Posts Tagged: UC Davis Student Farm

Day 7 of National Pollinator Week: Meet a Sunflower Bee

It's Day 7--the last day--of National Pollinator Week.  Meet a longhorned bee, Svastra obliqua expurgata, family Apidae. It's also known as a sunflower bee. "It's a bee that prefers sunflower but will collect pollen from a...

A female long-horned bee, Svastra obliqua expurgata, foraging on sneezeweed at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A female long-horned bee, Svastra obliqua expurgata, foraging on sneezeweed at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Bee and the Lygus Bug

Ever seen a beneficial insect and a pest sharing the same blossom? At a recent visit to the UC Davis Ecological Garden at the Student Farm, we watched a honey bee, Apis mellifera, and a lygus bug nymph, Lygus hesperus, foraging...

A honey bee and a lygus bug sharing a batchelor button in the UC Davis Ecological Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee and a lygus bug sharing a batchelor button in the UC Davis Ecological Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee edges closer to the lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The honey bee edges closer to the lygus bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The insects meet, the honey bee, the beneficial insect, and the lygus bug, the pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The insects meet, the honey bee, the beneficial insect, and the lygus bug, the pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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