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This spring we are open to the public, but groups must make reservations and everyone must follow the UC Davis visitor guidelines: https://campusready.ucdavis.edu/visitors​. The museum's "visiting us" page will have more information. ​​​​

Sheltering in place because of COVID-19?

No need to be socially distant from insects in your backyard! Learn about the common bugs you would find in your California home and back yard- though most of these are found all over the United States. Click on the image and a fact sheet will open up in a new page. We always welcome new suggestions for information sheets. Contact us with your ideas!
Note: These photos for each information sheet come from many different sources and talented people. Particular images and their sources can be found on each of the information sheets.

Ants

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Argentine ants
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fire ants

Be Like Bohart! Be like Kimsey!

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Our museum's first and second director both got their start with insects at a young age. Prof. Richard Bohart and his brother spent time outside collecting butterflies as teenagers in Oakland, CA. Prof. Lynn Kimsey and her sister, as little kids, would look for insects in parks near their home in Richmond, CA. Today UC Davis students can show you how to collect insects and start an insect collection. Watch these YouTube videos:
UC Davis How to Collect Insects Videos

Beetles

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fig beetle
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lady bugs, lady beetles
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powder post beetle
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black Walnut Borer
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drugstore beetle
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carpet beetle
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darkling beetle, stink beetle

Wasps/Bees

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carpenter bees
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wool carder bee
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horntail wasp
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paper wasps
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paper wasp comparison
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bald-faced hornet
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yellow jackets
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key to yellow Jackets

Mites/Ticks

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biting nest mites
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ticks
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hay itch mites
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house dust mites
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medically important mites
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mold mites

Spiders

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Sac spiders
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Wolf spiders
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Cellar spiders
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Recluse spiders, Brown recluse
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Widows
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Jumping spiders
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Spider bites

Flies

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fungus gnat
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spotted-winged fruit fly
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scuttle flies
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house fly
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no-see-um

Butterflies/Moths

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Clothes moths
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Indian meal moths
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Tomato Hornworm
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Tiger swallowtail
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Monarch butterfly
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Pipevine swallowtail

True Bugs

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Cinch bug
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
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Woolly aphids
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Aphids
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Boxelder bugs
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Leaf-footed bug
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Kissing bug, Assassin bug

Additional Home Pests

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exotic roaches in CA
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Oriental cockroach
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American cockroach
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lice
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bedbug
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termites
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silverfish
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fleas

More Insects

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Beneficial insects
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Jerusalem cricket, Potato bug, NiƱa de la tierra
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Praying mantids
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Psocids
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Earwig
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Urban Myths

Other Non-insects

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house centipede
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springtails, Collembola
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sowbug, pillbug, roly poly
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scorpions
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camel spider, sun scorpion
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lawn shrimp
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earthworms
Bohart Museum of Entomology
University of California
455 Crocker Lane
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 752-0493
​Department of Entomology & Nematology
General information and identification: (530) 752-0493
To schedule tours or borrow displays: (530) 754-0722
Email: 
bmuseum@ucdavis.edu
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  • Home
  • About
    • About the Museum
    • Richard M. Bohart
    • About Entomology
    • Research
  • Visiting Us & Outreach
    • Visit Us >
      • Visiting the Museum
      • Maps & Parking
      • Weekend Events
    • Outreach Programs >
      • Summer Camps
      • Tours & Traveling Programs
  • Shop, Join & Give
    • On-line Gift Shop
    • Volunteer
    • Bohart Museum Society
    • Donate Specimens
  • Contact Us
    • Faculty & Staff
    • Services
  • Museum Resources
    • Insect Info Sheets
    • How To Collect Insects
    • Special Collections
    • Educational Material Loans >
      • DIY Cabbage White Life Cycle
    • Newsletters
    • Tardigrade/Water Bear
    • Native Bees