The "Seven Wonders of the World" have nothing on the "Eight-Legged Wonders" that will be at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 9. It's all about spiders and other arachnids.
The California State Bear Flag has nothing on the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Bear Flag. A newly crafted hooded sweatshirt, the work of artist Charlotte Herbert Alberts and designer Fran Keller, features tardigrades, also known as the water bears.
Tsetse fly expert Geoffrey Attardo, a medical entomologist and assistant professor with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is featured in a New York Times' article today (Feb. 12) on tsetse flies.
Postdoctoral scientist Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will speak on "Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Photoperiodic Time Measurement in Drosophila melanogaster" at the next departmental seminar.
Registration is underway for the seventh annual International Pollinator Conference, set Wednesday, July 17 through Saturday, July 20 in the ARC Ballroom.
