Posts Tagged: woolly
What's that Sticky Stuff on my Car?
It's hot outside, so like a lot of people, you try to park your car under a tree in parking lots...
UC Davis Researchers: Wooly Bear Caterpillars Pick Winner of U.S. Presidential Campaign
Score another win for those wooly bear caterpillars. For the past three decades, wooly bear...
UC Davis researchers Rick Karban (left) and his graduate student Eric LoPresti with their chart linking wooly bear caterpillars to U.S. Presidential elections. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of U.S. Presidential election predictions (red designates Republicans and blue, Democrats).
A wooly bear caterpillar on Bodega Head in 2011. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wooly bear caterpillars eating lupine in 2008 on Bodega Head, Sonoma County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Insect You May Overlook
If you're walking along the cliffs of Bodega Head, Sonoma County, you may overlook them. While...
Sand wasp, Bembix americana, foraging on a seaside daisy on Bodega Head, Sonoma County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of sand wasp, Sand wasp, Bembix americana, foraging on a seaside daisy on Bodega Head, Sonoma County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sand wasp foraging for food on the seaside woolly sunflower, also nicknamed lizard tail and seaside golden yarrow. Its botanical name is Eriophyllum staechadifolium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Why a Population of 'Bears' May Predict White House Occupancy
Forget the polls that claim to know who will win the U.S. Presidency. Let's hear it from the...
A hungry woolly bear caterpillar, the immature form of the Ranchman's Tiger Moth, Platyprepia virginalis. This photo was taken in April 2011 in the Bodega Marine Reserve. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Sticky Situation on Hackberry Trees
If your neighborhood has Chinese hackberry trees, chances are you've noticed a sticky substance on...