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Carrizo Plains Inventory
The Carrizo Plain Natural Area became the Carrizo Plain National Monument in January
2001 by presidential proclamation. The park is noted for its geologic features (including
the San Andreas Fault and Soda Dry Lake), archeological sites, and wildlife. The
park is the largest remaining remnant of the original San Joaquin Valley habitat.
The national monument encompasses almost 250,000 acres. |
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Ask the Bug Doctor
Do you have an insect or spider in your house or yard, but you just don't know what
it is? Would you like to know if it’s dangerous or not? Do you want to know if it
belongs in California, or better yet, in your house? Then, click here to ask the
Bug Dr. |
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NSF Mosquito Project
In 2001 the museum acquired three large mosquito collections from Lewis Nielsen,
Tom Zavortink, and Ralph Barr. These collections are being upgraded and integrated
into the existing museum mosquito collections as part of an NSF funded project (BSI
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Museum Expeditions
The Center for Biosystematics on the UC Davis campus is excecuting a survey of the
birds and mammals of the Río San Juan Basin. An insect survey is needed to complement
the vertebrate surveys. A complete survey of the insects is nearly impossible, so
initially a survey of the Lepidoptera will occur, particularly the butterflies and
the sphinx moths, as indicators of faunistic richness.
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NSF Scale Insect Project
Between 1999 and 2003 the museum extensively recurated and rehoused one of the worlds
largest scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) collections thanks to a grant from the
National Science Foundation (BSI No. ). Here you can find information on our scale
insect holdings, as well as view rare collection notebooks and photographs from
the early part of the 20th century. |
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California Insect Survey
The California Insect Survey was founded at UC Berkeley in the early 1960’s. It
was intended to develop collections and published volumes, in the Bulletin of the
California Insect Survey, to capture information on the presence and distribution
of California insects. The Survey moved to UC Davis in 2001. |