Bug Blog
Two 'Streaks on a Sedum
Two 'streaks on a sedum. Sounds like a song, doesn't it? Actually there were two gray hairstreaks (Strymon melinus) on a sedum today in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a...
Two gray hairstreaks and a honey bee sharing a sedum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Foraging Force of a Honey Bee Colony
With all the talk about honey bee nutrition lately, just how much food does a honey bee colony need and how far can the workers fly to find find it? "A healthy honey bee colony requires...
Honey bees foraging on pomegranate blossoms. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A single honey bee on a sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Inside the hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Frit Kind of Day
It was a Gulf Fritillary kind of day last Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis. That would be Agraulis vanillae. Visitors to the open house saw Gulf Frit eggs,...
An adult Gulf Fritillary butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at UC Davis, holds up a finger to designate "One caterpillar." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Caterpillar pupating. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Robber Fly: Totally Aggressive
Check out that moustache! Once you see the powerfully built robber fly of the Asilidae family, with its huge eyes, short proboscis and bristly "moustache," you won't forget it. It's an aggressive...
Close-up shot of a robber fly's eyes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of a robber fly on sedum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bird's eye view of a robber fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Flower Feeders
University of Minnesota honey bee researcher Marla Spivak, in her TED talk on honey bee health, referred to bees as "flower feeders." That they are. Flower feeders. As are other pollinators from...
A Gulf Fritillary butterfly, Agraulis vanillae, sharing a passion flower with honey bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Valley carpenter bee and a honey bees working the passion flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two Valley carpenter bees on a passion flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)