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Predators and Prey Help Bohart Museum Celebrate Halloween
What exactly happened when two predators and their prey--a praying mantis, a green darner...
Lynn Kimsey (center) director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, welcomes the crowd. In back are post-doctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev, and his wife, artist Kristina Kernytska; Tabatha Yang, Bohart education and outreach coordinator; and Jason Bond, professor and Schlinger chair in Insect Systematics and associate dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey (center) director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, introduces biology lab manager Ivana Li (far left), who catered the party. Also pictured (from left) Professor Fran Keller of Folsom Lake College; postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev, and his wife, artist Kristina Kernytska; UC Davis alumna Brittany Kohler and Tabatha Yang, Bohart education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Enjoying the party are (from left) UC Davis entomology students Naomi Lila and Sol Wantz, who is president of the UC Davis Entomology Club; post-doctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev of the Bohart Museum and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and his wife, artist Kristina Kernytska. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An entomologist and a monarch: CDFA retiree Mike Pitcairn pretends to net a monarch, his wife Barbara Heinsch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Molecular geneticist and physiologist Joanna Chiu (left) professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, visits with "worker bee" DeAnn Ronning, department purchasing specialist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bill Patterson, longtime butterfly collector and strong supporter of the Bohart Museum, chats with Bohart collection manager Brennen Dyer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A predator and prey--Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator, dressed as a praying mantis, with "queen bee" Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two predators: UC Davis doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers as a green darner dragonfly, and Tabatha Yang, Bohart Museum education and outreach coordinator, as a praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Intricately carved pumpkins graced the decor at the Bohart Museum of Entomology pre-Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A ghostly hand greeted guests at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's pre-Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Juniper, dressed as a taco, rests in an aisle. He's the mascot of UC Davis biolog manager Ivana Li, who catered the event. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Do You Have 'Cats?
If you have a passionflower vine (Passiflora), you probably have cats. No, not the four-legged...
A Gulf Fritillary caterpillar on a passionflower (Passiflora) leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Munch, munch, munch! A Gulf Fritillary caterpillar is chomping away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This image shows a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar, a chrysalis and an adult. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dorsal view of a newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How to Get an Army of Beneficial Insects to Protect Your Garden
Are caterpillars chewing on your cabbage? Aphids browsing your Brussels sprouts? ...
Lady beetle munching on aphids, J. Alosi
Catch of the Day
It's early morning and the spider is hungry. It snares a honey bee foraging for pollen and...
An orbweaver snares a honey bee in its sticky web in a patch of Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tiny freeloader flies (family Milichiidae) grab their share. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Zeroing in on the Deadly Game Between Honey Bees and Their Predators
If you're around honey bees, you've seen their predators: crab spiders, orb weavers, praying...
A crab spider nails a honey bee while another honey bee watches. This image, on bluebeard, Caryopteris x clandonensis, was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)