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A Perfect Perch for a Dragonfly

A perfect perch. A young male variegated meadowhawk dragonfly, Sympetrum corruptum, found a...

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Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 5:46 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (8), dragonfly (1), Greg Kareofelas (1), Sympetrum corruptum (1), UC Davis (134), variegated meadowhawk dragonfly (1)

The Predator and the Pest

So here's this praying mantis perched on top of a prickly pear cactus. It's early morning and...

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Posted on Monday, October 3, 2016 at 5:42 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (24), cabbage white butterfly (6), cole crops (1), Pieris rapae (6), praying mantis (5), prickly pear cactus (1), UC Davis (134)

Ever Seen a Pink Praying Mantis?

Have you ever seen a pink praying mantis, Stagmomantis californica? No? Now you have. Adrienne...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 4:56 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Adrienne Austin-Shapiro (1), Art Shapiro (24), California mantis (1), Davis (2), pink praying mantis (1), pink predator (1), Stagmomantis californica (1), UC Davis (134)

A WSU-Tagged Monarch: What a Traveler!

What are the odds? What are the odds? A monarch—the most special monarch ever--fluttered...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 5:01 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: David James (1), Entomological Society of America (8), monarch butterlfy (1), monarch@wsu.edu (1), serial number (1), tags (1), UC Davis (134), Vacaville (1), Washington State University (5), WSU (1)

Have a Rice Day! (Except for the Armyworms)

It's a day that rice growers look forward to. Bugs, not so much. Because they're...

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Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at 5:51 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: California Rice Day (1), Extension entomologist (1), fall armyworm (1), insecticides (1), Larry Godfrey (2), Spodoptera frugiperda (1), UC Davis (134)

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