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The Intricate Craft of Making a Spider Web

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)

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...

Posted on Monday, November 4, 2024 at 4:19 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Eliza Litsey to Discuss a Novel Queen Honey Bee Treatment

Eliza Litsey holds a master's degree in entomology from UC Davis.

If you're curious about honey bees, queens and juvenile hormones, you'll want to attend or hear the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (ENT) seminar to be presented by apiculturist Eliza Litsey, a former graduate student in the...

Posted on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 6:10 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Butterflies, Spiders and 'Doc' Bohart

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, strikes a pose as

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...

Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 3:04 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Got Legs? Eight of Them?

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.

Got legs? Got eight legs? No, not eight unless you're a spider (arachnid). If you're human, you can seek out the Bohart Museum of Entomology's "Got Legs?" T-shirt of a trapdoor spider. Due to popular demand, the Bohart Museum gift shop is...

Posted on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 3:17 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Don't Miss Bohart Museum Open House on Nov. 2

A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

You won't want to miss the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on Saturday, Nov. 2. You'll learn how spiders and dragonflies catch their prey You'll watch a tarantula grab its prey You'll learn how moths have evolved to elude bats and their...

Posted on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

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San Joaquin County Cooperative Extension
Robert J. Cabral Ag Center

2101 E. Earhart Avenue, Ste 200
Stockton, CA 95206
Phone: (209) 953-6100
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E-mail: cesanjoaquin@ucdavis.edu

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