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Posts Tagged: stick insects
Booking Insects at Vacaville Public Library: Bring 'em On!
It's so quiet at times that you can almost hear a bee buzz or a walking stick walk or a Madagascar hissing cockroach hiss. The audience, ranging from toddlers to teens to senior citizens, are inside the the Vacaville Public Library. Some...
The Bohart Museum of Entomology insect presentation fascinates these youngsters at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How many of you like insects? Hands shoot up at the Bohart Museum presentation at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, discusses the diversity of insects to a diverse crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang hands out insects from the Bohart Museum of Entomology's petting zoo to eager youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Madagascar hissing cockroach draws attention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One of the most popular insects: a Great Thin Stick Insect (Ramulus nenatodes). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eager hands await their turn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pre-schooler takes an image of an insect with a borrowed cell phone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A line of viewers at the display of the Bohart Museum's pinned specimens, gathered from all over the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Grace Murray, 13, relaxing with a stick insect. Her mother, Kristen Murray, is a children's librarian. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Interview with a Budding Scientist
Teach 'em young, they say. Encourage them to learn about insects, spiders and other critters at a young age. When you first meet Brandon DeGroot, 6, of Vallejo, he'll tell you "I love spiders and snakes" and he'll flash a big smile. He's the kind...
Brandon DeGroot,6, examines the bug he just collected outside McCormack Hall, Solano County Fairgrounds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Brandon DeGroot monitors how a bug crawls. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Brandon DeGroot gets a closer look at his bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
When you first meet 6-year-old Brandon DeGroot, he'll tell you "I love spiders and snakes" and he'll flash a big smile. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey Bees Weren't the Only Insects at California Honey Festival
Honey bees weren't the only insects at the 2022 California Honey Festival, held Saturday, May 7 in downtown Woodland. Walking sticks, aka stick insects, grabbed some of the attention, too. Officials at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC...
Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, "talks bugs" with visitors at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis undergraduate students Pichawi "Salee" Sangrawiakararat (left) and Lauren Spellman check out the Peruvian stick insects at the Bohart Museum of Entomology table at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Smile! UC Davis students Pichawi "Salee" Sangrawiakararat (left) and Lauren Spellman take images of the Peruvian stick insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a Peruvian walking stick (stick insect). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator and senior museum scientist Steve Heydon of the Bohart Museum of Entomology greet visitors at the California Honey Festival. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
BioDivDay: Can't Wait to See You!
BioDivDay is Sunday. March 6 at the UC Davis Conference Center: Can't wait to see you! That's the message the organizers of the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day are spreading throughout social media. The UC Davis Biodiversity...
The wonder of a stick insect, aka walking stick, at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A juvenile root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) penetrates a tomato root. (USDA Photo, Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Coming June 12: A Virtual Insect Palooza with the Insect Discovery Lab
The wonderful world of insects! And right in your living room! If you'd like to take a world tour and learn about such fascinating insects as darkling beetles, Australian walking sticks, giant African millipedes and others, be sure to sign up for...
An Australian walking stick (stick insect) gets some attention at a SaveNature.Org program. (Photo by Norm Gershenz)
