Bug Squad

A daily (M-F) blog launched Aug. 6, 2008 and about the wonderful world of insects and those who study them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hold That Tiger!

July 20, 2016
When you're chasing a tiger, you don't have to worry about the fangs or the claws. No worries about this tiger. This tiger has wings.
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Seeing Spots All Day

July 19, 2016
"You can hawk and perch in our yard all day if you want," I told her. And she did. A spotted dragonfly chose a spot in our pollinator garden--a bamboo stake overlooking a patch of Verbena and African blue basil--and she stayed most of the day.
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The Saga of the Milkweed, Bee and Caterpillar

July 18, 2016
So here's this tattered old worker bee seeking some nectar from the broadleaf milkweed, Asclepias speciosa. She looks as if she's not only been around the block a few times but around the county several dozen times. Her wings look too ragged to support her flight back to her colony.
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Show Me the Honey!

July 14, 2016
Show me the honey! If you're a beekeeper in the United States and folks rave about your honey, then you'll want to enter the annual Good Food Awards event. You'll have a chance to win awards--and bragging rights.
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