Posts Tagged: Rebecca Godwin
Rebecca Godwin's Heralded Revision of Trapdoor Spider Genus, Ummidia
Trapdoor spiders have long shared space with us, but few people are aware of their presence,...
A male Ummidia rongodwini (named for the husband of researcher Rebecca Godwin). It's found in the southeast, and this one is likely from the Carolinas. (Photo by Jason Bond)
This is a female Ummidia frankellerae, a new species discovered in Belize by UC Davis professor Jason Bond and named for UC Davis doctoral alumnus Fran Keller, a Folsom Lake College professor. Keller led the 2019 UC Bohart Museum Bioblitz to Belize. (Photo by Rebecca Godwin)
A Good Day to Learn About Science
They came, they saw, they learned. And in some cases, they conquered--they conquered their fear or...
Martin Hauser, senior insect biosystematist with the Plant Pest Daignostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, shows Madagascar hissing cockroaches to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Youngsters got creative with silkworm moth cocoons. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ant specialist Zach Griebenow, a doctoral student in the Phil Ward lab, introduced visitors to magnified insects. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Brendon Boudinot (left), doctoral candidate and ant specialist, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and major professor Phil Ward introduced visitors to the diversity of ants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey, (standing), director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, and Crystal Homicz, a doctoral student in forest entomology, show beetles to a visitor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera section of the Bohart Museum, talks about the thousands of butterfly and moth specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis doctoral student and forest entomologist Crystal Homicz, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, talks about the diversity of beetles. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Butterflies at the Bohart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The diversity of bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Visitors thronged the hallway of the Academic Surge Building to learn about insects and spiders. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Congrats to UC Davis Doctoral Students Who Study Spiders: AAS Awards
Chances are you're not thinking about spiders right now, but arachnid experts at the University of...
Doctoral Students in Jason Bond Lab Win Awards at American Arachnological Society Meeting
Two doctoral students from the Jason Bond laboratory, UC Davis Department of Entomology and...
Rebecca Godwin'sTrapdoor Spider Presentation Wins a Top Award at ESA Meeting
UC Davis doctoral student Rebecca Godwin, whose research focuses on the phylogenetics, taxonomy,...
UC Davis doctoral student Rebecca Godwin holds the excavated burrow of the California trapdoor spider, Bothriocyrtum californicum, that she found in Chula Vista, in San Diego.