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Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum's Lepidoptera collection, holds a drawer of monarchs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Monarchs at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

February 6, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When visitors flock to the 11 museums or collections during the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 18 and stop at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, they'll see scores of displays, including the colorful monarch butterflies.
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Lauren Ponisio, assistant professor of biology, University of Oregon, doing field research.
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Lauren Ponisio: Disease in Plant-Pollinator Communities

February 3, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Lauren Ponisio, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Oregon who seeks to preserve and restore populations of bees and other pollinators, will speak on "Disease in Plant-Pollinator Communities" at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 4:10 p.m.
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The newly launched Crowdfunding site for the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day looked like this early today.
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UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day Officials Launch Crowdfunding Site

February 2, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you'd like to support the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set Saturday, Feb. 18 on the UC Davis campus, you can do so in memory of a loved one--or to honor a friend or family member--by accessing the newly launched crowdfunding site.
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The UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day will showcase 11 museums or collections. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day: Crowdfunding Underway

February 2, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Crowdfunding is underway for the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a major all-volunteer project hailed as a "Super Science Day." The event, set Saturday, Feb. 18, will showcase 11 museums or collections on campus. It's free and family friendly.
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Graduate student Adelaine "Addie" Abrams
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Addie Abrams: Dissertation Proposal on Aphids and Thrips in California Lettuce

January 31, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Graduate student Adelaine "Addie" Abrams of the laboratory of Extension agricultural entomologist Ian Grettenberger, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present her dissertation proposal on "Precision Technologies for Integrative Pest Management of Aphids and...
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Adelaine "Addie" Abrams answers questions about agricultural entomology at the 2022 annual UC Davis Picnic Day activities in Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Addie Abrams Targeting Aphids and Thrips in California Lettuce

January 31, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Graduate student Adelaine "Addie" Abrams of the laboratory of Extension agricultural entomologist Ian Grettenberger, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present her dissertation proposal on "Precision Technologies for Integrative Pest Management of Aphids and...
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A cabbage white butterfly stops for a little catmint nectar (flight fuel) on a warm summer day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Oh, That Elusive Cabbage White Butterfly

January 26, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
No butterfly. No beer. Blame the rain. Blame the cold. As of today, Jan. 26, no one has won Art Shapiro's "Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest," aka Suds-for-a-Bug. Not Art, not anyone.
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