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Oh, What a (Moth) Night!

Moth Night at the Bohart Museum of Entomology was the first-ever evening open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, what a (moth) night! Saturday, July 18 marked the beginning of National Moth...

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Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 6:45 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (13), Fran Keller (10), Greg Kareofelas (25), Jeff Smith (2), John DeBenedictis (1), Moth Night (2), Steve Heydon (3), Tabatha Yang (3)

Ants and Moths: Think Noon and Night!

A worker Formica moki ant, as seen in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven.

It promises to be a fun and educational entomological weekend at the University of California,...

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Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 6:56 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Ant Day (1), ants (1), Christine Casey (1), Elina Niñ0 (1), Greg Kareofelas (25), Jeff Smith (2), Lynn Kimsey (10), moth (1), Moth Night (2), moths (1), Phil Ward (1), Tabatha Yang (3)

Mighty Mites!

Water mites on a damselfly. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas, taken with a Canon Elph)

If you've ever been "up close and personal" to a damselfly, you might have seen the water...

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Posted on Monday, June 29, 2015 at 5:36 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Arrenurus mitoensis. (1), damselflies (1), Greg Kareofelas (25), water mites (1)

Seeing Spots--12 of Them

A twelve-spotted dragonfly. Libellula pulchella, perches on a bamboo stake. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The most common dragonfly in our little family bee garden is the red flameskimmer, Libellula...

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Posted on Monday, June 22, 2015 at 4:30 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: dragonflies (3), Fran Kellery (1), Greg Kareofelas (25), Libellula pulchella (2), Lynn Kimsey (10)

One Cool Little Moth: Schinia sueta!

This moth, Schinia sueta, feeds on hairy vetch, Vicia villosa, in a meadow at Hastings Preserve, Carmel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ever heard of Schinia sueta? It's a moth. We spotted this little moth, from the Noctuidae family,...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 5:44 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (5), Greg Kareofelas (25), hairy vetch (1), Schinia sueta (1), Vicia villosa (1)

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