Bug Blog
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)
Up Close and Personal With a Praying Mantis
If you've never been up close and personal with a praying mantis, here's your chance. At the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 1 to 4 p.m., at the University of...
Night time for the praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The praying mantis, quite camouflaged. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Cold, Hard Facts About Honey Bees
Photos of honey bees can sometimes exude a dreamy, even ethereal quality, but in real life, bees are in trouble. That's why Marla Spivak's TED talk should be required viewing. Spivak, a...
Honey bee on a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)