Posts Tagged: wings
How Do Flying Insects Turn on a Dime to Catch Prey?
If you've ever watched flameskimmer dragonflies (Libellula saturata) zip-zagging around your yard...
The first of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's "virtual seminars" featured Mary Salcedo of Virginia Tech talking about "Hydraulics in an Insect Wing." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This was the presentation that those watching the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's "virtual seminar" saw. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A question-and-answer session followed Mary Salcedo's presentation. This shows an image of Salcedo (top) and seminar coordinator Rachel Vannette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mary Salcedo: About Those Insect Wings...
Have you ever marveled at the wings of a grasshopper? Postdoctoral research fellow and insect...
This is a banded-wing grasshopper, family Acrididae. This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Flight of the Bumble Bee
Every time we see a pollen-packing bumble bee take flight, we think of the 300,000-pound Spruce...
Yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) heading for lupine at the Hastings Natural History Reserve, Carmel Valley, Monterey County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wings of Life
The buzz around UC Davis is about "The Wings of Life." The Disneynature film, narrated by Meryl...
Oregano is a favorite of honey bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Leather Wings
Some call them "soldier beetles."Some call them "leather-winged beetles."Some call them...
Soldier Beetle
Ready for Flight