Posts Tagged: Robbin Thorp
Now That's a Fly!
Oh, to go through life being called a "short fat fly."Such is the case with a specific tachinid fly...
Short fat fly (genus Gymnosoma) on coreopsis at Fort Bragg. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The larvae of this "short fat fly" feed on stink bugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Putting the 'Sun' in Sunflower
It's often mistaken for the honey bee.But it's not a honey bee (Apis mellifera). It's a different...
Sunflower bee, Svastra obliqua expurgata, on Gaillardia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the long-horn sunflower bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Berry, Berry Fine!
If you're gearing up for the Fourth of July weekend, you'll probably head to the farmers' market, a...
Honey bee pollinating a strawberry blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Luscious, freshly picked strawberries. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Little visitor to the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven samples a strawberry. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'The Little White Bees'
If it looks like a bee, sips nectar like a bee, and buzzes away like a bee, that doesn't mean it's...
Sand wasp on red flowering thyme. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Abdomen of sand wasp: note the black and white curvy stripes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Bee' is for Benefit
Who celebrated the most? Homo sapiens or Apis mellifera?It was difficult to tell.The Celebration of...
Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, shows UC master gardener Kathy Ziccardi a collection of his native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hillside hives at the Mill Valley home. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hillside crowd listens to Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of UC Davis, talk about native bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bur marigolds (Bidens ferulifolia) brighten the garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)