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About Those Drones,,,
Everyone's talking about the drones. You know, the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Those flying...
A drone fly, Eristalis tenax, foraging on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Note the distinguishable "H" on the abdomen on the drone fly, Eristalis tenax. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a drone fly feeding. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Woodlake Highschool Academy of Sustainable Agriculture Explores Lindcove REC
More than forty students from the Woodlake Highschool Academy of Sustainable Agriculture came to...
A Wake-Up Call to Conserve California's Monarchs
It's been called a "wake-up call." And that it is. It's designed to alert people to a problem that...
A monarch butterfly nectaring on a butterfly bush in Vacaville, Calif. today (Oct. 10). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male monarch touches down and rests on a bee condo in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Walter Leal: An Entomologist Without Borders
Professor Walter Leal of the University of California, Davis, is co-chairing the 2016...
Walter Leal: an entomologist without borders. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Welcome Back, Monarchs!
It will be a monarch-kind of day. And why not? Monarch enthusiasts are eagerly...
A monarch lands on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif. It may head to an overwintering site in Santa Cruz. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch adjusts its position. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch continues to feed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The majestic monarch in all its glory. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)