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Diversity of Arachnids to be Showcased at Briggs Hall During UC Davis Picnic Day

The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will not only celebrate insect and nematode diversity at Briggs Hall during the 110th...

UC Davis doctoral student Emma Jochim discusses arachnids at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. She'll be showing the diversity of arachnids at Briggs Hall during UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 20, with colleagues. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis doctoral student Emma Jochim discusses arachnids at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. She'll be showing the diversity of arachnids at Briggs Hall during UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 20, with colleagues. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Emma Jochim discusses arachnids at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. She'll be showing the diversity of arachnids at Briggs Hall during UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 20, with colleagues. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Bohart Museum Open House: Many Legs, Many Eyes, Many Ears, Many Hands

The UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, "Many-Legged Wonders," presented March 18 in its Academic Surge Building, proved...

UC Davis doctoral student Emma Jochim answers questions at her station. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis doctoral student Emma Jochim answers questions at her station. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis doctoral student Emma Jochim answers questions at her station. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Researcher James Starrett, a project scientist in the Jason Bond lab who holds a doctorate in genetics, genomics and bioinformatics from UC Riverside, fields questions about Princess Herbert, a 20-year-old tarantula that's a tenant in the Bohart Museum live petting zoo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Researcher James Starrett, a project scientist in the Jason Bond lab who holds a doctorate in genetics, genomics and bioinformatics from UC Riverside, fields questions about Princess Herbert, a 20-year-old tarantula that's a tenant in the Bohart Museum live petting zoo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Researcher James Starrett, a project scientist in the Jason Bond lab who holds a doctorate in genetics, genomics and bioinformatics from UC Riverside, fields questions about Princess Herbert, a 20-year-old tarantula that's a tenant in the Bohart Museum live petting zoo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Kim Crawford of Cameron Park and her daughter, Emma, 10, hold millipedes. At left (foreground) is doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kim Crawford of Cameron Park and her daughter, Emma, 10, hold millipedes. At left (foreground) is doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Kim Crawford of Cameron Park and her daughter, Emma, 10, hold millipedes. At left (foreground) is doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle greets visitors at the Bohart Museum open house. More than 350 attended. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle greets visitors at the Bohart Museum open house. More than 350 attended. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle greets visitors at the Bohart Museum open house. More than 350 attended. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Insect enthusiast Rose Hager, 9, of Davis, wore her
Insect enthusiast Rose Hager, 9, of Davis, wore her "I Love Bugs" t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Insect enthusiast Rose Hager, 9, of Davis, wore her "I Love Bugs" t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 4:05 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Family, Innovation, Natural Resources

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...

Posted on Monday, March 20, 2023 at 9:02 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Health, Innovation, Natural Resources

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
A jumping spider--note the green "fangs" (chelicerae)--peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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 jumping spider ready to prey. (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)
A green lynx spider is easy to spot on this pink rockrose blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A green lynx spider is easy to spot on this pink rockrose blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, March 17, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Family, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

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)
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)

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)
A close-up of a millipede from the Jason Bond lab, UC Davis. (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)
It's a mixture of hands and one millipede as a transfer occurs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's a mixture of hands and one millipede as a transfer occurs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 4:42 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

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