Backyard Orchard News
Saving the Monarchs
If you think people don't care about monarch butterflies, think again. A recent...
A monarch butterfly on lantana last week in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Monarch taking flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lovin' the Zinnias
Orange zinnias not only brighten our autumn days but glorify our gardens. And when there's a bug...
Hover fly, Eristalis hirta, on zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of Hover fly, Eristalis hirta, on zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All the Way from Down Under
One of the most prominent and distant--as in far away--visitors to...
This photo of a bee foraging on a zinnia, taken in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, graces the front and back covers of "Bee Friendly: A Planting Guide for European Honeybees and Australia Native Pollinators." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Budsport - Pathway to a New Citrus Variety
Occasionally a single limb of a citrus tree produces unusual fruit that looks or tastes different...
'Frost Owari' satsuma budsport
'Frost Owari' satsuma - the rest of the tree
Things That Go Bump and Boo in the Night
It was about things that go bump and boo in the night during the annual Bohart Museum...
Skull shares the habitat of the giant cave cockroah (Blaberus gigante). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kate Brown, a third-year UC Davis School of Medicine students, with her Monarch wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Leia Matern answers a question from her daughter, Tilly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)