- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're the kind of person who deliberately allows cobwebs or spider webs to grace your porch light, you may be the curious type - or have a little bit of entomologist in you.
Like a moth to a flame?
Yes, and you can learn more about moths at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's "Celebrate Moths!" open house on Saturday night, July 30 from 8 to 11.
The Bohart Museum is located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane at UC Davis.
The event is in keeping with "International Moth Week: Exploring Nighttime Nature," July 23-31, a citizen science project celebrating moths and biodiversity.
It promises to be informative, educational...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
We're in the midst of a housing crisis, so why not build a 30-unit, high-rise condo in your yard?
No, not for people--for native bees.
We just installed a bee condo for leafcutting bees (Megachile spp.), on a five-foot high pole overlooking catmint, lavender and salvia. The "housing development" is actually a wooden board drilled with small holes to accommodate our tiny tenants. Comfy and convenient. Rooms with a view. No housing permits or EIR required. Rent-free, mortgage-free.
Leafcutting bees, aka leafcutter bees, are about the size of a honey bee but darker, with the characteristic light-banded abdomens. They are important pollinators.
Why are they called leafcutter bees? Because the...
