Backyard Orchard News
Thank You, Mrs. Monarch!
Thank you, Mrs. Monarch. Thank you for laying your eggs on our newly planted narrowleaf...
A monarch caterpillar chowing down milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The long and short of it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An adult monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spreading his wings--a male monarch on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yes, It Happens: Sexual Cannibalism in Praying Mantids
Yes, it happens. We've heard the stories and read some of the scientific literature about what a...
A mating pair of praying mantids. At left is the male, soon to lose his head. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The headless male lived about eight hours. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the headless male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Effect of the Drought on Insects
The severe California drought--we're in the fourth year--is affecting us all, but it's also...
he drought has caused a number of immature praying mantids to die for lack of food. This is a female female Stagmomantis californica, as identified by Andrew Pfeiffer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gene expression in Lane Late navels
Rachel Rattner is beginning her 5th year in the Plant Biology Ph.D program at UC Riverside working...
Immature Lane Late navel fruit (Citrus sinensis)
Roots from sour orange rootstock (Citrus aurantium)
The Spider and the Skipper
This is a a story about a spider and a skipper. Technically, a banded garden spider (Argiope...
A banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata)--as identified by UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro--waits for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciata) wraps its meal, a male fiery skipper (Hylephila phyleus). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
While the garden spider wraps its prey, two fiery skippers (Hylephila phyleus) prepare to mate on a Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)