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Two California Native Bees 'Travel' to Oklahoma
This is the story of how two native bees from Vacaville, Calif., traveled 1872 miles to Oklahoma City. Not really. But a photo I took in Vacaville of two Melissodes agilis bees zipping over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, happened to win a top prize at...
"Catch Me if You Can!"--This image of two native bees, Melissodes agilis, won the ESA category at the 63rd North Central Insect Photographic Salon, co-sponsored by the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America and the Photographic Society of America. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"Checking You Out"--This image of a golden dung fly was displayed at the 63rd North Central Insect Photographic Salon in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
"I Do"--This image of two Gulf Fritillaries keeping busy (insect wedding photography) was displayed at the 63rd North Central Insect Photographic Salon in Oklahoma City. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
International Insect Salon: From 'Bugs Love' to 'Syrphid Feeding' to 'Monarch Laying Eggs'
If you attended the Entomological Society of America's 2021 meeting last week in Denver, you probably saw a monarch laying eggs. That is, you saw a photograph of a Danaus plexippus ovipositing. The image, by Joe Virbickis of Washington, Ill., won a medal at International...
This image, "Monarch Laying Eggs," by Joe Virbickis of Washington, Ill., won the medal for "Best by Peoria Camera Club Member." (Copyright Joe Virbickis)
Best of Show went to Marcus Kam of Malaysia for this image, "Bugs Love." (Copyright Marcus Kam)
Entomologist Tom Myers won "Best by ESA Member" for this image of a syrphid fly. (Copyright Tom Myers)
One of the California-based images accepted in the 2021 international Insect Salon was this one by ESA member Kathy Keatley Garvey, of Gulf Fritillaries "Keeping Busy." (Copyright Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Insect Wedding Photography: No Invitation Needed
One point about insect wedding photography is that you don't need an invitation to attend. You just have to keep your distance and not disturb the bridal couple. No sudden movements. No stressful impatience. And no camera flash, please. It helps, though, if you grow the host plant so a...
Insect wedding photography: Two Gulf Fritillaries, Agraulis vanillae, in a Vacaville, Calif. pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A caterpillar inches along the altar of the Gulf Fritillaries. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A prospective suitor is rejected. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Caught in the Act of Laying an Egg on Tendrils
You know the drill, lay 'em on the tendrils. But Gulf Fritillary butterflies, Agraulis vanillae, don't always lay their eggs on the tendrils of their host plant, the passionflower vine (Passiflora) although textbooks may indicate that. We've seen Gulf Frits lay eggs on and under the...
A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, depositing an egg on the tendrils of her host plant, Passiflora. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A little maneuvering here, a little maneuvering there, and it's done--a Gulf Fritillary egg on the tendrils of a Passiflora. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Gulf Fritillary spreads her wings and is gone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Day 2 of National Pollinator Week: Focus on a Tiny Egg
It's Day 2 of National Pollinator Week. So, I guess I should "toot my own horn" (we don't have one, but in our household we do have a piano, a double bass, a guitar, a banjo, a ukulele, a dulcimer, a harmonica, a sousaphone, a set of hand drums, and two accordions. Note that the last...
This image of a tiny monarch egg won a silver award in the international Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences (ACE). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the first in a series of images of Gulf Fritillaries that won a bronze award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the second in a series of images of Gulf Fritillaries that won a bronze award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the third in a series of images of Gulf Fritillaries that won a bronze award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the fourth in a series of images of Gulf Fritillaries that won a bronze award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
