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Seen Any Monarchs Lately?

Seen any monarchs lately? No, not the British royal family: the monarch butterfly, Danaus...

A territorial male bee, Melissodes agilis, targets a monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in July 2020 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A territorial male bee, Melissodes agilis, targets a monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in July 2020 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A territorial male bee, Melissodes agilis, confronts a monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in July 2020, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A territorial male bee, Melissodes agilis, confronts a monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in July 2020, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Beauty at Its Best

Beauty at its best.   If see the perennial shrub, Anisodontea sp. ‘Strybing...

Is there anything more beautiful than a golden honey bee tucked inside the spectacular rosy pink blossom of Anisodontea sp. ‘Strybing Beauty'? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Is there anything more beautiful than a golden honey bee tucked inside the spectacular rosy pink blossom of Anisodontea sp. ‘Strybing Beauty'? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heads for the Anisodontea sp. ‘Strybing Beauty.' (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heads for the Anisodontea sp. ‘Strybing Beauty.' (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hanna Kahl's Exit Seminar: European Earwigs!

If you grow citrus, you've probably been “introduced” to the introduced European...

European earwig. (Photo by Beth Grafton-Cardwell)

European earwig. (Photo by Beth Grafton-Cardwell)

Sage Advice: Welcome Salvias into Your Garden

If you are starting a list of plants to put in the ground this fall, you might want to add a salvia...

Insect Wedding Photography: No Invitation Needed

One point about insect wedding photography is that you don't need an invitation to attend. You just...

Insect wedding photography: Two Gulf Fritillaries, Agraulis vanillae, in a Vacaville, Calif. pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Insect wedding photography: Two Gulf Fritillaries, Agraulis vanillae, in a Vacaville, Calif. pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A caterpillar inches along the altar of the Gulf Fritillaries. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A caterpillar inches along the altar of the Gulf Fritillaries. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A prospective suitor is rejected. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A prospective suitor is rejected. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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