Children’s author S.S. Dudley and rose-haired tarantulas were big hits at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the campuswide “Take Your Daughters (and Sons) to Work” Day this past Thursday at UC Davis.
Dudley, also known as Steve Stoddard, a recently retired scientist in medical entomologist Thomas Scott’s lab in the UCD Department of Entomology and Nematology, entertained the UC Davis staff members and their offspring at three sessions. He is the author of “Butterfly Wish” and “Elf Hills.”
Joel Fuerte, 6, of Woodland, son of staff member Gabriela Sanchez Fuerte, delighted in talking to the author.
Fuerte also got a kick out of Peaches, a rose-haired tarantula that’s a crowd favorite.
The youngsters took turns holding her. Roxanne Bell, 7, whose mother, Jenna Bell, works at the Mondavi Center, decided that the tarantula tickles.
