Posts Tagged: bug
Celebrating the Crab Spider in Arachtober
It's Arachtober and that means celebrating arachnids for the entire month of October. Well,...
A crab spider eating a lygus bug, an agricultural pest in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What are “Good Bugs”?
There are many types of “good bugs” commonly found in the garden or landscape. In...
Is the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Bad?
The multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis, has a bad reputation. There is a common myth...
Who Won the 2024 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest?
Drum roll…. We have a winner in the annual Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest, in which the...
The cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, is white with small black dots on its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cabbage white butterfly nectaring on a catmint in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A statistics chart of the first flight of the cabbage white butterfly, a work created by Matthew Forister of the University of Nevada. He collaborates with his former professor, Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus.
Beer for a Butterfly? No Winner Yet!
As of today, Jan. 17, no one has won the Beer-for-a-Butterfly contest sponsored by butterfly guru...
A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, sipping nectar on catmint (Nepeta). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)