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Museum HappeningsBiodiversity Museum Day is virtual this year!
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Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
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For the past 9 years the Bohart has been co-hosting UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day as an in-person, go-behind-the-scenes event connecting people, science and nature. This is teh 10th year and to keep the tradition going we are hosting it virtually. 12 UC Davis biological collections are participating. There are many live talks and Q & As throughout the month . There are also great pre-recorded videos about organisms or topics that you can enjoy any time of day from anywhere in the world. Link to biodiversitymuseumday.ucdavis.edu
Stuck at home? Bored? Stressed?
Find some roly-polies! Watch bees!
READ more about insects!
Need some good reading about arthropods and the people who study them, plus amazing backyard photos of insects? Kathy Keatley Garvey, our department's communications guru, has faithfully maintained this great blog about all things insects.
Need some good reading about arthropods and the people who study them, plus amazing backyard photos of insects? Kathy Keatley Garvey, our department's communications guru, has faithfully maintained this great blog about all things insects.
WATCH these 5 minute nature videos
Deep Look a series of on-line videos from KQED, the public broadcasting system in San Francisco. Some favorite titles that stem from UC Davis are:
"A Tse-tse fly births one enormous milk-fed baby" (with the UC Davis Attardo Lab)
"Watch this bee build her bee-jeweled nest" (with the UC Davis Vannette Lab)
Deep Look a series of on-line videos from KQED, the public broadcasting system in San Francisco. Some favorite titles that stem from UC Davis are:
"A Tse-tse fly births one enormous milk-fed baby" (with the UC Davis Attardo Lab)
"Watch this bee build her bee-jeweled nest" (with the UC Davis Vannette Lab)
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(Photo left to right is the artist Solomon Bassoff of Faducci LLC, and Lynn Kimsey, Bohart Museum Director. Photo courtesy of Solomon Bassoff.)
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Tardigrade sculpture gets installed!The water bear or tardigrade sculpture got installed in front the Bohart Museum of Entomology on February 4. It promises not only to be a cuddly campus landmark but it may be the world's largest—and only—sculpture of its kind. “I was so excited to see it on the truck,” said Kimsey, who launched the project via a GoFundMe account two years ago. “Looking at pictures is one thing but the real thing was awesome and its really fun to see it in front of the building. " For more information read: |
Could Giant Asian Hornets establish in California?
Giant Asian Hornet wearing a tracking device. (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture.)
On October 24, entomologists with the Washington State Department of Agriculture successfully tracked and captured a nest of Giant Asian Hornets (Vespa mandarinia) in their state. Could they ever successfully establish in California?
Prof. Lynn Kimsey will be discussing "murder hornets" in a live Zoom webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 1:00 p.m. as part of the Biodiversity Museum Day/Month events.
Prof. Lynn Kimsey will be discussing "murder hornets" in a live Zoom webinar on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 1:00 p.m. as part of the Biodiversity Museum Day/Month events.
The Bohart gift shop is now on-line!
Know someone who needs a dragonfly t-shirt or a tardigrade sweatshirt to brighten their day. Is their a young entomologist in your life that could use a net?
Welcome Video with Director Lynn Kimsey
