Bugs – Viva Cesar Chavez Park

Spittlebugs, Ladybugs & Company

This thistle in the marshy area on the west side is host to a variety of little sapsuckers. There’s a

The hairless stems of this vicia americana (American or Purple Vetch) are under full-scale attack by pestiferous aphids, who may have been aided

A big bush along the west side of the loop path, in the island between the paved and unpaved branches

Walking back to my car with a bit of glow in my heart and a smile on my lips from

Where there’s fennel, there’s probably the Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon). It was fluttering and landing at the top of the

This patch of garden iris along the north side perimeter path certainly isn’t a wildflower. Nor is it likely that

Thanks to the sharp eye of Bay Nature magazine intern Michelaina Johnson, my lens caught a honeybee doing its thing