Jeff Smith | Entomology and Nematology

This is a cuckoo wasp, Chrysis lindae, collected by UC Davis doctoral alumnus Arnold Menke in Arizona that UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey named after his wife, Linda. It is part of the Bohart Museum of Entomology collection.

Bohart Museum Open House on Saturday, Sept. 28

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
September 20, 2024

The Bohart Museum of Entomology will host an open house, "Museum ABCs: Arthropods, Bohart and Collecting," from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane.

The event, open to the public, is free and family friendly. Parking is also free.

Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum, shows visitors some of the collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Moth Night at Bohart Museum of Entomology: Lots to See and Do

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
July 19, 2024

A sensory moth exhibit by a UC Davis doctoral student and his father will be among the stations featured at the Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night, set from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 20 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane.

The event, free and family friendly, will take place inside and outside the Bohart Museum, as well as in the hallway of Academic Surge.

Jeff Smith (left) curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, chats with Larry Snyder of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Like a Moth to a Flame: Moth Night on July 20 at Bohart Museum of Entomology

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
July 15, 2024

Like a moth to a flame….

The Bohart Museum of Entomology is hosting its annual Moth Night, free and open to the public, on Saturday, July 20.

The event, held in conjunction with National Moth Night, is set from 7 to 11 p.m. in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, and outside. A blacklighting display--UV lights on a white sheet--will be set up to draw moths and other night-flying insects.