Posts Tagged: cucumber beetles
Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla's Target: Cucumber Beetles
If you like melons, you won't like these beetles. But if you're Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla, a UC Davis...
The Western striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma trivittatum, is the primary focus of Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla of the Ian Grettenberger lab. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)
UC Davis graduate student Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla is also studying a second species for her thesis--the Western spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)
Katydids Did It
Katydids did it. When it comes to the best of the industrial-strength shredding machines, they're...
Close-up of a katydid nymph on an Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A katydid nymph, its legs visible, leaving the Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A katydid nymph (top) peers over a shredded Iceland poppy at its dinner mates. A spotted cucumber beetle is at left. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)