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 will host an open house, "Buzz Words: Insects in Literature," from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 16, that will feature two bee book authors, Krystle Hickman of Los Angeles and UC Davis faculty member Felicity Muth, and dragonfly "rhyming prose" author Christofer Brothers, a UC Davis doctoral candidate who researches dragonflies.

The Bohart Museum is located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.

Dragonflies and spiders!

The Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Nov. 2 will feature talks by UC Davis doctoral candidates Christofer Brothers, a dragonfly specialist, and Emma “Em” Jochim, a spider specialist.

The event, free and family friendly and the last open house of the year, takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Parking is also free.