Posts Tagged: June
Seeing Japanese beetles in your California landscape? Not likely.
Originally posted August 26, 2016; edited July 10, 2018 Have you seen big green beetles in your...
On Flag Day, Both Flags and Monarchs Flutter
Today, June 14, is Flag Day, a time when we celebrate and commemorate our American flag. Our...
A majestic monarch butterfly, an icon, on an American flag. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A June Bridal Couple That Monarch Moms and Dads Will Hate
Ready for those June weddings? Coming to an altar near you...a bride and a groom. "When you marry...
ENT 1 Student Showcase Flyer 2017
Time for a June wedding--an insect wedding photo. These are tachinid flies on a rose leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a bridal couple photo that monarch moms and dads out there will hate. Close-up of two tachinid flies. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Tachinid fly maggots emerging from their host, a monarch caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A tachinid fly maggot emerging from its host, a monarch chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cute as a June Bug
You never hear anyone say "He's as cute as an earwig." Or, he's as cute as a "lygus bug." No....
June bug, aka fig beetle (Cotinus mutabilis) at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Andrew Richards)
Bohart Museum volunteer Sarah Huber shows a student a Madagascar hissing cockroach. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Writing with Light
I've always loved the wit and wisdom of insect-inspired poets. God in His wisdom made the fly And...
"Wanna make something of it?" Ten-lined June beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"C'mon in, the nectar's fine." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Hey, I'm a pollinator, too!" (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Don't think of me as a pest, just think of me as a bee. I'm a carpenter bee and a pollinator, too." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"I came for the nectar but I'm staying for the pollen." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"I'm out for blood." Culex quinquefasciatus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Spotted cucumber bee is a pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)