Posts Tagged: UC Davis Entomology Club
There's a Black Widow Spider in the Parade!
The venomous black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus) is usually found in and around wood piles,...
UC Davis Entomology Club members with the black widow spider float are (from left) Darian Dungey, James Fong, Chloe Shott (partially shown), Ben Maples (partially shown) James Heydon, Maia Lundy, Diego Rivera. Lundy is the president of the club. (Photo by Melissa Cruz)
UC Davis Entomology Club members "walk" the black widow spider in the UC Davis Picnic Day Parade. From left are Eliza Litsey, Ben Maples (in spider abdomen), Chloe Shott (in spider cephalothorax), Darian Dungey (holding sign), James Heydon, James Fong (in bee costume), Crystal Homicz, and Diego Rivera. (Photo by Melissa Cruz)
Following the parade, the black widow spider was showcased in front of Briggs Hall, home of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A young child stares at the black widow spider in front of Briggs Hall, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Get Ready for the 40-Foot-Long Black Widow Spider!
In real life, the black widow spider is about 1.5 inches long. You'd never know that if you looked...
Figuring out the measurements are secretary Christine Melvin, member Hunter Bolt, president Marko Marrero, and member Sam Shook. (Photo by Alex Nguyen)
Working on the float are (from left) member Ben Maples and president Marko Marrero (Photo by Alex Nguyen)
This is the black widow spider that the UC Davis Entomology Club entered in the UC Davis Picnic Day Parade some 20 years ago.
It's Not an Itsy Bitsy Spider: It's 40 Feet Long, and It Will Be in the UC Davis Picnic Day Parade
DAVIS--It's not an itsy bitsy spider. It's not climbing up the water spout. And it's unlikely that...
Working on the float are (from left) Entomology Club president Marko Marrero, secretary Maia Lundy, and member Stephanie Wu. (Photo by Alex Nguyen)
Working on the specifications: club member Ben Maples and president Marko Marrero. (Photo by Alex Nguyen)
Each leg is about 20 feet long. From left are members Ben Maples, Stacey Rice and Staphanie Wu. (Photo by Alex Nguyen)
Figuring out the measurements are secretary Christine Melvin, member Hunter Bolt, president Marko Marrero, and member Sam Shook. (Photo by Alex Nguyen)
Approximately 20 years ago, the UC Davis Entomology Club entered this black widow spider-float in the UC Davis Picnic Day Parade. (Historical file photo)
The UC Davis Entomology Club maneuvering its black widow spider-float in the UC Davis Picnic Day Parade, about 20 years ago. (Historical file photo)
Encounters of the 'Fly Man of Alcatraz'
It all started with Robert Kimsey's fly research on Alcatraz Island. Kimsey, a UC Davis forensic...
UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey on Alcatraz Island. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)