Backyard Orchard News
Insect Wedding Photography-- Or How a Tired Ol' Male Proved He Wasn't
You're heard these idioms: The early bird gets the worm First come, first...
A newly eclosed female Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) hanging from her empty chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A tired old male, his wings tattered and torn, is the first to arrive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The action at the "altar": the newly eclosed female Gulf Fritillary and the tired old male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two Gulf Fritillary butterflies become one. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Woodlake High School Ag Academy Does Ag Research at Lindcove
On Friday, August 31st the Woodlake High School 9th grade Agriculture Academy students, led by...
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Hanford Ag Academy Does Science at Lindcove
Thirty Hanford Ag Academy 9th grade students, led by teacher Jason Ferreira came to...
Hike It, Bike It, Sight-See It at UC Davis Arboretum--and Now, a Photo Contest!
You hike it, bike it, and sight-see it. You exercise the dog (and yourself), meet up with...
A honey bee takes a liking to a red Japanese apricot, Prunus mume "Matsubara red," n the Storer Garden, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. This blooms around January-February. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee nectaring on an almond blossom at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is Nature's Gallery, the work of the UC Davis Art and Science Fusion Program, headed by artist-entomologist Diane Ullman of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and artist and UC Davis alumni Donna Billick. This work is located near the Storer Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's Going On with the Monarchs?
What's going on with the monarchs? Our little pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif., usually...
A male monarch on Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) on Aug. 30 in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male monarch butterfly nectaring on Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif. on Aug. 30. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male monarch perches on the top of a Mexican sunflower in an image taken Aug. 30 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)