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Posts Tagged: Lynn Kimsey
A Moth Named for Trump, Snopes, and the Bohart Museum of Entomology
It's not every day that Snopes "gets involved" in setting the record straight regarding a moth linked to an entomology department--specifically the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. The back story: On...
These are images of the moth, Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, a species that Bohart Museum scientists collected in the Algodones Dunes. The Bohart Museum loaned the collection to evolutionary biologist and systematist Vazrick Nazari of Canada, who discovered it was a new species and named it. (Images by Vazrick Nazari, posted in ZooKeys)
Butterflies, Spiders and 'Doc' Bohart
Butterflies fluttered in, spiders jumped or crawled in, and "Doc" Bohart, holding "Beau," strolled in. That was the scene at the Bohart Museum Society's annual Halloween party, held at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC...
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, strikes a pose as "Doc" Bohart at the Bohart Museum Society's Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum and UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey (dressed as a spider), former Bohart Museum director, share a laugh. Bond is an arachnologist and Kimsey, a hymenopterist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Faculty members and their wives enjoyed the Halloween party. From left are associate professor Geoffrey Attardo and wife, Meg; Kristine Bond; Professor Stephen (Fringy) Richards, and Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis alumnus and artist Francisco Basso dressed as a spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis retired faculty member Robert Kimsey, a forensic entomologist, wore his traditional ghillie suit as he served beverages. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis alumnus Allen Chew created the invitation to the Bohart Museum Society Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director, and Professor Jason Bond, who suceeded her, cut the Bohart Museum Society cake. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)
The Beautiful Coloration of a Western Yellowjacket
It's been several months since I've seen a Western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica. But there it was, dead. It had drowned in an outdoor water bowl. Easy pickings, you say? Easy photography! It's a beautiful insect with its black and...
A yellowjacket (expired) placed on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The black and yellow coloration of the yellowjacket is striking. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spectacular Leaf Insect Latest Addition to Origami Display at Bohart Museum
A spectacular leaf insect is the latest addition to the Bohart Museum of Entomology's hallway display of origami, all crafted by UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi of Davis. Leaf insects, family Phylliidae, resemble leaves as their name...
UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi gifts a leaf insect origami that he crafted to the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Accepting it is UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director and now executive director of the Bohart Museum Society. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kevin Murakoshi created these two praying mantises in origami. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Origamis of two ticks (one engorged) and a bed bug by Kevin Murakoshi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Paying Tribute to Richard 'Doc' Bohart
"His eyes seem to be following us everywhere." So quipped UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey about the portraits and multiple images of Richard "Doc" Bohart (1913-2007) gracing the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on...
Only three directors have led the Bohart Museum of Entomology since 1946. Pictured are hymenopterist Lynn Kimsey, director from 1990 to Feb. 1, 2024, and arachnologist Jason Bond, director since Feb. 1. The portrait shows Richard "Doc" Bohart, who founded the insect museum in 1946. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A portrait of Richard "Doc" Bohart graces a wall overlooking a celebratory cake at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Sept. 28th open house. "Doc" was born Sept. 28, 2013 in Palo Alto and founded the UC Davis insect museum, now known as the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum director Professor Jason Bond addresses the crowd, with former director Lynn Kimsey, now a UC Davis distinguished professor emerita. Bond is the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and associate dean, UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum director Professor Jason Bond cuts the cake while Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator serves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
