Posts Tagged: ants
Let's All Appreciate Ants! Don't Miss These Biodiversity Museum Programs
Let's take a moment to appreciate ants. You know you want to! Did you own--and treasure--an ant...
UC Davis professor Phil Ward looking for ants. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A winter ant, Prenolepis imparis, encounters a jumping spider on an almond tree on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Program: Learning About the Diversity of Life
It's science-based and it's family friendly. And it's where you can learn more about honey...
This sculpture of a worker bee anchors the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. Titled "Miss Bee Haven," it is by Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee and a velvet tree ant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ernesto Sandoval of the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory checks out a cacao tree, also called "a chocolate tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UCF Researcher: When a Fungal Parasite Turns an Ant Into a Zombie
If you're curious about how a fungus can turn an ant into a zombie, you'll want to hear what...
A Zombie ant. (Photo by Nash Turley)
On Making a Mountain Out of an Ant Hill
When you "make a mountain out of a molehill," you're exaggerating the severity of the...
Piper, a West Highland white terrier, aka Westie, "polices" two carpenter ant mounds in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Being the curious sort, Piper, a West Highland white terrier, sniffs a carpenter ant mound in a Vacaville park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of carpenter ants, Camponotus semitestaceus (as identified by UC Davis-trained entomologist Brendon Boudinot). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Of Ants, Hummingbird Feeders and Feelings
How do you keep ants off your hummingbird feeders? That was a question a Bug Squad reader asked:...
Ants head for food on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A hummingbird heads for a feeder in Vacaville, Calif. This feeder has no ants. Note: don't use red food coloring in your feeders; many feeders now are of red glass. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)