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Quick! Find the Damselfly!

Quick! Find the damselfly! This damselfly (below)  is so camouflaged that it's difficult to see her. Her? She's a...

This female damselfly, Argia vivida, can barely be distinguished from the twig she's resting on. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This female damselfly, Argia vivida, can barely be distinguished from the twig she's resting on. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

California Red Scale Meeting in Tulare April 2

Fly Away Home

Who wouldn't like to have a lady beetle, aka ladybug? Although they're commonly called "ladybugs," entomologists call them...

A lady beetle crawls on an Iceland poppy stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A lady beetle crawls on an Iceland poppy stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Just as the grass looks greener on the other side, the aphids look fatter on the other side. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Just as the grass looks greener on the other side, the aphids look fatter on the other side. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A sight not commonly seen: a lady beetle about to take flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A sight not commonly seen: a lady beetle about to take flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cluster of 24 eggs that a lady beetle deposited on a Passiflora leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cluster of 24 eggs that a lady beetle deposited on a Passiflora leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fertilizing Citrus

  FERTILIZING CITRUS By Linda Lewis Griffith   Citrus trees grow so well on the Central Coast that it's easy...

The Almond and the Bee

Remember Stephanie Hsia? She's the beekeeper/graduate student at Harvard's Graduate School of Design who traveled through...

A honey bee heads for an almond blossom in Davis, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heads for an almond blossom in Davis, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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