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Butterflies, Spiders and 'Doc' Bohart

Butterflies fluttered in, spiders jumped or crawled in, and "Doc" Bohart, holding "Beau," strolled in. That was the scene at the Bohart Museum Society's annual Halloween party, held at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC...

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, strikes a pose as
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, strikes a pose as "Doc" Bohart at the Bohart Museum Society's Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, strikes a pose as "Doc" Bohart at the Bohart Museum Society's Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum and UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey (dressed as a spider), former Bohart Museum director, share a laugh. Bond is an arachnologist and Kimsey, a hymenopterist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum and UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey (dressed as a spider), former Bohart Museum director, share a laugh. Bond is an arachnologist and Kimsey, a hymenopterist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum and UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey (dressed as a spider), former Bohart Museum director, share a laugh. Bond is an arachnologist and Kimsey, a hymenopterist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Faculty members and their wives enjoyed the Halloween party. From left are associate professor Geoffrey Attardo and wife, Meg; Kristine Bond; Professor Stephen (Fringy) Richards, and Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Faculty members and their wives enjoyed the Halloween party. From left are associate professor Geoffrey Attardo and wife, Meg; Kristine Bond; Professor Stephen (Fringy) Richards, and Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Faculty members and their wives enjoyed the Halloween party. From left are associate professor Geoffrey Attardo and wife, Meg; Kristine Bond; Professor Stephen (Fringy) Richards, and Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis alumnus and artist Francisco Basso dressed as a spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis alumnus and artist Francisco Basso dressed as a spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis alumnus and artist Francisco Basso dressed as a spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis retired faculty member Robert Kimsey, a forensic entomologist, wore his traditional ghillie suit as he served beverages. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis retired faculty member Robert Kimsey, a forensic entomologist, wore his traditional ghillie suit as he served beverages. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis retired faculty member Robert Kimsey, a forensic entomologist, wore his traditional ghillie suit as he served beverages. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis alumnus Allen Chew created the invitation to the Bohart Museum Society Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis alumnus Allen Chew created the invitation to the Bohart Museum Society Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis alumnus Allen Chew created the invitation to the Bohart Museum Society Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director, and Professor Jason Bond, who suceeded her, cut the Bohart Museum Society cake. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)
UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director, and Professor Jason Bond, who suceeded her, cut the Bohart Museum Society cake. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)

UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director, and Professor Jason Bond, who suceeded her, cut the Bohart Museum Society cake. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)

Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Family, Innovation

Got Legs? Eight of Them?

Got legs? Got eight legs? No, not eight unless you're a spider (arachnid). If you're human, you can seek out the Bohart Museum of Entomology's "Got Legs?" T-shirt of a trapdoor spider. Due to popular demand, the Bohart Museum gift shop is...

UC Davis student Jakob Lopez, a Bohart Museum employee, wearing the glow-in-the-dark trapdoor spider T-shirt. The cost is $22 plus tax for adult sizes and $18 plus tax for youth. Proceeds support the museum.
UC Davis student Jakob Lopez, a Bohart Museum employee, wearing the glow-in-the-dark trapdoor spider T-shirt. The cost is $22 plus tax for adult sizes and $18 plus tax for youth. Proceeds support the museum.

UC Davis student Jakob Lopez, a Bohart Museum employee, wearing the glow-in-the-dark trapdoor spider T-shirt. The cost is $22 plus tax for adult sizes and $18 plus tax for youth. Proceeds support the museum.

Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Don't Miss Bohart Museum Open House on Nov. 2

You won't want to miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Nov. 2. You'll learn how spiders and dragonflies catch their prey You'll watch a tarantula grab its prey You'll learn how moths have evolved to elude bats and their...

A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Chilean rose-haired tarantula, Grammostola porteri, on a Bohart Museum of Entomology t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Chilean rose-haired tarantula, Grammostola porteri, on a Bohart Museum of Entomology t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Chilean rose-haired tarantula, Grammostola porteri, on a Bohart Museum of Entomology t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

The Beautiful Coloration of a Western Yellowjacket

It's been several months since I've seen a Western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica.  But there it was, dead. It had drowned in an outdoor water bowl. Easy pickings, you say? Easy photography! It's a beautiful insect with its black and...

A yellowjacket (expired) placed on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellowjacket (expired) placed on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A yellowjacket (expired) placed on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The black and yellow coloration of the yellowjacket is striking. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The black and yellow coloration of the yellowjacket is striking. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The black and yellow coloration of the yellowjacket is striking. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, October 28, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Spectacular Leaf Insect Latest Addition to Origami Display at Bohart Museum

A spectacular leaf insect is the latest addition to the Bohart Museum of Entomology's hallway display of origami, all crafted by UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi of Davis. Leaf insects, family Phylliidae, resemble leaves as their name...

UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi gifts a leaf insect origami that he crafted to the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Accepting it is UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director and now executive director of the Bohart Museum Society. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi gifts a leaf insect origami that he crafted to the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Accepting it is UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director and now executive director of the Bohart Museum Society. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi gifts a leaf insect origami that he crafted to the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Accepting it is UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director and now executive director of the Bohart Museum Society. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Kevin Murakoshi created these two praying mantises in origami. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kevin Murakoshi created these two praying mantises in origami. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Kevin Murakoshi created these two praying mantises in origami. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Origamis of two ticks (one engorged) and a bed bug by Kevin Murakoshi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Origamis of two ticks (one engorged) and a bed bug by Kevin Murakoshi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Origamis of two ticks (one engorged) and a bed bug by Kevin Murakoshi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

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