Posts Tagged: earwig

Ode to an Earwig

A winter pollinator garden does not buzz with bees; it crawls with earwigs, ants, roly-polys, and other insects.   Turn over a rock, a...

This earwig was beneath a garden sculpture in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This earwig was beneath a garden sculpture in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Lurking Place of the Fairies

Foxgloves are called "the lurking place of the fairies." That could be. Foxgloves are also known by their genus name, Digitalis--meaning...

A Valley carpenter bee appears to be "nectar-robbing," drilling a hole through the flower instead of going into the entrance. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Valley carpenter bee appears to be "nectar-robbing," drilling a hole through the flower instead of going into the entrance. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee seeks an entrance into the foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee seeks an entrance into the foxglove. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Look here! An earwig has found a "hidey hole." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Look here! An earwig has found a "hidey hole." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Forceps, Please

Forceps, please! Have you ever stopped to admire a blossom and seen forceps protruding? Earwig! We were walking near Mrak Hall, UC Davis, on a hot...

Tell-tale sign of an earwig. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tell-tale sign of an earwig. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Earwig exposed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Earwig exposed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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