Posts Tagged: Emma Jochim
Lacie Newton: Newly Published Article on Trapdoor Spiders, Including One Named for Barack Obama
UC Davis doctoral alumna Lacie Newton, formerly of the Jason Bond lab and now a postdoctoral...
This is the Barack Obama Trapdoor Spider, Aptostichus barackobamai, that Professor Jason Bond named and which Bond, Lacie Newton an other arachnologists study. This is a spider from Sonoma County. (Photo courtesy of Jason Bond)
This map, published in the journal, Evolution and Ecology, shows the locations of the three sibling trapdoor spiders.
Bohart Museum Open House: Many Legs, Many Eyes, Many Ears, Many Hands
The UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, "Many-Legged Wonders,"...
UC Davis doctoral student Emma Jochim answers questions at her station. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Researcher James Starrett, a project scientist in the Jason Bond lab who holds a doctorate in genetics, genomics and bioinformatics from UC Riverside, fields questions about Princess Herbert, a 20-year-old tarantula that's a tenant in the Bohart Museum live petting zoo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kim Crawford of Cameron Park and her daughter, Emma, 10, hold millipedes. At left (foreground) is doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Doctoral candidate Xavier Zahnle greets visitors at the Bohart Museum open house. More than 350 attended. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Insect enthusiast Rose Hager, 9, of Davis, wore her "I Love Bugs" t-shirt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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)
Even Spiders Are Irish on St. Patrick's Day...See 'Em at Bohart Open House on March 18
On St. Patrick's Day, everybody and everything is Irish. That includes spiders. You've seen those...
A jumping spider--note the green "fangs" (chelicerae)--peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A jumping spider ready to prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A green lynx spider is easy to spot on this pink rockrose blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)