It's not "officially" spring until we see--and photograph--the spectacular Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus. That's what I posted April 2, 2021 on Bug Squad after seeing one land March 30 on a white lilac bush in a Vacaville park.
If you missed it, yesterday (March 14) was the annual "National Learn About Butterflies Day." That's the day we're encouraged to "to look for a blur of color as butterflies begin migrating across the country.
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet Eating her curds eating and whey Along came a spider who sat down beside her And frightened Miss Muffet away (English nursery rhyme recorded in 1805) What, Miss Muffet ran away?
Nematodes! The display of nematodes (aka "roundworms") at the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, held Sunday, March 6 in the UC Davis Conference Center, drew scores of curious visitors. Many were dog owners with an interest in heartworms.
UC Davis scientists weighed in on "The Plight of the Pollinators," in an informative article by Ula Chrobak in the March edition of UC Davis Magazine, edited by Jocelyn Anderson.
