ALT A woman stands in a hallway and wears a black dress with a pattern featuring many drawings of various insects, and she holds a green tote bag with that also features a variety of insect drawings. She has curly hair and wears a conference badge. Another person is visible in the background, walking past.
ALT A bearded man wears a patterned shirt featuring hercules beetles with wings spread. He poses smiling, holding an entomology booklet and giving a thumbs up. He has a conference badge with the name "Chris" on it. People in the background are at an event in a large hall.
ALT A person with long curly hair wears a blue and gray shirt with "TOX" written on it, above an image depicting the silhouette of a small mosquito larva with the silhouette of a much larger mosquito larva below it, mimicking the poster for the movie Jaws. The person is standing in a building with modern architecture and light fixtures.
ALT Two people standing indoors, smiling at the camera. One is wearing a collared shirt with flowers and luna moths, black pants, and a name tag. The other is wearing a purple shirt, leggings featuring a honeycomb pattern and honey bees, a plaid jacket, and a name tag.
ALT Screenshot of The New York Times spelling bee with the word cholla written, and the game saying “not in word list”
ALT Photo of cholla cactus garden. They’re big fluffy-looking cacti, but actually very spiky! You don’t wanna pet them!!
![USGS text: “The teddybear cholla or "jumping cholla" (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) grow in the transition zone between the lower, warmer Colorado Desert and the higher, cooler Mojave Desert ecosystems (USDA, [2010e]). Note: although this variety of cholla is more ornamentally attractive than other cholla, it is particularly hazardous to pets and young children. The name "jumping cholla" is well deserved; the stiff and very sharp barbed spine can easily become imbedded in shoes and skin. Stay on the trail and do not attempt to touch the spines or collect the fallen branches!”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJuKGVJXIAMPZBm.jpg?name=orig)
ALT USGS text: “The teddybear cholla or "jumping cholla" (Cylindropuntia bigelovii) grow in the transition zone between the lower, warmer Colorado Desert and the higher, cooler Mojave Desert ecosystems (USDA, [2010e]). Note: although this variety of cholla is more ornamentally attractive than other cholla, it is particularly hazardous to pets and young children. The name "jumping cholla" is well deserved; the stiff and very sharp barbed spine can easily become imbedded in shoes and skin. Stay on the trail and do not attempt to touch the spines or collect the fallen branches!”
ALT Handmade pottery blue mug with mosquito designs
ALT Three PhD students (left to right: Anna DiPaola, Annika Salzberg, and Chloe Cho) seated in front of a table covered in a variety of insect-themed merchandise ranging from crocheted spider to posters and t-shirts.
ALT A close up of handmade mugs, postcards, prints, and crocheted spider coasters, and stickers.
ALT Above view of merch table.
ALT Close up of a click beetle linoleum block print, mushroom print, isopod print, and weevil print.
