Posts Tagged: aphids

Sure Sign of Spring

What's red and black with yellow all over? Ladybugs, aka lady beetles or ladybird beetles, laying their yellow eggs. It's a sure sign of spring...

Ladybugs mating; the female continues to munch aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybugs mating; the female continues to munch aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up shot of ladybug eggs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up shot of ladybug eggs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Panoramic view of ladybugs, aphids, and ladybug eggs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Panoramic view of ladybugs, aphids, and ladybug eggs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Favoring the Fava Beans

People aren't the only ones favoring fava beans. Fava beans growing in a raised bed in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology...

A lady beetle, aka ladybug, prowling on a fava bean leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A lady beetle, aka ladybug, prowling on a fava bean leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

European paper wasp on the hunt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

European paper wasp on the hunt. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on a fava bean blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey bee foraging on a fava bean blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Female Valley carpenter bee robbing nectar by slitting the corolla. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Female Valley carpenter bee robbing nectar by slitting the corolla. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Oh, Those Pestiferous Aphids!

By now, you're probably seen enough aphids to last you for the entire year. That's why we're looking forward to hearing Bryony Bonning speak on...

Pea aphids on a rose leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pea aphids on a rose leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pea aphids claim a rose stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pea aphids claim a rose stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladies (and Men) in Red

Two ladybugs, aka lady beetles, circled their little house, a 1.5-inch plastic container punctured with air holes. Up. Down. Down. Up. In a way, they...

Ladybug devouring an aphid on a rose bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug devouring an aphid on a rose bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

And Life Goes On...

The tender shoots of fava bean blossoms are attracting scores of aphids, which suits the ladybugs just fine.  Nothing like an all-you-can-eat aphid...

Ladybugs in the fava beans at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybugs in the fava beans at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Note the scores of aphids behind the ladybugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Note the scores of aphids behind the ladybugs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug crawls past some aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug crawls past some aphids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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