Posts Tagged: Wade Spencer
Santa Is a Robber Fly
Santa may be a jolly ol' elf who gives away presents, but he is also a robber fly. Take it from UC...
Santa Claus is a robber fly and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is an argid sawfly. (Image by Wade Spencer)
Santa driving his sleigh of reindeer, insect-style. (Image by Wade Spencer)
Happy Hanukkah! With stick insects. (Image by Wade Spencer)
Quick: What Critter Eats Styrofoam?
Quick question: What critter can chew and digest Styrofoam? Drum roll...Time's up... If you...
Entomology undergraduate student Wade Spencer with his Recycling Man. Inside mealworms are chewing and digesting the Styrofoam. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Peacock Jumping Spider Goes Viral!
When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts its annual membership Halloween party, don't expect to...
UC Davis entomology undergraduate student Wade Spencer practices his peacock jumping spider moves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Enthusiastic about all arthropods, UC Davis entomology undergraduate student Wade Spencer (center, in black shirt) draws a crowd at a recent Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pardon Me, There's Something on Your Shoulder!
Pardon me, there's something on your shoulder! And yes, there was. A Madagasar hissing cockroach...
A Madagascar hissing cockroach rides the shoulder of Wade Spencer, entomology major at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Vedder Wright Jr. of Davis photographs a Madagascar hissing cockroach at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. His father was a friend of the museum founder, noted entomologist Richard Bohart. The Celeste Turner Wright Hall is named for his mother, the first female English professor at UC Davis. It houses the Department of Theatre and Dance. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a Madagascar hissing cockroach. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)