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Do 'Cats Eat Other 'Cats? Do Larva Eat Other Larva?

It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. It's also a 'cat-eat-'cat world, that is, when a caterpillar...

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Posted on Monday, June 5, 2017 at 4:54 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Asian lady beetle (1), flower fly (1), hover fly (1), lady beetle (14), larva (1), syprhid fly (1), yellow rose (1)

A Chance Encounter with an Ichneumon

So here's this lady beetle patrolling a rosebud. It's early spring--April 15--in Vacaville,...

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Posted on Monday, April 17, 2017 at 5:44 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Charles Darwin (1), Ichneumonidae (1), lady beetle (14), male parasitic wasp (1), Robbin Thorp (1), rosebud (1)

Can Lady Beetle Larvae Eat Aphids?

Can the larvae of lady beetles (aka ladybugs) eat aphids? Yes, they can.  And yes, they...

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Posted on Friday, April 14, 2017 at 5:43 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: alligators (1), lady beetle (14), ladybugs (1), larvae (1), roses (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (1), UC IPM (2), UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (1)

The Hitchhiker

Oleander aphids, those cartoonish-looking yellow insects with black legs and cornicles, are...

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Posted on Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 8:10 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: lady beetle (14), lady bug (3), Los Angeles Times (1), milkweeds (1), oleander aphids (1), UC IPM (2)

Down on the Farm...

Down on the farm...the Loma Vista Farm.... When the Loma Vista Farm--part of the Vallejo City...

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Posted on Monday, May 25, 2015 at 4:54 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vosnesenskii (1), lady beetle (14), Loma Vista Farm (1), spotted cucumber beetle (1), Western tiger swallowtail (1), yellow-faced bumble bees (1)

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