professor at Folsom Lake College. Images are by Keller and Greg Kareofelas, and illustrations by Laine Bauer.

This is the cover of the children's book, "The Story of the Dogface Butterfly," written by Fran Keller, now a professor at Folsom Lake College. Images are by Keller and Greg Kareofelas, and illustrations by Laine Bauer.

The Bohart Museum's popular live "petting zoo" also will be featured at the UC Davis Picnic Day. Here youngsters hold Madagascar hissing cockroaches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum's popular live "petting zoo" also will be featured at the UC Davis Picnic Day. Here youngsters hold Madagascar hissing cockroaches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarchs also will be featured at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on UC Davis Picnic Day. Jeff Smith curates the lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarchs also will be featured at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on UC Davis Picnic Day. Jeff Smith curates the lepidoptera collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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