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Guess Who Came to Dinner?

Picture this. A light rainstorm strikes the garden, pummeling and shredding some of the...

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Posted on Monday, November 23, 2009 at 6:55 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: aphids (23), Calandrinia grandiflora (1), honey bee (2), rock purslane (1)

Look Ma, No Aphids!

Got aphids? The important work that soldier beetles (family Cantharidae) do is never more...

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Posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 at 6:40 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: aphids (23), soldier beetles (4)

Ready for the Day

Insects are cold-blooded so their temperature coincides with their environment. Before the sun...

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Posted on Friday, April 24, 2009 at 1:18 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: aphids (23), early morning sun (1), ladybugs (11), soldier beetles (4)

Good Soldiers

They're good soldiers, those soldier beetles. Members of the family Cantharidae, they are...

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Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 4:14 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: aphids (23), beneficial insects (1), Cantharidae (1), rose bush (1), soldier beetles (4)

Fast Food

In a matter of days, the aphids discovered our newly purchased rose bushes. They clustered around...

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Posted on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 5:14 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: aphids (23), ladybugs (11), rose bushes (1)

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