... re going to look at the awe and wonder in the universe. Specifically, the implications of the recognition that many plants can recognize their close relatives. It's always fun enough noting that animals (at ... a good job at shoving out native plants, but I'm just waiting, and praying, for someone to recognize the floral equivalent of the salamander larva cannibal morph. And with that, take ...

... on another rainy day? Stay in, putter around, water the plants, cut Laurie's hair, look out at the rain and wonder ... either. I fished it out and looked it over. As far as I can tell, it's some kind of fly larva, possibly house fly. Those "eyes" ... has those tweezer-like mouth parts. I checked the moth larva again; it's gone into the pupal stage in my little bottle. Moth pupa, ...

... of University of Kentucky Figure 2 Parasitized larva Courtesy Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension ... the spring as adults who then mate and begin the process again. Plants effected: Tomatoes, peppers, tobacco, other Solonaceous crops ... mature, large frass is produced and quite evident under and around effected plants even though the actual pest may not be observed. Tobacco hornworm has ...

... where a small colony was found to be breeding on the two host plants present. At this site, the males were observed to be flying around in ... out their oviposition routines on flower buds of both host plants. A Glistening Caerulean perching on a broken twig. Early ... its posterior end. Two views of an immobile pre-pupatory larva of the Glistening Caerulean. The girdled down pre-pupa still has ...

... tiny bugs that are walking around on my soil and climbing out of the pots sometimes. I havent seen any of them on the plants. They seem to come out right when I water or disturb the soil. They're NOT springtails. Some research I' ... be some sort of Soil Mites. I've read some posts that they might be fungus gnat larva but I seriously doubt it (I think fungus gnat larva look more wormlike). ...

... imagine what this malnutrition does to royal jelly - the food fed to newly hatched larva and the only food received by queen larva - renowned ... more wild forage. Plant locally native bee friendly plants in your own yard, and learn how to control pests without -icides (or how to ... ?), not to mention handing out native bee friendly plants at gardening events and starting a bee education website - there, ...