Posts Tagged: Vacaville Public Library

Don't Yell 'Yecch' and Run for Cover!

The message was clear. If you see a “creepy crawler,” don't yell “yecch!” and run for cover—or the nearest exit. Instead, say “Interesting!” Insects should delight you, not frighten you. That's what Tabatha...

Children at the Bohart Museum of Entomology program at the Vacaville Public Library display different reactions when the bugs appear. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Children at the Bohart Museum of Entomology program at the Vacaville Public Library display different reactions when the bugs appear. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, yes, the word to say not "yecch!" but "interesting." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, yes, the word to say not "yecch!" but "interesting." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator at the Bohart Museum, displays insect specimens at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator at the Bohart Museum, displays insect specimens at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tabatha Yang (background) of the Bohart Museum of Entomology talks about insects while the child, a sculpture, reads in the foreground at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tabatha Yang (background) of the Bohart Museum of Entomology talks about insects while the child, a sculpture, reads in the foreground at the Vacaville Public Library. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A stick insect is about to crawl up the arm of Tabatha Yang. "It thinks I'm a tree," she said. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A stick insect is about to crawl up the arm of Tabatha Yang. "It thinks I'm a tree," she said. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, cool, we get to touch and hold the Madagascar hissing cockroaches! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, cool, we get to touch and hold the Madagascar hissing cockroaches! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Here we come, ready or not! Who's first? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Here we come, ready or not! Who's first? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It tickles! Madagascar hissing cockroach moves a bit. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It tickles! Madagascar hissing cockroach moves a bit. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

No, I'm not going to eat it. But maybe... (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

No, I'm not going to eat it. But maybe... (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Australian stick insect is transferred from one hand to another. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Australian stick insect is transferred from one hand to another. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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