Posts Tagged: recluse
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)
Scary Spiders?
Like many people this time of year, I take advantage of arachnophobia, the fear of spiders,...
Spiders: Should You Be Afraid?
Arachnophobia: Should You Be Afraid of Spiders? Fear of spiders, arachnophobia, is a widespread...
Spiders Are Beneficial.
By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Although the nursery rhyme tells us that Little...
Little Miss Muffet (Science Explorers)
Daddy long legs (UC ANR)
Tarantula (UC ANR, Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spider good guys (UC IPM)
Black widow spider (Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley)
Wolf spider. Notice it is not hairy like the tarantula. (UC IPM)
Brown recluse, NOT established in California! This is a big picture of a tiny spider, smaller than a penny, including legs.(UC ANR)