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Posts Tagged: UC IPM
Spotted: A Lady Beetle in a Winter Wonderland
Spotted: A lady beetle (aka ladybug) feasting on aphids in her winter wonderland. It dines uninterrupted until it sees the shadow of what could...
A lady beetle feasting on aphids on a strawberry plant in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A lady beetle peers at the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These Beetles Don't Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles sang "I Want to Hold Your Hand." The elm leaf beetles and their larvae don't want to hold your hand--unless perhaps you're holding a elm...
Assorted elm leaf beetles and larvae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Eggs of the elm leaf beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Elm leaf beetle larva or caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An adult elm leaf beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An elm tree on Buck Avenue, Vacaville, showing defoliation by the elm leaf beetle and its larvae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Elm leaf beetles on an elm leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Bee and the Lygus Bug
Ever seen a beneficial insect and a pest sharing the same blossom? At a recent visit to the UC Davis Ecological Garden at the Student Farm, we...
A honey bee and a lygus bug sharing a batchelor button in the UC Davis Ecological Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The honey bee edges closer to the lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The insects meet, the honey bee, the beneficial insect, and the lygus bug, the pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Do You Know Your Spiders?
Do you know your spiders? If you engage in social media, you've probably seen a "what-is-this" query about a spider that some unsuspecting...
A mama widow spider juggles her egg sacs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A jumping spider eyes the photographer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A banded garden spider moving right along. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A garden spider lying in wait for prey in its web. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Catch of the day! A crab spider nails a lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
For the first butterfly, it was the right place at the right time. An alfalfa or sulfur butterfly (Colias eurytheme) fluttered into our...
An alfalfa butterfly, Colias eurytheme, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gotcha! This unfortunate alfalfa butterfly fluttered into the wrong place at the wrong time. In its larval stage, it is a pest of alfalfa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
