Posts Tagged: spotted cucumber beetle
Gotcha!
It wasn't much of a fight.The assassin bug scored a TKO.Here's what happened: an assassin bug...
Predator and the prey: Assassin bug (left) corners a pest, a spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Assassin bug stabs the spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Assassin bug wins. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Assassin bug dining on spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In the Pink: A Backyard Safari
You don't have to travel to Africa to go on safari. You can go on a "bug" safari in your own...
Pollen-laden honey bee foraging on a pink African daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fiery skipper sips nectar from a pink African daisy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spotted cucumber beetle senses danger and is about to fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two's Company, Three's a Crowd
Two's company, three's a crowd?Yes, when a spotted cucumber beetle tries to share a sunflower with...
Spotted cucumber beetle sharing a sunflower with two honey bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee packing a heavy load. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bucolic scene--bee hives straddling a sunflower field. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beetle Mania
Gardeners pinch them. Photographers shoot them. Hikers wonder what they are.The spotted cucumber...
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Two on a Poppy
Seaside Daisy
Sideways
The movie, "Sideways," has nothing on a spotted cucumber beetle climbing up, down and...
Spotted cucumber beetle
Spotted cucumber beetle inside rock purslane