Posts Tagged: eggs

Of Monarch Eggs, Ladybug Eggs and Oleander Aphids

So you're growing milkweed for the first time--or found some milkweed--and you're trying to figure out how to identify a monarch egg. Monarchs lay their eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves--generally--but we've seen them on stems and on the leaf...

Monarch eggs are usually one to a leaf, but sometimes Mama Monarch deposits multiple eggs on a single leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch eggs are usually one to a leaf, but sometimes Mama Monarch deposits multiple eggs on a single leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Find the oleander aphids! Monarch eggs and oleander aphids both occupying a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Find the oleander aphids! Monarch eggs and oleander aphids both occupying a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An egg and a newly emerged caterpillar sharing a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An egg and a newly emerged caterpillar sharing a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a monarch egg. This image was taken with a Canon MPE-65mm lens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of a monarch egg. This image was taken with a Canon MPE-65mm lens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Of Skittles and Magnolia Leaves and Mosquito Eggs

Quick! Can you think of published research that involves Skittles, magnolia leaves and mosquito eggs? If you've been following the innovative work of agricultural entomologist and remote sensing technology researcher Christian Nansen, associate...

Christian Nansen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, illustrated his research paper, published in PLOS ONE, with this graphic.

Christian Nansen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, illustrated his research paper, published in PLOS ONE, with this graphic.

Stink Bugs Do It, Too!

"Birds do it," sang Ella Fitzgerald. "Bees do it..." "Even educated" (insert "stink bugs") "do it." But she didn't sing that; that wasn't part of Cole Porter's lyrics. But it's true. Stink bugs do it. Unfortunately. We'd rather they NOT.   These...

Red-shouldered stink bugs mating. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Red-shouldered stink bugs mating. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Stink bug laying eggs on a guara stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Stink bug laying eggs on a guara stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of stink bug eggs on a guara stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of stink bug eggs on a guara stem. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Queen Bee to Be

One of the highlights of Susan Cobey's class on "The Art of Queen Bee Rearing" is a visit to commercial queen bee breeders in Northern California. Cobey is a bee breeder-geneticist at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis, and...

Egg

TINY EGG, a future honey bee queen, is moved from a comb to a queen cell cup at the Strachan Apiaries in Yuba City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Grafting

GRAFTING--The grafting procedure begins with a tiny egg. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Almost Finished

FUTURE QUEEN BEES--This frame shows queen cups tended by worker bees at the Strachan Apiaries in Yuba City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up

CLOSE-UP PHOTO shows queen cells. They're being held here by Susan Cobey, bee breeder-geneticist at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. She teaches a popular class, "The Art of Queen Bee Rearing" and also an advanced instrumental insemination class. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Queen Bee and Her Retinue

QUEEN BEE and her retinue at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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