Backyard Orchard News
A Little Sticktoitiveness
Well, it did what it was supposed to do. It walked. When Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart...
A stick insect in the process of molting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A stick insect, or walking stick, makes the rounds at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Bohart Museum visitor gently touches a stick insect. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why Vector-Borne Diseases Remain a Key Threat to Human Health
"Vector-borne diseases remain a key threat to human health, wildlife, and plants, in part, due to...
This Culex mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, transmits West Nile virus and other viruses. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Not Just Honey Bees Pollinate Almonds
It's beginning to look a lot like...almond pollination season in California. Almonds usually begin...
A yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, forages on almond blossoms in Benicia, Calif., on Feb. 2. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, peers up at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Flight of the bumble bee. This is a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Coming right at you! Bombus vosnesenskii departs one blossom to find another. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Noted Garden Designer Kate Frey: Plant a Pollinator Garden And They Will Come
Would you like to design and plant a bee friendly garden? Do you want to attract such pollinators...
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, forages for nectar on teasel in the Kate and Ben Frey Garden, Hopland, while a pollen-laden honey bee wants her share. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, share teasel in the Kate and Ben Frey Garden, Hopland. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Praying Mantises to Draw Attention at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day
It's about value. It's about respect. It should not be about fear. UC Davis entomology major...
UC Davis entomology major Lohitashwa “Lohit” Garikipati showed his praying mantises at a Bohart Museum open house last September. He will be showing his collection on Saturday, Feb. 17 during the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a close-up of an orchid mantis, Hymenopus coronatus, on the move. It is part of the collection of UC Davis entomology student Lohitashwa “Lohit” Garikipati, secretary of the UC Davis Entomology Club. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A praying mantis held next to the Bohart Museum of Entomology banner. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)