Posts Tagged: Phil Ward

Myrmecologist Jill Oberski: A Dream Come True

Picture this. Jill Oberski is in the third grade, stretched out on the classroom floor reading her "Audubon Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America."  Another insect publication is within reach. Fast forward to today: she's...

This is an illustration from Jill Oberski's exit seminar on pyramid ants.

This is an illustration from Jill Oberski's exit seminar on pyramid ants.

"Dr. Jill" (Oberski) answers ant questions at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on May 21. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Dr. Jill" (Oberski) answers ant questions at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on May 21. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Colony of Red Ants Roams the Bohart Museum of Entomology

A colony of red ants recently roamed the Bohart Museum of Entomology. They really weren't red ants, but children wearing ant headgear, created during the family arts-and-crafts activity at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on...

UC Davis first-year entomology student Kat Taylor (in ant headgear) staffed the arts-and-crafts table at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis first-year entomology student Kat Taylor (in ant headgear) staffed the arts-and-crafts table at the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Five-year-old twins Lucas and Logan Cheuk of Woodland created these striking hats. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Five-year-old twins Lucas and Logan Cheuk of Woodland created these striking hats. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Esmeralda Myhre, 2, works on her art project. Her mother, Morgan Myhre, is a UC Davis senior majoring in entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Esmeralda Myhre, 2, works on her art project. Her mother, Morgan Myhre, is a UC Davis senior majoring in entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myrhe adjusts the ant headgear on her son, Galileo, 5, while her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, watches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myrhe adjusts the ant headgear on her son, Galileo, 5, while her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, watches. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myhre shows her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, some of the Bohart Museum's insect/spider tenants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis senior entomology major Morgan Myhre shows her daughter, Esmeralda, 2, some of the Bohart Museum's insect/spider tenants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bohart Museum Open House: Ants, Hissers, Sticks and More

Come for the ants, stay for the hissers. Or come for the hissers, stay for the ants. Either way, it's all good. When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house on Sunday, May 21 from 1 to 4 p.m., ants will be the main attraction, but...

A velvety tree ant encounters a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A velvety tree ant encounters a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Want to hold a hisser (Madagascar hissing cockroach)? You can at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Want to hold a hisser (Madagascar hissing cockroach)? You can at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bees Are Your Buddies; Ants Are Your Friends

If bees are your buddies, ants ought to be your friends, right? Right.  They belong to the same order, Hymenoptera, but some folks insist that ants don't belong in your life.  Oh, but they do! Find out why at...

These are carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus, as identified by UC Davis 2020 alumnus and ant researcher Brendon Boudinot, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. (Photo taken in Vacaville, Calif. by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These are carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus, as identified by UC Davis 2020 alumnus and ant researcher Brendon Boudinot, an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Research at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. (Photo taken in Vacaville, Calif. by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Phil Ward lab members are ready to answer your questions about ants. From left are Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow, both doctoral candidates, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Phil Ward lab members are ready to answer your questions about ants. From left are Jill Oberski and Zach Griebenow, both doctoral candidates, and third-year doctoral student Ziv Lieberman. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mark Your Calendars: Three Bohart Museum Open Houses

Mark your calendars! The Bohart Museum of Entomology has scheduled three open houses between now and Saturday, July 22. The first open house is themed "Ants!" It's set from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, May 21. The Phil Ward ant lab, UC Davis Department of...

Forensic entomologist Robert "Bob" Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Forensic entomologist Robert "Bob" Kimsey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum of Entomology will host a "Night at the Museum" from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bohart Museum of Entomology will host a "Night at the Museum" from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 22. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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