Posts Tagged: Tabatha Yang

Pass the Crickets, Please!

"Crickets, anyone? Free sample!"  Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, sits at a table at a Bohart open house and points to a line of small paper cups, each containing three...

Postdoctoral research scientist James Starrett, of the arachnology lab of Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum, gets ready to eat a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Postdoctoral research scientist James Starrett, of the arachnology lab of Professor Jason Bond, director of the Bohart Museum, gets ready to eat a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Down the hatch! UC Davis research scientist and arachnoogist James Starrett enjoying a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Down the hatch! UC Davis research scientist and arachnoogist James Starrett enjoying a crickette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis student Nia Rhodes, an atmospheric science major, stopped by the cricket booth with her mother, Elizabeth Rhodes of Los Angeles, who is wearing a "UC Davis Mama" shirt. It was Davis Parent and Family Weekend. In the foreground is Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis student Nia Rhodes, an atmospheric science major, stopped by the cricket booth with her mother, Elizabeth Rhodes of Los Angeles, who is wearing a "UC Davis Mama" shirt. It was Davis Parent and Family Weekend. In the foreground is Tabatha Yang, the Bohart Museum's education and outreach coordinator. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Intricate Craft of Making a Spider Web

If you've ever closely examined a spider web, you know how incredible they are. But if you attended the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house last Saturday, you could make a spider web--using chopsticks and colorful yarn. That was the family...

Tabatha Yang (left) the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, with UC Davis student and Bohart intern, Jasmine Chow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tabatha Yang (left) the Bohart Museum of Entomology's education and outreach coordinator, with UC Davis student and Bohart intern, Jasmine Chow. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Isaiah Sahakian Frenz, 6, of Davis, listens closely to the instructions on how to make a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Isaiah Sahakian Frenz, 6, of Davis, listens closely to the instructions on how to make a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Isaiah Sahakian Frenz, 6, begins working on a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Isaiah Sahakian Frenz, 6, begins working on a spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Isaiah Sahakian Frenz stretches the yarn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Isaiah Sahakian Frenz stretches the yarn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Isaiah Sahakian Frenz and his brother, Levon Sahakian Frenz, mastering the art of making a colorful spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Isaiah Sahakian Frenz and his brother, Levon Sahakian Frenz, mastering the art of making a colorful spider web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of the hands of Levon Sahakian Frenz working the yarn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of the hands of Levon Sahakian Frenz working the yarn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Want to Learn More about Mosquitoes and Ticks?

Want to learn more about mosquitoes and ticks? UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist Carla-Cristina “CC” Melo Edwards of the laboratory of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo of the UC Davis Department of...

UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist CC Edwards dragging for ticks at Bodega Bay.

UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist CC Edwards dragging for ticks at Bodega Bay.

Can You Name California's State Insect?

Can you name California's state insect? Did you know that California has a state insect? It does. Is it the honey bee? No. Is it the lady beetle (ladybug)? No. Bumble bee? No.  It's the California dogface butterfly (Zerene...

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, holds a drawer of California dogface butterfly specimens. The butterfly is California's state insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, holds a drawer of California dogface butterfly specimens. The butterfly is California's state insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A 35-page children's book, "The Story of the Dogface Butterfly," is authored by UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, a professor at Folsom Lake College and a Bohart research scientist.

A 35-page children's book, "The Story of the Dogface Butterfly," is authored by UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, a professor at Folsom Lake College and a Bohart research scientist.

Introduce Your Children to Insects

How can you interest your children in insects? "For me, at least a lot of my interest developed when my parents gave me a net and a butterfly picture book and then gave me enough independence to explore on my own," recalls UC Davis distinguished...

Three-year-old Everly Puckett checks out a stick insect held by her father, Ryan Puckett, a UC Davis employee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Three-year-old Everly Puckett checks out a stick insect held by her father, Ryan Puckett, a UC Davis employee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis animal biology major Jakob Lopez shows a stick insect to Hunter Baker, 8. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis animal biology major Jakob Lopez shows a stick insect to Hunter Baker, 8. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hunter Baker, 8, delights in holding a stick insect. In back is Bohart collections manager Brennen Dyer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hunter Baker, 8, delights in holding a stick insect. In back is Bohart collections manager Brennen Dyer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Danielle Hoskey introduces her 4-year-old son, Atlas Scott to a tomato hornworm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Danielle Hoskey introduces her 4-year-old son, Atlas Scott to a tomato hornworm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis entomology major Oliver Smith eagerly shows a stick insect to a youngster. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis entomology major Oliver Smith eagerly shows a stick insect to a youngster. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis entomology doctoral student Emma "Em" Jochim (left) and high school intern Syd Benson engage the youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis entomology doctoral student Emma "Em" Jochim (left) and high school intern Syd Benson engage the youngsters. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mark Blankenship, 10, peers at a thorny stick insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mark Blankenship, 10, peers at a thorny stick insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis psychology major Naomi Lila, a member of the UC Davis Entomology Club, awaits visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis psychology major Naomi Lila, a member of the UC Davis Entomology Club, awaits visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sebastian Carrasco, 3, waves "bye bye" to a stick insect. He decided he didn't want to hold it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sebastian Carrasco, 3, waves "bye bye" to a stick insect. He decided he didn't want to hold it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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