Bug Blog
Oh, Those Pestiferous Aphids!
By now, you're probably seen enough aphids to last you for the entire year. That's why we're looking forward to hearing Bryony Bonning speak on "Novel Toxin Delivery Strategies for Management of...
Pea aphids on a rose leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pea aphids claim a rose stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It Happened on Friday the 13th
It happened on Friday the 13th. It was the first swarm of the season at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road, University of California, Davis. The bees swirled,...
Honey bee swarm on the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Facility grounds on Friday the 13th. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey catches the swarm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bees enter a strategically placed hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Safari!
They're there.If you walk slowly into your garden or backyard, and observe your surroundings, you'll find them. A jumping spider perched on a rose leaf. A soldier beetle climbing out of a tulip. A...
A jumping spider perched on a rose leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A soldier beetle peers at the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A syrphid or flower fly foraging on a poppy blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollen Power
You've heard of "Got milk?"With honey bees, it's "Got pollen?"We spotted a lone honey bee on an African daisy last weekend. It was clear she'd been foraging for pollen. Pollen covered her legs and...
Honey bee collecting pollen on an African daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of bee covered with pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
Maggots and Termites and Cockroaches, Oh My!
Maggots and termites and cockroaches, oh my!And ants, honey bees, bumble bees, beetles, and skeeters, oh yes!Don't see "Ewww!" Say "Wow!"Those are just a few of the bugs that will be part of the UC...
Maggot Art involves maggots dipped into non-toxic, water-based paints. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A termite follows the "pheromone" or chemical attraction of a Bic pin. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
American cockroaches will compete in the cockroach races. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)