Posts Tagged: Ian Grettenberger
Visitors Marvel at Tadpole Shrimp at Bohart Museum Open House
They marveled at the tadpole shrimp. They crafted tadpole shrimp-themed hats and puppets using...
Cooperative Extension specialist Ian Grettenberger (far right) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology leans over to talk to a visitor. In back are postdoctoral fellow Buddi Achhami (right) of the Grettenberger lab and UC Davis undergraduate student Omri Livneh. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors examine a Grettenberger lab display at the Bohart Museum open house. In the foreground is postdoctoral fellow Buddhi Achhami of the Grettenberger lab. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The arts and crafts table at the Bohart Museum featured making tadpole shrimp-themed hats and puppets. At the far left is Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum, shows a display to Riley Laurel, 6, of Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The tadpole shrimp is neither a tadpole nor a shrimp. It's a crustacean that's a pest of rice. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two stick insects rest on the hand of Bohart lab assistant Brennen Dyer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ten Facts You May Not Know About Tadpole Shrimp
How much do you know about tadpole shrimp? First, they're neither tadpoles nor shrimp. Second,...
Bohart Museum Open House to Focus on 'Bugs in Ag'
The Bohart Museum of Entomology will focus on pests of agricultural crops, including rice and...
A shrimp tadpole, pest of rice. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)
An alfalfa weevil, pest of alfalfa. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)
Lygus bug, a pest of cotton. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)
An assassin bug in cotton eating a collops beetle. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)
A pea aphid, a pest of alfalfa. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)
A striped cucumber beetle, a pest found on squash, cucumbers, melon and other crops. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)
Ag Pests, Spiders, and California Dogface Butterflies Stealing the Spotlights
Want to learn more about those insect pests that ravage our crops? Curious about spiders and their...
A lady beetle, aka ladybug, devouring oleander aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A crab spider devours a lygus bug, an agricultural pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum Schedules Four Public Events
The Bohart Museum of Entomology, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker...
A lady beetle (aka ladybug) chowing down on oleander aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A crab spider nails a lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)