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This is a male trapdoor spider in the genus Promyrmekiaphila. Youths are invited to name the species.

Name That Spider Species

June 17, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're a student 18 or under, here's your chance to name a spider species. You'll win the distinction of being selected the winner, and you'll be acknowledged in a scientific paper.
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This is a male trapdoor spider, a new species from the genus Promyrmekiaphila. Youths are invited to suggest names for this species in a contest to take place at the Bohart Museum open house on June 25. (Photo courtesy of the Jason Bond lab)
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Bohart Museum/AAS Open House: Youths Invited to Name a New Species of Spider

June 17, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
One of the activities at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, "Eight-Legged Encounters," set from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 25, will be a "Name-That-Spider-Species" contest, open to students 18 and under. The focus: a male trapdoor spider, a new species from the genus Promyrmekiaphila.
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This image of a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on lupine at Bodega Bay, was part of a photo series that won an international award from ACE. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Humbled and Honored to Receive ACE Awards

June 16, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
I'm humbled and honored to have received two major awards this week from the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE). It's an international association of communicators, educators and information technologists who focus on communicating research-based information.
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A jumping spider peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Jumping Jehosphaphat!

June 15, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If I had a pet jumping spider--which I don't--I'd name him "Jumping Jehosphaphat.
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Irrigating with Greywater

June 13, 2022
by Rainer Hoenicke One of the public workshop topics by the Master Gardeners of Napa County's teaching garden, the Las Flores Learning Garden, explored the use of greywater for irrigation. The definitions of greywater differ from state to state.
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A dorsal view of a female Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, asleep on a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sleepy-Time for a Valley Carpenter Bee

June 10, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's always a good idea to carry your cell phone or shoulder a camera while you're taking a stroll through a garden. You never know what you will see.
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Brandon DeGroot,6, examines the bug he just collected outside McCormack Hall, Solano County Fairgrounds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An Interview with a Budding Scientist

June 9, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Teach 'em young, they say. Encourage them to learn about insects, spiders and other critters at a young age. When you first meet Brandon DeGroot, 6, of Vallejo, he'll tell you "I love spiders and snakes" and he'll flash a big smile.
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