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An Introduction to Dragonflies and Spiders
Predators employ a diversity of behavioral and morphological adaptations to successfully capture...
Doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers explains how a dragonfly catches prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral candidate Christofer Brothers fielding questions about dragonflies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim answers a question about spiders. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Placerville residents Sullivan Lowe, 6, and his father, Ron Lowe watch as UC Davis doctoral candidate Emma "Em" Jochim fluoresces a tarantula with ultraviolet (UV) light. Sullivan is holding a plastic spider that Jochim gave him. (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...
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)
Eliza Litsey to Discuss a Novel Queen Honey Bee Treatment
If you're curious about honey bees, queens and juvenile hormones, you'll want to attend or...
Pointing out the queen bee. Apiculturist Eliza Litsey will present her exit seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, at 4:10 p.m., Monday, Nov. 4 in 122 Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Got Legs? Eight of Them?
Got legs? Got eight legs? No, not eight unless you're a spider (arachnid). If you're human, you...
UC Davis student Jakob Lopez, a Bohart Museum employee, wearing the glow-in-the-dark trapdoor spider T-shirt. The cost is $22 plus tax for adult sizes and $18 plus tax for youth. Proceeds support the museum.
Don't Miss Bohart Museum Open House on Nov. 2
You won't want to miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Nov....
A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Chilean rose-haired tarantula, Grammostola porteri, on a Bohart Museum of Entomology t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)