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Ode to an Earwig
A winter pollinator garden does not buzz with bees; it crawls with earwigs, ants, roly-polys, and...
This earwig was beneath a garden sculpture in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Take a Bug Break--and Bring Along This Book
Don't take a coffee break. Take a bug break. Step into your garden, walk over to a community park,...
A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A praying mantis, Mantis religiosa, looking for prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Booklice, Liposcelis bostrychophila, are nearly microscopic (about a millimeter long). You may find them in your cornmeal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata, perches on a stake. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina (formerly known as Xylocopa varipuncta). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
