Posts Tagged: Jason Bond Lab
Iris Quayle: First-Time Presenter Wins Best Doctoral Student Competition at PBESA Meeting
Iris Quayle acknowledged she was nervous at first. But when she began delivering her...
First-year doctoral student Iris Quayle presenting her research at the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America meeting. (Photo by Lisa Chamberland)
First-year doctoral student Iris Quayle discussing her research at the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America meeting. (Photo by Lisa Chamberland)
UC Davis Spider Experts Analyze Genetics of Newly Described Spider That Engages in Lekking Behavior
Have you heard about the newly described kite spider species in Madagascar that is drawing...
Colonial Isoxya manangona n. sp. from Andasibe, Madagascar. (a) A part of a colony with 79 spiders in 41 webs (image shows 23 webs). (b) A detail from another colony where females are in their individual webs (image shows 14 of the 16 webs in the colony) while males hang on line in between webs (image shows 12 males). (c) A detail of another colony showing male leks. These males showed no overt intrasexual aggression that would be typical of solitary spiders. (Insect Systematics and Diversity)
The Myth of the Brown Recluse Spider in California
Have you ever been bitten by a brown recluse spider in California? It's a myth. There are no...
'Mythbusters' Dispel Spider Myths at Bohart Museum Open House
"I just got bit by a brown recluse spider in California." No, you didn't--unless you recently...
The Jason Bond lab held a mythbuster session at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. From left are doctoral candidates Xavier Zahnle and Emma Jochim who led the discussion, and moderator Iris Quayle, a first-year PhD student. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral candidate Emma Jochim discusses cellar spiders, crane flies and harvesters. Each is known in various regions of the country by the common name, "daddy long-legs." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How many spiders do you eat in your sleep every year? Doctoral candidate Emma Jochim joked "20" and then said "none." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Both millipedes and centipedes fluoresce under UV light, doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle related. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle points out differences between millipedes and isopods. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
No, "camel spiders cannot jump 4 to 6 feet straight up and eat the stomachs of camels," doctoral candidate Emma Jochim assures the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Many-Legged Wonders at the Bohart Museum of Entomology
Last year the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosted an open house themed "Eight-Legged...
Meet Coco McFluffin, a resident tarantula in the Bohart Museum's live petting zoo. It's a Chaco golden knee tarantula (Grammostola pulchripes), native to Paraguay and Argentina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A close-up of a millipede from the Jason Bond lab, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's a mixture of hands and one millipede as a transfer occurs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)