Posts Tagged: bugs

Jared Ali: 'Bad Bugs, Pungent Parasites and Toxic Travelers'

Fantastic title: "Bad Bugs, Pungent Parasites and Toxic Travelers!" Don't you just love that alliteration?  Jared Ali, an assistant professor...

The monarch caterpillar will be among the topics that seminar speaker Jared Ali will discuss at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology in-person and virtual seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 20. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The monarch caterpillar will be among the topics that seminar speaker Jared Ali will discuss at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology in-person and virtual seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, April 20. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What a Day! 2-22-22

Do good things come in twos? Well, yes. Today, 2-22-22, is a palindrome day. The numbers read the same way backward as they do forward. And it...

Lady beetles, aka ladybugs, keeping busy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lady beetles, aka ladybugs, keeping busy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gulf Fritillaries make a fantastic twosome. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gulf Fritillaries make a fantastic twosome. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Praying mantids as a couple. Note: the male did not lose his head, only his heart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Praying mantids as a couple. Note: the male did not lose his head, only his heart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Overwintering Milkweed Bugs on the Prowl

Have you seen any overwintering milkweed bugs lately? About a dozen milkweed bugs, Oncopeltus fasciatus, emerged from seclusion Jan....

Two's company, three's a crowd? Milkweed bugs on a cactus on Jan. 2, 2022 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Two's company, three's a crowd? Milkweed bugs on a cactus on Jan. 2, 2022 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A colorful milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus, sunning itself on a succulent on Jan. 2, 2022 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A colorful milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus, sunning itself on a succulent on Jan. 2, 2022 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Warmth of the January sun and these milkweed bugs are getting all of it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Warmth of the January sun and these milkweed bugs are getting all of it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The 13 Bugs of Christmas, Revisited

It's time to revisit the "Thirteen Bugs of Christmas!"   Back in 2010, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (now emeritus) and yours truly...

A queen bee and worker bees. "On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 12 deathwatch beetles drumming, 11 queen bees piping, 10 locusts leaping, 9 mayflies dancing, 8 ants a'milking aphids, 7 boatmen swimming, 6 lice a'laying, 5 golden bees, 4 calling cicadas, 3 French flies, 2 tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A queen bee and worker bees. "On the 12th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 12 deathwatch beetles drumming, 11 queen bees piping, 10 locusts leaping, 9 mayflies dancing, 8 ants a'milking aphids, 7 boatmen swimming, 6 lice a'laying, 5 golden bees, 4 calling cicadas, 3 French flies, 2 tortoise beetles and a psyllid in a pear tree." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato...Four

One potato, two potato, three potato...four... Well, make that "one potato bug, two potato bugs, three potato bugs...four." The potato bug, also...

A potato bug, aka Jerusalem cricket, at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A potato bug, aka Jerusalem cricket, at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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