Posts Tagged: blister beetle
Bees, Parasites and Maybe the End?
Thursday, Nov. 7 promises to be an exciting day for the Northern California Entomology Society--a...
A digger bee, Habropoda pallida, with blister beetle larvae. (Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz)
UC Davis Evolutionary Ecologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz to Headline Northern California Entomology Society Meeting
UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz, who researches how blister beetle nest...
Leslie Saul-Gershenz and UC Riverside Colleagues Publish Bee-Parasite Research
DAVIS--The bee-parasite research of UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz and two UC...
Caution: Toxic!
It was a reddish-orange beetle, moving a little but not a lot. We spotted it on a sunflower...
Meloid blister beetle, which produces a toxin known as cantharidin, peers at the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Meloid blister beetle foraging on a sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Phoresy!
Phoresy!If that word is not in your everyday vocabulary, just think of a symbiotic relationship...
Larvae of a blister beetle, Meloe franciscanus, on a digger bee, Habropoda pallida. (Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz, used with permission)
Digger bee, Habropoda pallida, a solitary ground-nesting bee, on Borrego milkvetch. (Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz, used with permission)