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This maggot art is the work of entomologist-artist Diane Ullman, professor of entomology at UC Davis and former chair of the department. She served as the co-founding director of the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Don't Miss This: Maggot Art at the Bohart

January 11, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Maggot art at the Bohart! That rhymes. And that's what's planned as the family craft activity when the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house on fly research from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 12 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, located on Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.
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Don't let the bed bugs bite

January 10, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
As I sit in my hotel room tonight and work from atop my bed, I thought it would be useful to share the practice I always use each and every time I stay in a hotel: checking for bed bugs. Bed bugs can occur in any hotel whether it's a 5-star or 1-star hotel.
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UC Davis fourth-year doctoral student Charlotte Herbert Alberts holds her acrylic painting of an Assassin fly (Ommatius sp.) that she painted to celebrate World Robber Fly Day, April 30.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Bohart Museum Open House on Jan. 12: Time's Fun When Studying Flies

January 9, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Time flies when you're having fun? No, time's fun when you're studying flies! Nearly a dozen fly researchers from throughout the UC Davis campus will greet the public and explain their research at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan.
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Rock Paper Scissors Holiday!

December 18, 2018
I went to the 4-H Rock Paper Scissors Event at Hansen Agricultural Center. More than twenty kids attended the event! There were a lot of arts and crafts tables. We made the crafts to give as gifts to our family and friends.
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Bohart associate Emma Cluff cuddles a tardigrade, one of the stuffed animals available for sale in the Bohart Museum of Entomology's gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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In Search of the Perfect Entomological Gift

December 13, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're looking for the perfect "bugly" entomological gift, be sure to stop by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis.
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reading Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
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Kitchen Scrap Gardening

December 13, 2018
By Susana Bruzzone-Miller
Imagine turning kitchen leftovers into an indoor garden and at the same time reinforcing concepts of recycling and reusing. Kitchen Scrap Gardening does just that! HAREC is preparing for 2019 education season. This spring a new second grade classroom outreach lesson will roll out.
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