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The Bee and The Ladybug

A honey bee and a lady beetle, aka lady bug, thrust deep inside a mustard blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A little drama in the mustard patch... A honey bee is foraging head-first in the mustard. She's...

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Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: honey bee (2), lady beetle (16), ladybug (6), mustard (1)

Focus Area Tags: Food Natural Resources Yard & Garden

Lady Beetles: The First Ladies of the Garden Having a Ball

A lady beetle feasts on aphids on a milkweed plant, Gomphocarpus physocarpus, also known as balloon-plant milkweed or hairy balls. Note the spiky hairs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

See those red spots on your milkweed seed pods? Lady beetles (aka ladybugs or "garden heroes") are...

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Posted on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 4:17 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Allison Domonoske (1), aphids (3), Gomphocarpus physocarpus (1), lady beetle (16), lady bug (4), Master Gardener (1), milkweed (1), monarch (1), White House tablescape (1), White House Thanksgiving (1)

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

A lady beetle larva attacking and eating a syrphid fly larva. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Asian lady beetle (1), flower fly (1), hover fly (1), lady beetle (16), larva (1), syprhid fly (1), yellow rose (1)

A Chance Encounter with an Ichneumon

A lady beetle meeets a male parasitic wasp from the family Ichneumonidae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Charles Darwin (1), Ichneumonidae (1), lady beetle (16), male parasitic wasp (1), Robbin Thorp (1), rosebud (1)

Can Lady Beetle Larvae Eat Aphids?

Close-up of a lady beetle larva eating an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: alligators (1), lady beetle (16), ladybugs (1), larvae (1), roses (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (1), UC IPM (2), UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (1)

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