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GSOB: A Threat to Oaks and Firewood

This video is about the Goldspotted Oak Borer (GSOB) and the devastating effects it has on Oak Trees in San Diego County and how you can help stop the spread of this harmful insect.

This Bug Is Not Welcome

It boasts striking colors, but you don't want this bug anywhere near your garden. It sucks. Literally.   This is a...

Harlequin bug, Murgantia histronica, on weeds at the Benicia Marina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Harlequin bug, Murgantia histronica, on weeds at the Benicia Marina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Looking down on a harlequin bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Looking down on a harlequin bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Harlequin bugs suck juices out of plants. They prefer the cabbage family but also go for garden vegetables, weeds, field crops and fruit trees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Harlequin bugs suck juices out of plants. They prefer the cabbage family but also go for garden vegetables, weeds, field crops and fruit trees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Summertime...and the Livin' Is Easy

Today's the Fourth of July and folks are splashing in their pools. So, what happens when a bee falls in? Sometimes they...

Summertime...and the living is easy...A female sweat bee, genus Halictus, floats on a leaf in a swimming pool. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Summertime...and the living is easy...A female sweat bee, genus Halictus, floats on a leaf in a swimming pool. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Caution: Toxic!

It was a reddish-orange beetle, moving a little but not a lot. We spotted it on a sunflower bordering the Avant Garden in...

Meloid blister beetle, which produces a toxin known as cantharidin, peers at the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meloid blister beetle, which produces a toxin known as cantharidin, peers at the camera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meloid blister beetle foraging on a sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Meloid blister beetle foraging on a sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Green-Eyed Gal

We saw her touch down in our nectarine tree last weekend. Big green compound eyes glowed at us. She moved up and down a...

Green-eyed wasp, genus Tachytes, in a nectarine tree. This one is a female, as identified by Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Green-eyed wasp, genus Tachytes, in a nectarine tree. This one is a female, as identified by Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Green-eyed wasp, Tachytes sp., foraging on a nectarine tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Green-eyed wasp, Tachytes sp., foraging on a nectarine tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A little somersault by a green-eyed wasp, genus Tachytes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A little somersault by a green-eyed wasp, genus Tachytes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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