Yes, I'm hungry. A female praying mantis is perched upside down in our pollinator garden. She has maintained this position in the verbena over a four-day period, enduring temperatures that soar to 105 degrees.

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An artist's conception of a tardigrade sculpture in front of the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

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The Wonder of Water Bears, and Soon, a Sculpture at the Bohart

August 20th, 2019

What a wonderful idea! The Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis boasts one of the world's largest tardigrade (water bear) collections, and what Lynn Kimsey wants to do, will certainly add to that point.

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Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito (CDC Photo)

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UC Davis Team: Mosquito Odorant Receptors Are Sensitive to Floral Compunds

August 19th, 2019

It's well known that female mosquitoes possess a highly developed sense of smell. They manage to find us, don't they? Even when we're doing our best to try to avoid them! It's not so well-known that mosquitoes, both male and female, frequent plants to feed on nectar for energy.

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Future entomologists? A group of students in a Bay Area three-week insect class, taught by SaveNature.Org, poses for a photo.

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Youths Experience the Joy of Insects

August 16th, 2019

Do you remember when insects first fascinated you or when you developed a love of insects? Odds are that the children who attend the SaveNature.Org insect-themed sessions in Berkeley will.

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What's in the Bohart Museum of Entomology? A sign tells all. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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What's in Store for Unattended Children at the Bohart Museum of Entomology?

August 15th, 2019

Ever seen that humorous sign in the veterinarian office that warns "Unattended kids will be given a shot of espresso and a free kitten?" Well, the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis has done it one better.

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