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'Oh, Is This One of Your Bees?'
The photo just begs for a caption. The praying mantis, with a female sweat bee grasped in its...
What are you looking at? A praying mantis, with a female sweat bee grasped in its spiked forelegs, looks at the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Praying mantis continues to eat the sweat bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Diggin' the Digger Bee
Diggin' the digger bee... We spotted this female digger bee, Anthophora urbana, zooming in on some...
Female digger bee, Anthophora urbana, on zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey),
Female digger bee, Anthophora urbana, peers over the petals of a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Caught in flight, a female digger bee, Anthophora urbana, heads for a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meet a Carpenter Bee
Meet a carpenter bee. This one (below) is a male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, as...
Male mountain or foothill carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, on salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tiger by the Tail? Not This Time!
Don't look now, but a garden spider almost grabbed a tiger by the tail. The tiger? That would be...
Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, nectars on a zinnia, unaware of the danger lurking below. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of garden spider tucked beneath the petals. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Multi-location Replicated Mandarin Trials
A block of promising mandarin varieties of commercial importance were planted at Lindcove this...
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