Posts Tagged: fly
Pink Sugar and a Syrphid
Who doesn't like "Pink Sugar?" No, not the sweetener. The brilliantly...
A syrphid fly forages on an Arctotis "Pink Sugar" African daisy in Vacaville. Note the raindrops on the blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Orie Shafer: Researching the Sleep of a Fruit Fly
Did you know that the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is a powerful model organism for the...
A fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, feeding on a banana. (Photo by Sanjay Acharya, Wikipedia)
Larry Snyder Sharing Images of 'Insects at the Ditch'
They crawl, they fly, they flutter, they buzz. They look at us, and we look back. But if you're...
This is one of the images of monarchs that Davis resident Larry Snyder took at the North Davis Channel.
A tachnid fly grooming in the morning sun at the North Davis Channel. (Photo by Larry Snyder)
Two Engytatus varians share a tarweed flower. (Photo by Larry Snyder)
A Conversation with a Jumping Spider
Photographer: "Well, hello there, Jumping Spider! What 'cha doing?" Jumping Spider: "Sunning...
A jumping spider eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The jumping spider crawls over a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Enjoy Taking Images of Insects and Spiders? Enter the Insect Salon!
If you enjoy taking images of insects and spiders, enter the 65th international Insect Salon...
This image of a golden dung fly, Scathophaga stercoraria, won the ESA medal in the 2022 Insect Salon competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)