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Monarch Starter Set: Partnership Between a Business and the Bohart

A little philanthropy goes a long way.  Especially when it comes to small-scale monarch conservation projects. Think "Monarch Starter Set." And it's just in time for open house at the Bohart Museum of Entomology from 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 19...

The monarch starter set: a zippered, meshed habitat, and a sturdy, broad-based, narrow-necked bottle. Fill with water and milkweed and add monarch caterpillars. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch starter set: a zippered, meshed habitat, and a sturdy, broad-based, narrow-necked bottle. Fill with water and milkweed and add monarch caterpillars. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The monarch starter set: a zippered, meshed habitat, and a sturdy, broad-based, narrow-necked bottle. Fill with water and milkweed and add monarch caterpillars. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch caterpillar munching on milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch caterpillar munching on milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch caterpillar munching on milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The caterpillars have formed chrysalids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The caterpillars have formed chrysalids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The caterpillars have formed chrysalids. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarchs are about to eclose from these chrysalids. You can see them inside. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Monarchs are about to eclose from these chrysalids. You can see them inside. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarchs are about to eclose from these chrysalids. You can see them inside. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch has just eclosed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch has just eclosed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch has just eclosed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch ready for release. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch ready for release. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch ready for release. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Newly released male monarch butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Newly released male monarch butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Newly released male monarch butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 1:58 PM

World's Best Bug Blogs

There are lots of blogs out there, but not too many people blog about bugs. Fact is, bugs bug people. Birds bug bugs. Bugs bug bugs. If you've ever seen a praying mantis lying in wait for a bee or a ladybug snatching an aphid, or a dragonfly grabbing a...

Ladybug drying its wings after falling into a swimming pool. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ladybug drying its wings after falling into a swimming pool. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug drying its wings after falling into a swimming pool. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fly away, little ladybug! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fly away, little ladybug! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Fly away, little ladybug! (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug resting on a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ladybug resting on a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ladybug resting on a leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 11:03 PM

Which Bug's for You?

What's your favorite bug? Inquiring minds want to know. At least one inquiring mind wants to know. Journalist/cultural entomologist Emmet Brady of Davis, who reaches out to bug and non-bug people alike on his Davis-based radio show, "Insect News...

A honey bee heading toward an almond blossom. The honey bee is one of the candidates for Insect News Network's Bug of the Year. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee heading toward an almond blossom. The honey bee is one of the candidates for Insect News Network's Bug of the Year. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee heading toward an almond blossom. The honey bee is one of the candidates for Insect News Network's Bug of the Year. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, January 10, 2014 at 10:23 PM

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