Kathy Keatley Garvey

When a tree dies, do the other trees grieve?

Mexican cactus fly, Copestylum mexicanum, on Mexican sunflower. And here's a honey bee, too, on the same flower, Tithonia rotundifola.

UC Davis Professor Shahid Siddique, the Howard Ferris Endowed Chair in Plant and Soil Nematodes, to discuss “From Mechanism to Management: Understanding Nematode Parasitism to Protect California Crops,” UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar, 12:10 p.m., Oct. 28, 122 Briggs Hall.

Passiflora reigns

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Hate that gray? Keep it that way! Gray hairstreak on Tithonia

THE WORLD WAS A BETTER PLACE WHEN BRUCE WAS IN IT Some 220 colleagues, collaborators and close friends honored the life and legacy of a legend, UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Hammock (1947-2026), at a recent memorial in California Hall, UC Davis. entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/it-was-...

Sign at Vacaville Indivisible rally today. Pro Bono Photo by KKG www.probonophoto.org/2026/NK4/17O...

Bee well!

The beginning of a butterfly. Gulf Fritillary egg

The kitty is anticipating another Kittle touchdown! Go Niners! #kittle #niners

It all began with an egg

Tobacco hornworm on the move

The key word is “resist.”

Thousands are now marching at Cornell University campus, standing in solidarity with Jane Doe. “Tear down the fucking frats. No Justice, No Peace” Thank you to everyone who is protesting. Jane Doe, you are not alone. We are all with you. Justice for Jane Doe.

Let us prey. A meal for a mantis

Vacaville Indivisible to hold rally, "Save Our Democracy: We the People Vote," from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 3 in front of Vacaville City Hall, 650 Merchant St., Vacaville, CA. All rallies are peaceful.

Pronounced safe from a quail

UC Davis postdoctoral scholar Godwin Nutifafa Gidiglo will speak on "Citrus Entomology and the Impact on Global Fruit Production" at the UC Davis Entomology and Nematology seminar at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 30 in 122 Briggs Hall. Also on Zoom entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/seminar...

Mine, all mine! Monarch and Melissodes

Monarch. Zinnia. Blue sky. Vacaville. ucanr.edu/blog/bug-squ...

Halloween. When skeletons ride bikes. Vacaville, Calif.

This wasp wears a yellow jacket

It’s the only place we have

Vacaville Indivisible rally today in front of Vacaville City Hall. Theme: “Save Our Democracy - Get Ready to Vote.” Pro Bono Photo (KKG) was there.

Vacaville Indivisible rally today in front of Vacaville City Hall. Pro Bono Photo (KKG) was there

Unreal

Monarch ballet. Tithonia rotundifola. Monarchs and Tithonia make us happy

Nope

Bodega Bay

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Keeping memories of nature alive helps with all the hate and destruction that Trump is dishing out to the world. Western tiger swallowtail on Tithonia. Nov. 3 can’t come soon enough. Vote blue, like the sky.

Sisters

Yuuuuup…

Anyone seen this? What do you think?

Long-horned bee targeting a monarch on Tithonia

According to www.graphtracks.com/stats/bluesk..., I am the second most engaged accounts on BlueSky. But we need need ALL accounts to relentlessly be asking for the Epstein files to be released,

Vacaville Indivisible rally on Sept. 5. Theme: “Save Our Democracy.” Tributes to Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem. (Pro Bono Photo/KKG)

Honey bee mimic. A drone fly, Eristalinus taenliops, a species of hoverfly. It’s also known as "the striped-eye lagoon fly," "striped-eyed flower fly," and "band-eyed drone fly." In its adult stage, it's a pollinator. In its larval stage, it's a rat-tailed maggot.

A monarch

Sign at Vacaville Indivisible rally in front of Vacaville Vity Hall. Next rally—all peaceful—is from 10 am to 11:30 am on Saturday , Sept. 5 in front of Vacaville City Hall. Dolly Parton will “there” with her music. “I will always love you.”

Master's degree candidate Shah Alam of the Amanda Hodson lab, UC Davis, will present his exit seminar on "Management Strategies and Disease Interactions of Resistance Breaking Root-Knot Nematodes" at 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 4 in Room 176 of Hutchison Hall. entnem.ucdavis.edu/news/shah-al...

In memory of Dolly Parton 🦋🦋🦋

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