Backyard Orchard News
On a Winning Streak!
You're on a winning streak when you spot a gray hairstreak. No, not the streak in Grandpa's...
Gray hairstreak, Strymon mellinus, nectaring on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. in April. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hi, there! A gray hairsteak checks out the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a European green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi). Charles J. Sharp of Sharp Photography, UK, captured this image in Aston Upthorpe, Oxfordshire. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
The Lady Beetle: An Eating Machine
The lady beetle, aka ladybug, is a veritable eating machine. Have you ever watched a lady beetle...
A lady beetle, aka ladybug, devouring an aphid, while other aphids appear to be "aphids in waiting." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The 'Best of the Best' Entomology Departments
Bugs rule! Congratulations to the world's top 10 entomology departments, as listed...
Visitors handling a black velvet walking stick with red wings at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beehold: Tees for Bees!
What a fantastic idea! And what an innovative way to help the bees, butterflies and other...
A bumble bee, Bombus vandykei, foraging on phacelia in Davis, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on lupine in Carmel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee foraging on a California golden poppy, the state flower, in Healdsburg, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This Bio Boot Camp Is Just for Teens
Teenagers who dig bugs and wildlife biology will love this! The UC Davis Bohart Museum of...
The 2011 UC Davis Bio Boot Camp featured a tour of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility on Bee Biology Road. Here the campers crowd around beekeeper Elizabeth Frost as she opens the hive. Frost is now the education officer for honey bees at the Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Berkeley's Sagehen Field Station, near Truckee, is a favorite of scientists. The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology hosted a faculty/graduate student retreat there Friday, Oct. 14 through Sunday, Oct. 16. Here Professor Phil Ward (far left) searches for ants. (Photo by Sandy Olkowski)