Backyard Orchard News
The Beauty of a Carpenter Bee's Wings
There's an old saying applicable to child-rearing: "First you give them roots, and then you give...
Iridescent wings of a female Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta. The bee is nectaring on showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa, but she's the one putting on a show. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
State's Proposed Permit Rules for Insect-Collecting: Onerous, Obtrusive, Obstructive
When UC Regents scholar Heather Wilson, a junior specialist in the Frank Zalom lab, UC Davis...
Lynn Kimsey (third from left), director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at UC Davis, leading a field trip to collect insects on the Student Farm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two Icons: Old Glory and the Glorious Monarch
Two icons, the American flag and the monarch butterfly, are flying high today. The American flag,...
Two icons: the American flag, which represents our democracy, and the monarch butterfly, which is linked to a monarchy. The common name, "monarch," refers to "The Prince of Orange" who would later become known as King William III of England." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Monarch Sightings in the UC Davis Arboretum: Cause for Celebration
What a delight to see. We strolled through milkweed patches in the UC Davis Arboretum Thursday...
A monarch on milkweed in the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male monarch touches down on foliage in the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male monarch in the UC Davis Arboretum suns itself. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Christine Merlin and Monarchs: How They Use Their Circadian Clocks for Seasonal Migration
Did you know that monarch butterflies use a circadian clock to navigate to their overwintering...
Christine Merlin, shown here examining a monarch butterfly, will speak on "The Monarch Butterfly Circadian Clock: from Clockwork Mechanisms to Control of Seasonal Migration" on May 31 at UC Davis. (Texas A&M Photo)