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Common Checkered Skipper: Sometimes It's Not So Common!

A common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, visits a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) is never alone. It loves company, attracting scores of insect...

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Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 3:18 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (9), common checkered skipper (1), Greg Kareofelas (36), Lavatera maritima (1), mallow (1), Mexican sunflower (1), Pyrgus communis (1), Tithonia (3), UC Davis Arboretum (1)

Oh, the Bugs They Saw at the Bohart!

Jordan Bailey, a student in Fran Keller's class at Folsom Lake College, holds a walking stick for extra credit. At right is Keller, an assistant professor and Bohart associate. She received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, hosted an open house showcasing specimens collected...

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Posted on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 5:33 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (20), David Wyatt (1), Fran Keller (13), Greg Kareofelas (36), Jeff Smith (5), Lynn Kimsey (14), open house (1), Tabatha Yang (5)

How Many Tagged Migrating Monarchs Have You Seen?

Roosting or overwintering monarchs in the Berkeley Aquatic Park on Nov. 30,2015. No tagged monarchs are visible. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's rare to see a tagged monarch, either when it's migrating to its overwintering site or when...

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Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 5:41 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (9), David James (1), Greg Kareofelas (36), monarchs (2), Tithonia (3), Washington State University (1)

Drama in the Pollinator Patch

A pollen-packing female longhorned bee, probably Melissodes agilis (as identified by Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis) wants the same flower that the male monarch has claimed. This is a Mexican sunflower, genus Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

So here's this newly eclosed male monarch trying to sip a little nectar from a Mexican sunflower...

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Posted on Wednesday, August 3, 2016 at 4:53 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: California Bees and Blooms (1), Danaus plexippus (1), Greg Kareofelas (36), Heyday (1), Melissodes agilis (1), monarch butterfly (1), Robbin Thorp (3), Tithonia (3)

Seeing Spots All Day

A female whitetail, Plathemis lydia, claims a bamboo stake. This dragonfly is often mistaken for a twelve-spotted dragonfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"You can hawk and perch in our yard all day if you want," I told her. And she did. A...

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Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 6:43 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (20), common whitetail dragonfly (1), Fran Keller (13), Greg Kareofelas (36), Libellula pulchella (3), Plathemis lydia (1)

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