Posts Tagged: IPM
'A Lady in Red': Petal Pusher?
It wouldn't make the news, even if it were a "Slow News Day." "Lady in Red Climbs Neon-Pink Petals...
A lady beetle nestled in an ice plant blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Let's climb! A lady beetle begins her ascent--up an ice plant blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
How am I doing? Am I doing this right? Lady beetle stops. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
I did it! I climbed my Mount Everest and I'm about to descend. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Wonderful World of Wasps
"Wasps are terrible. They come jam-packed full of pain and anger, and they love to sting us out of...
A Western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica, and a honey bee, Apis mellifera) sharing a rose in Davis, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A thirsty Western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica, sipping water from a fountain in Davis, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A European paper wasp, Polistes dominulo, preying on a caterpillar of the Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The nest of an European paper wasp, Polistes dominulo, tucked inside a shrub in a garden in Davis, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Damselflies: Long, Slender and Delicate
If you like your insects long, slender and delicate, and resembling a flying neon needle, the...
This damselfly appears framed "in the red" (a red vehicle light). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The damselfly is long and slender and is sometimes called "the devil's darning needle." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The common blue damselfly or Northern Bluet (Enallagma cyathigerum). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
No 'Assassination' Today!
No assassinations today! But an "assassination attempt." There it was, a leafhopper assassin...
An assassin bug, Zelus renardii,waits to ambush prey on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A longhorned bee arrives for some nectar while the assassin bug watches in apparent anticipation. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The longhorned bee leaves only its shadow behind. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This assassin bug had more luck--or better ambushing skills. It nails a pest, a spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Soldiering On
They're curious little critters. When solider beetles (family Cantharidae) go on patrol in...
A soldier beetle seeking aphids and other soft-bodied insects on a strawberry plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Here an aphid, there an aphid...A soldier beetle on patrol. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This image shows the soldier beetle's 11-segmented antennae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A quick flight to a fence post and then the soldier beetle prepares to leave. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)