What's that spider?A common question on the Internet.Bring your image of a spider and ask the arachnid specialista at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, set from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 15 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.The event, free and…
Is it "Come for the spiders--and stay for the bees and butterflies?"Or is it "Come for the bees and butterflies--and stay for the spiders?"Actually, you can have it all three ways!When the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, hosts an open house, "Eight-Legged…
Calendar this date, Oct. 10.The Celebration of the Life and Legacy of UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Hammock, internationally renowned scientist and acclaimed member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will take place at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 in California Hall, UC…
It was, indeed, a golden opportunity, twice-fold, and what UC Davis undergraduate students in a biochemistry class taught by UC Davis Distinguished Professor Walter Leal will always remember.Five, 10, 15, 20, 30 years from now they'll be saying "Remember that biochemistry class in Kleiber Hall when Dr…
Close encounters of the third kind?"No, close encounters of the best kind!" say the scientists who study arachnids.That's what will happen when visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house see and learn about scorpions, tarantulas, vinegaroon, whip spiders, trapdoor spiders, jumping…