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Pass the Crickets, Please!
"Crickets, anyone? Free sample!" Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, sits at a table at a Bohart open house and points to a line of small paper cups, each containing three "Crickettes." The Crickettes, from the...
Postdoctoral research scientist James Starrett, of the arachnology lab of Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum, gets ready to eat a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Down the hatch! UC Davis research scientist and arachnoogist James Starrett enjoying a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis student Nia Rhodes, an atmospheric science major, stopped by the cricket booth with her mother, Elizabeth Rhodes of Los Angeles, who is wearing a "UC Davis Mama" shirt. It was Davis Parent and Family Weekend. In the foreground is Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Intricate Craft of Making a Spider Web
If you've ever closely examined a spider web, you know how incredible they are. But if you attended the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house last Saturday, you could make a spider web--using chopsticks and colorful yarn. That was the family arts-and-crafts activity planned by...
Tabatha Yang (left) the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, with UC Davis student and Bohart intern, Jasmine Chow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Isaiah Sahakian Frenz, 6, of Davis, listens closely to the instructions on how to make a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Isaiah Sahakian Frenz, 6, begins working on a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Isaiah Sahakian Frenz stretches the yarn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Isaiah Sahakian Frenz and his brother, Levon Sahakian Frenz, mastering the art of making a colorful spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the hands of Levon Sahakian Frenz working the yarn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Butterflies, Spiders and 'Doc' Bohart
Butterflies fluttered in, spiders jumped or crawled in, and "Doc" Bohart, holding "Beau," strolled in. That was the scene at the Bohart Museum Society's annual Halloween party, held at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis. Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's outreach...
Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, strikes a pose as "Doc" Bohart at the Bohart Museum Society's Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum and UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey (dressed as a spider), former Bohart Museum director, share a laugh. Bond is an arachnologist and Kimsey, a hymenopterist. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Faculty members and their wives enjoyed the Halloween party. From left are associate professor Geoffrey Attardo and wife, Meg; Kristine Bond; Professor Stephen (Fringy) Richards, and Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis alumnus and artist Francisco Basso dressed as a spider. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis retired faculty member Robert Kimsey, a forensic entomologist, wore his traditional ghillie suit as he served beverages. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis alumnus Allen Chew created the invitation to the Bohart Museum Society Halloween party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director, and Professor Jason Bond, who suceeded her, cut the Bohart Museum Society cake. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)
Spectacular Leaf Insect Latest Addition to Origami Display at Bohart Museum
A spectacular leaf insect is the latest addition to the Bohart Museum of Entomology's hallway display of origami, all crafted by UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi of Davis. Leaf insects, family Phylliidae, resemble leaves as their name implies. They are so well-camouflaged that their...
UC Davis alumnus Kevin Murakoshi gifts a leaf insect origami that he crafted to the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Accepting it is UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, former Bohart Museum director and now executive director of the Bohart Museum Society. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kevin Murakoshi created these two praying mantises in origami. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Origamis of two ticks (one engorged) and a bed bug by Kevin Murakoshi. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Happy Arachtober!
It's October and Arachtober: the month to celebrate spiders and other arachnids. As arachnologists will tell you, arachnids are arthropods that include spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, camel spiders, whip spiders and vinegaroons. Arachnids need love, too,...
Pretty in pink. A jumping spider on a pink rose in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pretty in yellow. A jumping spider on a yellow rose in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pretty in green. A jumping spider on green vegetation in a Vacaville garden peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
