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Seconds Count When You're Photographing Butterflies

A mating pair of Gulf Fritillaries, Agraulis vanillae. Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

When you're capturing images of butterflies, seconds count. They're unpredictable. They move from...

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Posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 5:12 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (1), Gulf Fritillaries (3), mating (5), orange butterfly (1), Passiflora (1), passion butterfly (1)

Love Out of the Blue

European male carder bees mating. The male, the larger bee, is about the size of honey bee. The European carder bees were introduced in New York in 1963 and became established in California in 2007, scientists say. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Birds do it...bees do it... You've probably seen the territorial male European carder bees on...

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Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 10:46 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bluebeard (1), Caryopteris (1), European carder bee (1), love in the bluebeard (1), love out of the blue (1), mating (5)

Insect Art in the Garden

The tiny yellow egg of a Gulf Fritillary glows in the early morning sun. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you look closely, you'll not only see the cycle of life in your garden, but art as the center of...

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Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 1:34 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: adult (1), Art Shapiro (1), butterflies (1), caterpillar (1), chrysalis (1), egg (1), Gulf Fritillaries (3), mating (5), passionflower vine (1), UC Davis (1)

Make Renewals, Not Resolutions

Two Gulf Fritillaries becoming one in the lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 the last day of the year. Looking back, it was a year of wonder...

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Posted on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 5:40 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bees (1), Gulf Fritillaries (3), Happy New Year (1), mating (5), pollinators (1)

Oh, the Life of a Praying Mantis...

Praying mantis hangs upside down on a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, the life of a praying mantis... You can hang upside down like an acrobat, shading yourself...

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Posted on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at 10:58 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (1), Lynn Kimsey (1), mating (5), praying mantis (1), salvia (1)

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