Backyard Orchard News
Stalking the Red Flameskimmer
Who doesn't love the red flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata? If the Fourth of July had its...
Red flameskimmer dragonfly perching on a bamboo stake. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Red flameskimmer dragonfly against a solid background: a fence covered with a shade cloth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Red flameskimmer blends in a background filled with Jupiter's beard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Takeoff! All systems are go. Or green. Red flameskimmer adjusts its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee Friendly, Bee Happy and Bee Healthy
Sometimes when you walk through a bee garden, you feel Mother Nature tugging at your arm, pulling...
A bumble bee and a honey bee sharing teasel in the Kate and Ben Frey Garden, Hopland, Mendocino County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The lovely garden at the home of Kate and Ben Frey in Hopland.
Rounding a corner in the Kate and Ben Frey garden at their home in Hopland, Calif. Ben installed the drip irrigation system in the one-acre garden.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Kate Frey serves as a consultant for the pollinator gardens (shown) at the Lynmar Estate Winery, Sebastopol.
Another view of the pollinator gardens at Lynmar Estate Winery, Sebastopol. Kate Frey serves as the consultant.
Mosquitoes: Out for Blood
It's good to see UC Davis mosquito researchers featured in the KQED's science program, "Deep...
Culex quinquefasciatus, also known as the southern house mosquito, with a gut full of blood. Infected Culex mosquitoes can transmit the West Nile virus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Bioblitz in Belize!
They're calling it "Bohart Belize Bioblitz," or "B-cubed" or "B to the 3." It's an insect...
Entomologists David Wyatt and Fran Keller pose for a photo in Belize.
Those who will join the June 20-July 1 collecting trip to Belize gathered for a pre-trip meeting and pizza party on June 1 in the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Some of the insects collected on the 2015 Bohart Museum trip to Belize. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Big Cheer for a Crab Spider
What happened in our pollinator garden on June 3 probably would have promoted a standing ovation...
A crab spider nails an agricultural pest, a lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)