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A Delightful Find

The egg case or ootheca of a praying mantis, is attached to the stem of a lavender plant. Note the small hole on the left, near the top--the exit hole of a parasitoid, according to Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Any day's a good day when you find the ootheca (egg case) of a praying mantis in your yard. It's...

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Posted on Monday, February 27, 2017 at 3:40 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (10), egg case (2), honey bee (12), Lynn Kimsey (6), ootheca (5), praying mantis (66), predators (3)

Please Eat a Stink Bug!

A praying mantis at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, dines on a stink bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, if we could just engage in some menu planning and preparation! How often have you thought of...

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Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at 5:26 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (10), Charlotte Herbert (1), praying mantis (66), selfie (1), stink bug (1)

Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer

A tattered monarch makes a refueling stop on a Tithonia in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

You've heard the expression, "On a wing and a prayer." It apparently originated during World War...

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Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 5:35 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: a wing and a prayer (1), birds (1), Buddleia (1), Lantana (1), migratory monarchs (2), praying mantis (66), predators (3), Tithonia (7)

The Monarch and the Mantis

A gravid praying mantis, her abdomen bloated, grabs a migrating monarch nectaring on a butterfly bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you're rearing monarchs or offering them a “way station” of nectar-producing flowers...

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Posted on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: butterfly bush (2), camouflaged (2), migratory monarchs (2), monarch (2), praying mantis (66), prey (6)

Sometimes The Unexpected Happens

UC Davis entomology student Wade Spencer holds the female praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sometimes the unexpected happens. Take the case of the female praying mantis delivered to the...

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Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 5:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (10), praying mantis (66), UC Davis (4), Wade Spencer (1)

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