Bug Squad

 When you think of sticks, you may think of the object you toss to your dog, what you step on while taking your morning walk, or "the stick people" masquerading as your family on the rear window of your car.But if you're at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, "sticks" can mean only one thing: the walking…

 "Better autograph that right now. That could be a valuable piece of art some day!"So said an onlooker when youngsters were creating maggot art at the recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. The theme: "Insects: Life Stages."Doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim of the lab of Professor Jason Bond,…

 UC Davis doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers, who researches  dragonflies for his dissertation, delights in sharing his knowlege of them.And he did just that--to several hundred guests--at the recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on insect life stages.Brothers, a member of the Stacey…

 If you want to learn how to write a research paper, follow the "10 Principles" authored by UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus James R. Carey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology.His students have won the Science, Engineering and Mathematics (SEM) category of the UC Davis Library’s 2025…

 When medical entomologist Lee Rafuse Haines, associate research professor, University of Notre Dame,  speaks on "Insects, Art and the Sound of a Silent Crisis" at the June 2nd seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, she'll work dung beetles into her presentation. …