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You Won't Believe What You'll See at the Bohart Museum on Picnic Day
Take heed. The 104th annual UC Davis Picnic Day theme is “Where the Sun Shines.” The...
Entomology student and Bohart Museum associate Wade Spencer grimaces for the camera as he holds a beaver pelt and points to where a parasite lives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yes, this is where they live, says Wade Spencer. He's referring to Platypsyllus castoris, an ectoparasite on beavers in the perianal region. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of Platypsyllus castoris, an ectoparasite on beavers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
