Backyard Orchard News
Getting a Zing Out of the Zinnias
If you're missing the warmth of summer and watching butterflies flutter around your garden, ...
A Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) spreads its wings on a yellow zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) lands on a pink zinnia. Good thing the fashion police aren't around.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Searching for the Most Unusual Gift?
It's definitely one of a kind. If you gift this to a family, friend or yourself, no one can ever...
Thisi polka-dotted weevil needs a species name. It's in the genus Macrocopturus in the weevil family Curculionidae. (Photos courtesy of the Bohart Museum)
Name, please! This insect, from the family Chrysididae and genus Hedychridium, was collected in Thailand. It needs a species name.
Stop and Smell the Rosemary
There's been a lot of talk lately about rosemary. Sniff the fragrance of the herb and it will...
A honey bee foraging on rosemary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Charlotte and the Walking Stick: A New Hair Barrette
The thing about walking sticks is that they walk. They don't skip, run, or gallop. They walk. And...
Graduate student Charlotte Herbert, who is seeking her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis, has a visitor in her hair--a stick insect barrette. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
George Alberts of Los Angeles points to a "barrette" in the hair of his friend, UC Davis entomology graduate student and Bohart volunteer Charlotte Herbert. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Counting Chickens, Counting Chrysalids
Counting butterflies before they eclose from their chrysalids is sort of like counting...
This monarch chrysalis, hanging outdoors in a hamper, is apparently not viable. It turned from jade green to back on Nov. 15. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An earlier success in monarch rearing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A newly released monarch on a milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)