Backyard Orchard News
Mighty Mites
The creative folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, have done it again. Among the...
Get parasitized! The sign at the Bohart Museum says it all. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Lovely Ladies at the Laidlaw
So far, so good. The three queen bumble bees (Bombus melanopygus) we found buzzing around our...
The three queen bumble bees (Bombus melanopygus). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bumble bee expert and UC Davis emeritus professor Robbin Thorp checks the trio. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
And the Winner of the Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest...
Don't go looking for the first-flight cabbage white butterfly of the year in Yolo, Solano and...
Suds for a bug...this is the cabbage white butterfly that Art Shapiro caught Jan. 14. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Professor Art Shapiro with his newly netted cabbage white butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Let the Bed Bugs Bite
Most of us remember the old nursery rhyme, "Good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed...
Forceps held by Danielle Wishon zero in on a bed bug to be fed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bed bug scurries away after taking a blood meal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two bed bugs on Danielle Wishon's arm. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Danielle Wishon (foreground at left) answers questions. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Which Bug's for You?
What's your favorite bug? Inquiring minds want to know. At least one inquiring mind wants to...
A honey bee heading toward an almond blossom. The honey bee is one of the candidates for Insect News Network's Bug of the Year. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)