Backyard Orchard News
These Girls Could Make or Break Your Halloween!
This just in for Halloween! Ever seen a false black widow spider? Commonly known as the cupboard...
This is a female false black widow, Steatoda grossa, photographed in Davis, Calif. and released. (Photo by Adrienne Austin-Shapiro)
This is a female black widow spider (Latrodectus), straddling her egg cases. This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Strathmore Ag Academy Students Experience Lindcove REC
Freshmen Ag Academy students from Strathmore High School participated in science and...
Those Beautiful 'Cats
Late bloomers. Late eaters. Monarch butterflies are migrating now, but we're still finding a few...
A monarch caterpillar outlined against the blue sky in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch caterpillar making the most of it on a broadleaf milkweed, Asclepias speciosa, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Some of the monarch caterpillars are darker than others. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Climate Change Affects Bees
Have you ever wondered how climate change affects bees? Honey bees and native bees? You can find...
This ceramic-mosaic sculpture of a worker bee, by self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Common Checkered Skipper: Sometimes It's Not So Common!
The Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) is never alone. It loves company, attracting scores of insect...
A common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, visits a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, leaving the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)