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The Lion's Tail: The 'Mane' Event

The lady beetle, aka ladybug, scurried up the lion's tail plant, Leonotis leonurus.  Up one stem and down another, she went....

The lion's tail, Leonotis leonurus, is a native of South Africa and attracts birds, butterflies and hummingbirds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The lion's tail, Leonotis leonurus, is a native of South Africa and attracts birds, butterflies and hummingbirds. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A lady beetle, aka ladybug, looks for aphids and other small bodied insects on the lion's tail. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A lady beetle, aka ladybug, looks for aphids and other small bodied insects on the lion's tail. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The lady beetle, aka ladybug, blends in with her environment, the spiked orange blossoms of a lion's tail. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The lady beetle, aka ladybug, blends in with her environment, the spiked orange blossoms of a lion's tail. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Which One Is Not Like the Other?

So here are all these milkweed bugs clustered on a showy milkweed leaf, Asclepias speciosa. It's early morning and the red bugs are a real eye...

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The Bee and The Ladybug

A little drama in the mustard patch... A honey bee is foraging head-first in the mustard. She's collecting nectar and pollen. She does not see the...

A honey bee and a lady beetle, aka lady bug, thrust deep inside a mustard blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee and a lady beetle, aka lady bug, thrust deep inside a mustard blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Okay, ladybug, get ready, here I come. We'll share, okay? Pollen and nectar for me. Aphids for you." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Okay, ladybug, get ready, here I come. We'll share, okay? Pollen and nectar for me. Aphids for you." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Okay, ladybug, I'm coming closer." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Okay, ladybug, I'm coming closer." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Okay, ladybug, I'm leaving. Enjoy the aphids." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Okay, ladybug, I'm leaving. Enjoy the aphids." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What's That Bug?

The California poppy draws lots of visitors: honey bees, bumble bees and assorted other insects. But a particular visitor we spotted March 15 on a...

A striped ladybug, Paranaemia vittigera, on a poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A striped ladybug, Paranaemia vittigera, on a poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meet Our Garden Heroes at Bohart Museum Open House on March 2

If there's anything better than a ladybug eating an aphid, it's a ladybug devouring dozens of aphids. Get 'em! Ladybugs--actually, they're "lady...

A ladybug grabbing an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A ladybug grabbing an aphid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug prowling for aphids on brittlebush, Encelia californica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug prowling for aphids on brittlebush, Encelia californica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug "walking the line." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug "walking the line." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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