Posts Tagged: assassin flies
UC Davis Doctoral Alumna Charlotte Alberts to Speak on Assassin Flies
UC Davis doctoral alumna Charlotte Herbert Alberts will discuss her research on...
Charlotte Alberts sketched this image of an assassin fly, also known as a robber fly. (Copyrighted image by Charlotte Alberts and used with permission)
For the Love of Robber Flies
Every April 30, UC Davis doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert Alberts, celebrates World Robber Fly...
UC Davis entomology doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert Alberts with her husband, George, son Griffin, then 2.5, and Marcy, then a week old. (Image taken Oct. 28, 2022)
Charlotte Alberts: UC Davis Doctoral Candidate Juggling Multiple Roles of Responsibility
UC Davis doctoral candidate Charlotte Herbert Alberts, who recently published the first chapter of...
Entomologist-artist Charlotte Alberts drew this image of an assassin fly, also known as a robber fly. (Used with permission)
How Do Monarchs Know When to Migrate? Bohart Museum Open House Jan. 18
How do monarch butterflies know when to migrate? Take the case of a male monarch reared, released...
Eight microscopes will be available at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Jan. 18. Visitors can view the research projects of doctoral students. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ants will be the topic of Zachary Griebenow of the Phil Ward lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. This image shows emeritus professor Jerry Powell of UC Berkeley identifying insects at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Time's Fun When You're Studying Flies: Student Fly Researchers Agree
Time's fun when you're studying flies! Student fly researchers greeted guests and explained their...
Fly researchers from the Joanna Chiu lab (back, from left) graduate student Yao Cai and undergraduate students Christopher Ochoa and Cindy Truong, talk to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student Yao Cai (left)and undergraduate student Christopher Ochoa, both of the Joanna Chiu lab, chat with visitors about their fruit fly research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These five student fly researchers represented the Joanna Chiu lab: (from left) undergraduate student Christopher Ochoa, graduate students Christine Tabuloc, Yao Cai and Zianhui "Nitrol" Liu, and undergraduate student Cindy Truong. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey (center) talks research on blow flies with Alex Dedmon, graduate student in his lab, and Danielle Wishon, former student. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student Alex Dedmon (right) of the Robert Kimsey lab tells a visitor about his work. "My work is in insect succession, or the composition and patterns of insects that come to and from a decedent," he related. "I am interested in defining these patterns, as well as the various factors that influence them. Specifically, I seek to make insect succession a more reliable tool in evaluating the postmortem interval of a decedent, that is, the time elapsed since death. Ultimately, the goal of m
Graduate student Socrates Letana of the Lynn Kimsey lab shows botfly specimens to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student Socrates Letana of the Lynn Kimsey lab talks about the botfly specimens from a rhinoceros. Letana is from the Philippines. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Caroline Wright Larsen of the James Carey lab explained her work on non-tephrid flies, including Mediterranean fruit flies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Graduate student Caroline Wright Larsen shares history of the invasion of the Mediterraean fruit fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Charlotte Herbert Alberts, a fourth-year doctoral student in the Lynn Kimsey lab, with her display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral student Charlotte Herbert Alberts of the Lynn Kimsey lab said that “Assassin flies are one of the only families of flies that are predatory (on other insects) both in their larval and adult stages. And, assassin flies are venomous." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)