Backyard Orchard News
Hold That Tiger!
When you're chasing a tiger, you don't have to worry about the fangs or the claws. No worries...
The Western tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) approaches a plumbago in the Storer Garden, UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sign of the times, the nectaring times! The Western tiger swallowtail nectars near the plumbago sign. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's better than one Western tiger swallowtail? Two of them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Up, up and away! The Western tiger swallowtail soars above the dwarf plumbago. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seeing Spots All Day
"You can hawk and perch in our yard all day if you want," I told her. And she did. A...
A female whitetail, Plathemis lydia, claims a bamboo stake. This dragonfly is often mistaken for a twelve-spotted dragonfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
With an orange Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in the background, the common whitetail checks out its surroundings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Caught in flight, the common whitetail dragonfly sails over the pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Saga of the Milkweed, Bee and Caterpillar
So here's this tattered old worker bee seeking some nectar from the broadleaf milkweed, Asclepias...
A tattered honey bee seeking nectar from a milkweed blossom encounters a monarch caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Well, hello, there!" The antennae of the bee and monarch caterpillar touch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee gets stuck in the sticky pollinia of the milkweed as a monarch caterpillar keeps munching away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bee carries the sticky winged pollen on her leg as she buzzes off. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Celebrate Moths at the Bohart Museum on Saturday Night, July 30
Ready...set...go! It's almost time to celebrate moths! How much do you know about moths? Do you...
UC Davis entomology graduate student Jessica Gillung shows Atlas moths from the Bohart Museum collection. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These moths are Rothschildia cincta, also known as giant silkworm moths. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Show Me the Honey!
Show me the honey! If you're a beekeeper in the United States and folks rave about your honey,...
A sunny day in the apiary--this is one of the scenes at Olivarez Honey Bees, Orland, Calif., owned by Ray Olivarez. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Rooftop beekeeping! Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (right, now emeritus) holds up a frame for a photograph. This photo was taken on the rooftop of the San Francisco Chronicle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee on a honey comb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)