Posts Tagged: scorpions
Scary Spiders?
Like many people this time of year, I take advantage of arachnophobia, the fear of spiders,...
Meet Awesome Annie, the Scorpion, at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
Are you ready to meet awesome "Annie" at the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on...
Doctoral candidate Lacie Newton collected this scorpion, Centruroides vittatus, at the Big Bend National Park in Texas. (Photo by Lacie Newton)
Doctoral candidate Lacie Newton collected this tarantula, Aphonopelma chalcodes, from the Superstition Mountains near Phoenix. (Photo by Lacie Newton)
It Was a Scorpion Kind of Day at the Bohart Museum of Entomology
Little Logan Loss of Rocklin is only 6 but already he knows more about scorpions than many, if not...
Logan Loss, 6, of Rocklin talks about scorpions to Bohart associate and scorpion scientist Wade Spencer. The kindergarten student is an avid scorpion enthusiast. Also pictured are members of the Vacaville Brownie Girl Scout Troop (from left) Jayda Navarette, Keira Yu and Kendl Macklin, front. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associates and entomology students Lohit Garikipati show scorpions to the crowd. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is Wade Spencer's desert hairy scorpion named Barthlomew. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wade Spencer's desert hairy scorpion named Barthlomew glows under UV light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wade Spencer holds his African burrowing scorpion (left) and desert hairy scorpion under UV light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Jason Bond: 'A Spider Is Always Watching You!'
Spiders are everywhere. “You're never too far away from a spider; a spider is always...
Brownie Girl Scouts (from left) Jayda Navarette, Kendl Mackin and Keira Yu of Vacaville Troop 30477 react to the spider sensory activity. At right is postdoctoral fellow Vera Opatova of the Jason Bond lab. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Postdoctoral fellow Jim Starrett of the Jason Bond lab talks about how sticky spider glue is. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate and UC Davis entomology students Lohit Garikipati (foregound) and Wade Spencer show scorpions from Spencer's collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis medical entomologist Geoffrey Attardo smiles as Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and a UC Davis professor, reacts to the virtual reality demonstration on spiders. "I just want to collect them," Kimsey said. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Look, but don't touch!" didn't apply to the scorpion display. There was plenty of gingerly touching and cell phone photography. This is Wade Spencer's desert hairy scorpion named Bartholemew. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Color a scorpion? You bet. this was one of the results. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Scorpion Scientist Lauren Esposito to Deliver Research Seminar at UC Davis
Everyone knows that scorpions are venomous--some are more venomous than others--and that they...
Scorpions are often difficult to find without the aid of ultraviolet light. (Photo byKathy Keatley Garvey)
Scorpions fluoresce under ultraviolet light. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Scorpion scientist Lauren Esposito, who holds a doctorate in arachnology from the American Museum of Natural History, has worked at the California Academy of Science since 2015. (California Academy of Science Photo)