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Wonderful World of Insects

Kids love bugs. And they love books on bugs. One of the bug books we...

Diversity of Insects

DIVERSITY OF INSECTS--From the Madagascar hissing cockroach to the praying mantis to the grasshopper, insects are diverse. This is part of a collection owned by UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Andrew Forbes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 6:29 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Andrew Forbes (3), Charles Darwin (4), diversity of insects (1)

Biodiversity Creates Biodiversity

Biodiversity creates biodiversity. That point comes through loud and clear when you read the...

Andrew Forbes

IN THE LAB--UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Andrew Forbes works in the lab. His research on the apple maggot and a parasitic wasp will be published Feb. 6 in the journal Science. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Parasitic Wasp

This is a male Diachasma alloeum wasp on an apple. (Photo by Andrew Forbes)

Apple Maggot Fly

This is a female apple maggot fly (Rhagoletis pomonella) on the surface of an apple (Photo by Andrew Forbes)

Emergence

A wasp, Diachasma alloeum, emerges from the puparium of an apple maggot. (Photo by Andrew Forbes)

Posted on Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 5:38 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Andrew Forbes (3), apple maggot (1), biodiversity (11), parasitoid wasp (1), Science (8)

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Posts Tagged: Andrew Forbes

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