Posts Tagged: predator
There's an Assassin in Your Garden
Ever seen assassination attempts in your garden? They are not pretty if you're the prey. Neither...
Can you find the nymph assassin bug on this Cleveland sage? This bug belongs to the genus Zelus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A nymph assassin bug strikes a pose on Cleveland sage. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This adult assassin bug, Zelus renardii, is ready to ambush prey on a double cosmos blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This adult assassin bug lurks almost unnoticed on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The predator: the assassin bug. This one is lying in wait on a nectarine leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gotcha! An assassin bug spears a male metallic sweat bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Not a Good Day for the Jumping Spider
Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you go hungry. Take the case of the huge jumping spider (a...
A honey bee narrowly avoids the outstretched jumping spider, a Phidippus audax. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Oops, wrong direction! The jumping spider,Phidippus audax, is looking elsewhere as a bee arrives on the scene. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The jumping spider, Phidippus audax, climbs its mountain and lurks. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The jumping spider, Phidippus audax, exits its summit, the Spanish lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ever Seen a Pink Praying Mantis?
Have you ever seen a pink praying mantis, Stagmomantis californica? No? Now you have. Adrienne...
Davis resident Adrienne Austin-Shapiro photographed this pink praying mantis, Stagmomantis californica, outside a pizza business in Davis.
This is a female Stagmomantis californica, commonly known as a California mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Where's the Praying Mantis?
It's one of the most recognizable of all insects--if you can find it. Ever had someone poke you...
Where's the praying mantis? Look closely on the milkweed and you'll find it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Time to climb. A praying mantis looking for prey on a milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A good spot to hang out. A praying mantis hanging upside down on a milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
A praying mantis engages in a little grooming as it nears the top of a milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
On top of the world--on top of a milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
To Kill a Monarch
It's a sin to kill a mockingbird, wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee in her classic...
A praying mantis nails a monarch butterfly on a butterfly bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey(
Close-up of the predator and the prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch butterfly wing in the foreground; praying mantis in the background. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)