Posts Tagged: Tom Zavortink
European Carder Bees Do Like Snapdragons!
What a show! Last weekend we spotted female European wool carder bees (so named because they...
A male European wool carder bee patrolling snapdragons in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The European wool carder bee is about the size of a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Dorsal view of the European wool carder bee as it rests on a snapdragon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
All that patrolling makes a fellow tired. A male European wool carder bee rests on a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bottoms up! A female wool carder bee foraging in a snapdragon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Moth Like No Other: Neopalpa donaldtrumpi
It's a moth like no other. Did you read the abstract published Jan. 17 in the journal ZooKeys...
Photo of the head of a male moth, Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, courtesy of Vazrick Nazari, ZooKeys journal.
Bohart Museum researcher Danielle Wishon, graduate of UC Davis, in the clay pan of Algodones Dunes. (Photo by Lynn Kimsey)
Site of where the Neopalpa donaldtrumpi was discovered by Bohart Museum of Entomology researchers. (Photo by Lynn Kimsey)
Spreading Wings: The Amazing Work of Bohart Museum Associate/Volunteer Jeff Smith
Entomologist Jeff Smith knows how to spread his wings--and that of butterflies and moths,...
Entomologist Jeff Smith, a volunteer associate of the Bohart Museum for the past 27 years, is in charge of the butterfly and moth collection. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jeff Smith holds a drawer from the Lepidoptera collection.
These colorful butterflies draw a lot of attention at the Bohart Museum of Entomology.They are South American morpho butterflies, Morpho menelaus.
So Very Territorial!
Whether it's coming or going, you notice this pollinator's presence. The European wool carder bee...
Male European wool carder bee is very territorial. Front, lavender blossoms. Back: pomegranate blossoms.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
European wool carder bee nectaring lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
European wool carder bee is strikingly beautiful. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sunny Side of a Leaf
A good time to photograph the European wool carder bee is in the early morning when it's warming...
Wool carder bee sunning itself on a plum leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of a wool carder bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)