Posts Tagged: verbena
Wildtending Walk #3: Seed Collection and Keystone Species
April's Wildtending Walk at Verbena Fields marked the third of this year-long monthly series. Each...
Learning from Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK): Verbena Fields Wildtending Walk #2
Almost thirty participants strolled through Verbena Fields on March 30 for the second of a...
Sunset on February 23 at Verbena Fields, Janeva Sorenson
Plant Walks at Verbena Fields Focus on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wildtending
Do you want to learn more about incorporating native plants in your garden? Are you curious about...
Discovering Verbena Fields in Chico
If you seek a peaceful place to explore nature and local history on foot or by bicycle, it may be...
Just Look, Don't Take?
When we last left Ms. Mantis, a female Stagmomantis limbata residing in our verbena patch, she was...
A female praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata (as identified by praying mantis expert Lohit Garikipati of UC Davis) eyes a mourning cloak butterfly nectaring on verbena. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ready, set...The praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, really wants this mourning cloak butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Whoa, where did it go? It was in my sights and now it's gone." The praying mantis loses her prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Safe and sound. The duskywing butterfly, genus Erynnis, nectars on a blossom away from the praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)