Facebook
X (Twitter)
Reddit
Pinterest
Tumblr
Delicious
LinkedIn
StumbleUpon
Posts Tagged: Emma Jochim
The Myth of the Brown Recluse Spider in California
Have you ever been bitten by a brown recluse spider in California? It's a myth. There are no established populations of Loxoceles reclusa...
Even Spiders Are Irish on St. Patrick's Day...See 'Em at Bohart Open House on March 18
On St. Patrick's Day, everybody and everything is Irish. That includes spiders. You've seen those adorable jumping spiders with green "fangs"...
A jumping spider--note the green "fangs" (chelicerae)--peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A jumping spider ready to prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A green lynx spider is easy to spot on this pink rockrose blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Many-Legged Wonders at the Bohart Museum of Entomology
Last year the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosted an open house themed "Eight-Legged Wonders." It featured primarily spiders. Next week the...
Meet Coco McFluffin, a resident tarantula in the Bohart Museum's live petting zoo. It's a Chaco golden knee tarantula (Grammostola pulchripes), native to Paraguay and Argentina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A close-up of a millipede from the Jason Bond lab, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a mixture of hands and one millipede as a transfer occurs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hissers: Big, Bold and Beautiful
Madagascar hissing cockroaches, aka hissers, are big, bold and beautiful. Just ask the scientists at the Bohart Museum of Entomology,...
Finn Jensen, 2 1/2, awaits the placement of a Madagascar hissing cockroach in his hand. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Connected! A Madagascar hissing cockroach and Finn Jensen meet. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Finn Jensen beams in delight as he holds the Madagascar hissing cockroach. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Finn Jensen's smile tells it all as he cradles the Madagascar hissing cockroach. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Name That Spider Species
If you're a student 18 or under, here's your chance to name a spider species. You'll win the distinction of being selected the winner, and you'll be...
This is a male trapdoor spider in the genus Promyrmekiaphila. Youths are invited to name the species.
