Want to have a "buggy" holiday season? And ensure others do, too?

There's plenty to love and purchase in the Bohart Museum of Entomology gift shop and on the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) website.

EGSA members design insect and arachnid-themed T-shirts that climb, crawl, jump, roll, flutter, buzz, fly or otherwise position themselves on EGSA T-shirts. They can be viewed and ordered online at https://mkt.com/UCDavisEntGrad/. 

EGSA president Mia Lippey, a doctoral student in the laboratories of UC Davis distinguished professor Jay Rosenheim and assistant professor Emily Meineke, says that currently, the designs offered are:

1. The Beetles (in black or red)
2. Entomo Gothic (a play on the American Gothic, in grey)
3. Whip Scorpion (in lavender and black)
4. Bee-Haw (in black)
5. They See Me Rollin' (dung beetles rolling a poop, in heather blue)
6. Et in Terra (dark green)
7. Entomophagy (in blue and green)

All T-shirts come in sizes from XS to XXL. 

At the Bohart Museum, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, the gift shop is stocked with everything from T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, jewelry, books, posters, stickers, and note cards to lathe pens and insect-collecting equipment. See more at https://bohart.ucdavis.edu/line-gift-shop. Items may be purchased only in the gift shop, not online.

New items include tardigrade, bumble bee and monarch pens, monarch and stick insect stickers from a local artist, and a new mosquito stuffed toys or plushies, including a giant one that comes with viruses, said Brennen Dyer, the Bohart Museum's (specimen) collection manager.

Newest t-shirts are designed with tardigrades, also known as water bears. The Bohart Museum's tardigrade current collection includes some 25,000 slide-mounted specimens, and a six-foot-long concrete sculpture by Solomon Bassoff of North San Juan, Calif., graces the entrance to the Academic Surge building. 

The Bohart Museum, founded in 1946, is directed by UC Davis distinguished professor Lynn Kimsey. It houses a global collection of eight million insect specimens. In addition to its gift shop, it is also the home of a live petting zoo. The Bohart is closed on specific days during the holiday season. See hours on the website.