The Bohart Museum of Entomology spreads the wonder and joy of insects through its many outreach programs.

Tabatha Yang, Bohart Museum education and outreach coordinator, and Bohart intern Jo Ridgeway recently tabled at the Vacaville Museum Guild's annual Children's Party.   

The children's party, a popular tradition since 1984,  is geared for children ages 3 to 9 and takes place in the museum courtyard. 

The Bohart Museum of Entomology has announced two fall open houses: the first on Sunday, Sept. 20 and the second on Saturday, Nov. 7. 

Both are free and family friendly and will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Bohart Museum, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Parking is also free on the weekends.

Theme of the Sept. 20th open house: "ABC's of the Museum." 

Oh, what a night!

"No way!" said entomologist Joel Hernandez when a giant silkworm moth fluttered into his backlighting setup on Saturday night, July 18 during the annual Bohart Museum of Entomology Moth Night. 

The Bohart Museum of Entomology will celebrate National Moth Week by hosting its annual Moth Night open house on Saturday, July 18.

The event, free and family friendly, will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Bohart Museum headquarters, Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus--as well as outdoors for the two blacklighting displays.

UC Davis doctoral candidate and dragonfly expert Christofer Brothers will discuss his rhyming prose on dragonflies at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, May 16.

He'll be presenting a 15-minute talk at 3:30 on "Midair Basket Weaving: A Doggerel of Dragonflies and Damselflies," representing his preliminary work from his dissertation on dragonfly and damselfly hunting behavior. 

The Bohart Museum of Entomology and the UC Davis Bee Haven, both part of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will be participating in the UC Davis Take-Our-Children-to-Work Day on Thursday, April 23. 

Bumble bee enthusiast Lesley Hamamoto of Sacramento, a UC Davis alumna who remembers well the entomology class she took from UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus Professor Robbin Thorp in 1998, is the winner of the 2026 Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year Contest, sponsored by the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

What do bug enthusiasts say when they can’t find a gift during the winter holidays?

Bah, humbug!

The Bohart Museum of Entomology and the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) to the rescue...with both insect and arachnid-themed gifts!

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The Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Nov. 15 will focus on "The Bees and Their Mimics."

Free and family friendly, the event will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Bohart Museum, located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus. 

When the Bohart Museum Society hosts its annual pre-Halloween party at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, you'll never know what you'll see. This year: