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Gearing Up for 13th Annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
Meet the scientists! Ask questions! Plans are underway for the 13th annual UC Davis...
Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, shows butterfly specimens to guests. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Billy Thein of the California Raptor Center introduces a golden eagle to the crowd at a recent UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Center for Plant Diversity creates a "petting zoo" at which folks can pet a pine cone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Hissing, Crawling, Perching and Rising' Part of UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
Madagascar hissing cockroaches will hiss, walking sticks (aka stick insects) will crawl, raptors...
A Madagascar hissing cockroach is also called a "hisser." It hisses when it's disturbed, when it wants to attract a mate, and when it is fighting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Peruvian stick insects are popular at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's petting zoo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is Jack, a red-tailed hawk ambassador at the California Raptor Center on Old Davis Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Research microbiologist Kyria Boundy-Mills, curator of the Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, is ready to answer questions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hornets, Ants and Bees: UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Month
Asian giant hornets, ants and honey bees will be among the topics featured in live talks and...
The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, will be the topic of a UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Month program at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18 when Professor Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, presents a live talk. (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture)
Carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus, in Alamo Creek Park, Vacaville. Members of the Phil Ward lab will discuss a variety of ants at two presentations: one on Feb. 13 and on Feb. 20.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee and a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenki, sharing a purple coneflower. Christine Casey, manager of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, will engage in a live question-and-answer session on Tuesday, Feb. 23 from 12:15 to 12:45. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What'll You'll See, Touch and Hold at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
Have you ever seen a chocolate tree loaded with fruit? Or a plant that folds its leaves when you...
The Bohart Museum of Entomology is home to nearly eight million specimens in its worldwide collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Youths catch and release bees at the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kyria Boundy-Mills, Phaff collection curator and specialist, UC Davis Food Science and Technology, talks to visitors at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ernesto Sandoval, collections manager of the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory on Kleiber Hall Drive, talks to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A lion specimen in the UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Academic Surge Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Raptor Center volunteer Billy Thein of Dixon shows a golden eagle named Sullivan at a UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student and nematologist Christopher Pagan talks to the crowd at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy keatley Garvey)
Crane Flies Are Here, There and Everywhere
You don't have to crane your neck to see the crane flies. They're everywhere. They're zigzagging...
A crane fly dangles from a spider web. It is about to become prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sometimes it's an artistic sight--a crane fly and its shadow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)