Essig Museum News
Keep up-to-date with the latest research, education, and events of the Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley's terrestrial arthropod collection (insects, spiders, scorpions, and their kin). Member of the Berkeley Natural History Museums.
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Homecoming & Alumni Weekend
Join the Essig Museum in celebrating Homecoming & Alumni Weekend, featuring events all across the UC Berkeley campus. The Essig is hosting an open house 12:00 to 5:00pm on Friday and Saturday (September 23 & 24). We will be regulating the number of people in the museum. Masking is strongly encouraged. Find the Tyrannosaurus rex in the Valley Life Science Building, then follow the ants.
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A modest rain excites the termites
It wasn't much, but the recent rain was enough to trigger subterranean termites to emerge in some areas. Around the SF Bay Area people were seeing small swarms on the first sunny day after the rain. Learn more more about the life and struggles of subterranean termites from this video by our friends at KQED Deep Look, with help from the Essig Museum's Casey Hubble.
Photo: Joyce Gross
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Fall of the oak moths
Although we have not seen many California oak moths around the East Bay this year, reports are coming in from residents around Monterey Bay of caterpillars repelling down silk lines from the naked oak trees. Watch the video from our friends at KQED Deep Look, with help from Essig Museum's Pete Oboyski, for more about the native moths that go through periodic and unpredictable outbreaks.
Photo: KQED Deep Look
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Essig Brunch Seminar Series
Fridays 10:10 - 11:00 am, 5053 Valley Life Science Building (new location)
A weekly seminar series run by graduate students in Arthropod Science, featuring local and visiting researchers presenting a wide range of entomology topics. Open to the public.
Hybrid presentation: In-person (5053 VLSB) & Zoom ( https://berkeley.zoom.us/my/kailey.ferger )
Upcoming talks: (check the Essig Burnch website for updates)
Sep. 23: Dr. James Carey (UC Davis)
"Insect biodemography in the 21st century: Interdisciplinary perspectives, emerging concepts, and inventive tools"
Sep. 30: Tyler Douglas (UC Berkeley, PhD student, Tarvin lab)
"Modeling the evolution of chemical defense in Drosophila melanogaster"
Oct. 7: Julianne Pelaez (UC Berkeley, PhD finishing talk, Whiteman lab)
Topic: How insect sensory systems evolve. 11:00am in 2063 VLSB
Going to be in town and want to give a talk: email us at essig.museum@gmail.com
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Donate to the Essig Museum
If you have a specimen collection you would like to donate to the Essig Museum, please contact us at essig.museum@gmail.com. Or make a financial contribution at our Give To Cal site.
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