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Never Promised Her a Rose Garden

Up close, the katydid looks as ferocious as a scary Halloween trick-or-treater.Its stance is firm. Its eyes glow menacingly. Its attitude: "Don't mess with me."We spotted this katydid on a rose in a UC Davis rose garden. It towered over the honey bees, spotted cucumber beetles, ladybugs, hover...

Katydid
Katydid

KATYDID foraging on a rose in a UC Davis rose garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Menacing Look

MENACING LOOK of a katydid. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 at 12:22 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: katydid (8), rose garden (3), Tettigonlidae (1), UC Davis (415)

Stop and Smell the Roses

Do bees stop and smell the roses?Maybe. Honey bees gather nectar and pollen from a variety of flowers, including their favorites, the salvias, mints and lavenders. They also forage on wild roses, but usually not on commercially grown roses.Sometimes, however, you'll see a honey bee tucked in the...

Hide and Seek

A HONEY BEE, resting in the folds of a rose, appears to be playing hide and seek with another insect. Those antennae belong to a spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Peek-a-Bee

PEEK-A-BEE--The head of a honey bee pops out from inside a rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up

CLOSE-UP of the head of a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 7:22 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Eric Mussen (295), honey bee (257), rose garden (3)

Posts Tagged: rose garden

Never Promised Her a Rose Garden

Stop and Smell the Roses

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