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Bumble bee on bull thistle at Bodega Bay
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Not a Good Way to Welcome an Admiral

July 20th, 2017
It was not a good way to welcome an admiral. The Red Admiral butterfly, that is. The Vanessa atalanta fluttered into our pollinator garden on Sunday, July 16 in Vacaville, Calif., and touched down on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia).
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Bohart Museum to Celebrate Moth Night on July 22

July 18th, 2017
The Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, will celebrate National Moth Week on Saturday night, July 22 with an indoor-and-outdoor open house featuring blacklighting; moth displays including the Trump moth, and free refreshments of hot chocolate and cookies.
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