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Ants: 'The Little Things That Run the World'
The recent death of "Ant Man" E. O. Wilson brings back memories of a family-friendly seminar on ants that UC Davis Professor Phil Ward presented Feb. 20, 2021 during the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day/Month. Then shortly after Wilson's death, entomologist Doug Tallamy, a...
An Argentine ant climbs up a spoon laden with honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
An Argentine ant quickly crawls away from a spoonful of honey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
More Than Bees: California Native Ants at the Haven
The Haven is first and foremost a garden for bees. But like most gardens managed for bee conservation, many other insects and animals make it their home as well. One interesting and diverse group at the Haven are several species of ants native to California. Ants are in the same insect order...
Once Upon a Time...
Once upon a time, there was a redhumped caterpillar gorging on the leaves of a redbud tree. For three days, the hungry caterpillar gobbled the leaves, like an insect version of Pac-Man. It snipped, shredded and skeletonized the leaves and then went for more. On the fourth day, it lay motionless,...
Redhumped Caterpillar
No More
What's Up, Cuz?
Country cousins. Honey bees and ants belong to the same order, Hymenoptera, and occasionally you see them together. Such was the case today in the Storer Garden, UC Davis Aboretum, as the closely related honey bees and ants foraged in the red-hot poker (Kniphofia galpinii or "Christmas...
Honey Bee and an Ant
Nectaring on Lavender
It's Raining Rain Lilies
It's raining rain lilies in the Carolee Shields White Flower Garden of the UC Davis Arboretum. The Argentine Rain Lily (Zephyranthes candida), also known as the White Rain Lily, White Fairy Lily and White Zephyr Lily, is drawing a few honey bees, but the bees like the lavender and sage best. The...
Honey Bee in Rain Lily
Pollen Galore
