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Ever Seen a Pink Praying Mantis?

Have you ever seen a pink praying mantis, Stagmomantis californica? No? Now you have. Adrienne...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 4:56 PM

Comments: 1

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Adrienne Austin-Shapiro (1), Art Shapiro (13), California mantis (1), Davis (2), pink praying mantis (1), pink predator (1), Stagmomantis californica (1), UC Davis (95)

A WSU-Tagged Monarch: What a Traveler!

What are the odds? What are the odds? A monarch—the most special monarch ever--fluttered...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 5:01 PM

Comments: 6

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: David James (1), Entomological Society of America (6), monarch butterlfy (1), monarch@wsu.edu (1), serial number (1), tags (1), UC Davis (95), Vacaville (1), Washington State University (4), WSU (1)

Have a Rice Day! (Except for the Armyworms)

It's a day that rice growers look forward to. Bugs, not so much. Because they're...

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Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 5:51 PM

Comments: 0

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: California Rice Day (1), Extension entomologist (1), fall armyworm (1), insecticides (1), Larry Godfrey (2), Spodoptera frugiperda (1), UC Davis (95)

Forget the Soaps: Let's Talk Soapberry Bugs!

A soap opera is usually defined as a drama performed as a serial on daytime TV. But soapberry bugs...

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Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at 5:29 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Linda Osborne (1), Louie Yang (1), Meredith Cenzer (1), Scott Carroll (1), soapberry bugs (1), UC Davis (95)

The Unseen World of Gulf Fritillaries

Let's celebrate the Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae). If you have a passionflower vine...

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Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 at 5:08 PM

Comments: 5

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: adult butterfly (1), Agraulis vanillae (4), Art Shapiro (13), caterpillar (2), chrysalid (1), egg (2), Gulf Fritillary (3), metamorphosis (1), passionflower vine (3), UC Davis (95)

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