Posts Tagged: hornets
Wasps, Wasps, Wasps: Weird and Wonderful Wasps
Do you have a question about wasps or want to learn more about them? Be sure to attend the free...
This is the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, dubbed by the news media as “the murder hornet." The Entomological Society of America recently established as its official common name, “northern giant hornet.” (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture)
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)
Good News on the Asian-Giant-Hornet News Front
California this year has faced the COVID-19 pandemic, disastrous wildfires, racial unrest, and...
The Asian giant hornet measures a little less than two inches long. A nest was recently discovered and destroyed near Blaine, Wash. (Photo courtesy of the Washington Department of Agriculture)
Close-up of the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia. (Photo courtesy of Washington Department of Agriculture)
Bohart Museum Virtual Open House: Honing in On the Hornets!
Oh, the questions that Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, fielded at the...
Wasp expert Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, shows an Asian giant hornet specimen during the virtual open house May 22.
Like to color? You can download this illustration on the Bohart Museum website. It's the work of undergraduate student Meghan Crebbins-Oats.
Many insects, including this Jerusalem cricket, are being mistaken for the Asian giant hornet. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ready for the May 22th Bohart Museum Virtual Open House?
If Lynn Kimsey, who directs the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, had her say, the Asian...
The Asian giant hornet, detected twice in North America last fall: a colony on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (destroyed) and a dead hornet in Blaine, Wash. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Department of Agriculture)
Some of the butterfly specimens at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. The museums houses a global collection of nearly 8 million insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)