Mark Your Calendars: World-Renowned Bohart Insect Museum Lists Upcoming Open Houses

PHOTO: This is the Bockler Wasp, named for an award-winning biology teacher Donald Bockler of Arlington, Mass. (Photo by Andrew Richards, Bohart Museum of Entomology)
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DAVIS, CA – The Bohart Museum of Entomology announced its schedule of special weekend hours for the academic year.

The museum is located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane, UC Davis.

The schedule of open houses, with free admission and parking:

Saturday, Nov. 19: 1 to 4 p.m.: “Uninvited Guests: Common Pests Found in the Home”
Sunday, Jan. 22: 1 to 4 p.m.: “Parasite Palooza: Botflies, Fleas and Mites, Oh, My”
Saturday, Feb. 18: (varying times throughout campus): Biodiversity Museum Day, an opportunity to explore 11 UC Davis collections
Sunday, March 19: 1 to 4 p.m.: “Eggs to Wings: Backyard Butterfly Gardening”
Saturday, April 22: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: “”UC Davis Picnic Day”

The Bohart Museum is a world-renowned insect museum that houses a global collection of nearly eight million specimens. It also maintains a live “petting zoo,” featuring walking sticks, Madagascar hissing cockroaches and tarantulas. A gift shop, open year around, includes T-shirts, sweatshirts, books, jewelry, posters, insect-collecting equipment and insect-themed candy.

The Bohart Museum's regular hours are from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. The museum is closed to the public on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and on major holidays.

Admission is free.

More information on the Bohart Museum is available by contacting (530) 752-0493 orbmuseum@ucdavis.edu. The website is http://bohart.ucdavis.edu/

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