Posts Tagged: Tabatha Yang
Oh, What a (Moth) Night This Will Be! A Conversation With Bohart's Lepidoptera Curator Jeff Smith
Oh, what a (moth) night this will be! The Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis is...
Entomologist Jeff Smith (second from left), curator of the Bohart Museum's Lepidoptera collection, talks to visitors at a recent Moth Night. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Youngsters delight in the blacklighting display as they watch moths land on the UV-illuminated white hanging sheet. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bohart Museum's blacklighting display is an opportunity for folks to learn about moths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mark Your Calendar for 'Moth Night' at Bohart Museum: July 30
Mark your calendar! The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis,...
In this 2018 file photo, UC Davis arachnologist Jason Bond checks out the specimens at the Bohart Museum's blacklighting display while "Moth Man" John De Benedictis observes. Bond, the Schlinger Endowed Chair of Insect Systematics, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, was recently named associate dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jeff Smith, who curates the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum, fields questions from the Moth Night crowd, in this 2018 file photo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Moth displays, with specimens collected worldwide, are a big attraction at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during Moth Night. That's noted entomologist Richard Bohart in the framed photo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
For the Love of Spiders, Head Over to UC Davis June 25 and June 28
You love spiders and other arachnids, right? You've cleared your calendar for Saturday afternoon,...
A jumping spider eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pretty in pink? A jumping spider peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A crab spider nails a pest, a lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A banded garden spider straddles lavender stems. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Arachnid Alert! 'Powerhouse' of Arachnologists to Greet Public at Bohart Museum Open House
Arachnid alert! A free, public open house on “Eight-Legged Encounters,” featuring...
Professor Eileen Hebets of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, is the co-host of the Bohart Museum open house. (Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication, University of Nebraska)
These images are from Professor Eileen Hebet's slide presentation on her project, "Eight-Legged Encounters."
A black widow spider cradles her egg sacs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A red femured spotted orbweaver, Neoscona domiciliorum, awaits prey in a patch of Mexican sunflowers, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors Marvel at Tadpole Shrimp at Bohart Museum Open House
They marveled at the tadpole shrimp. They crafted tadpole shrimp-themed hats and puppets using...
Cooperative Extension specialist Ian Grettenberger (far right) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology leans over to talk to a visitor. In back are postdoctoral fellow Buddi Achhami (right) of the Grettenberger lab and UC Davis undergraduate student Omri Livneh. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors examine a Grettenberger lab display at the Bohart Museum open house. In the foreground is postdoctoral fellow Buddhi Achhami of the Grettenberger lab. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The arts and crafts table at the Bohart Museum featured making tadpole shrimp-themed hats and puppets. At the far left is Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart Museum, shows a display to Riley Laurel, 6, of Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The tadpole shrimp is neither a tadpole nor a shrimp. It's a crustacean that's a pest of rice. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two stick insects rest on the hand of Bohart lab assistant Brennen Dyer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)