Backyard Orchard News
In a Butterfly State-of-Mind
So here's this gravid praying mantis perched on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in a Vacaville...
An unsuspecting monarch lands next to a Mexican sunflower occupied by a predator, a praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch spots the praying mantis and in a winged frenzy, begins his escape. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch escapes. A close call! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's time to practice some more patience and persistence. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How Many Tagged Migrating Monarchs Have You Seen?
It's rare to see a tagged monarch, either when it's migrating to its overwintering site or when...
Roosting or overwintering monarchs in the Berkeley Aquatic Park on Nov. 30,2015. No tagged monarchs are visible. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Naturalist Greg Kareofelas (center), an associate with the Bohart Museum of Entomology, has sighted two tagged migrating monarchs, one at Table Mountain and the other at Knights Landing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
That Amazing Migrating Monarch Project
He may have been “born" in an Ashland, Ore., vineyard. But at least we know he hails from...
This migratory monarch, released Aug. 28 from Ashland, Ore. and tagged with monarch@wsu.edu A6093, nectared on Mexican sunflower in Vacaville, Calif. on Sept. 5. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the vineyard in Ashland where A6093 may have originated. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
WSU entomologist David James, wearing a monarch t-shirt, with citizen-scientist inmates at Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla. (Photo courtesy of WSU)
It's All the Buzz: WAS to Meet in Davis in 2017
It's all the buzz. It's just been announced that the Western Apicultural Society (WAS), founded 40...
This sign, fronting the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, is the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is "Miss Bee Haven," a worker bee ceramic-mosaic sculpture that anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It is the work of Donna Billick (shown) of Davis, a self-described "rock artist." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology operates the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet Your Entomologists Who Study Everything from Soapberry Bugs to Monarchs
A good place to meet entomologists and learn about what they're researching is at seminars. The UC...
The focus is on soapberry bugs in this collage by evolutionary ecologist Scott Carroll. Doctoral candidate Meredith Cenzer will speak on her research on Oct. 5.