Posts Tagged: monarch
Good News About Chronic Pain Relief That Began with Caterpillar Research
Good news! EicOsis Human Health LLC, the Davis-based pharmaceutical company developing a...
Approximately 50 million Americans (20 percent of the population) suffer from chronic pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Bigeyed Bug and a Monarch Butterfly
You've heard folks call insects "big 'ol bugs" (often in astonishment or terror), right? But have...
A bigeyed bug on the wing of a monarch butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Larry Snyder Sharing Images of 'Insects at the Ditch'
They crawl, they fly, they flutter, they buzz. They look at us, and we look back. But if you're...
This is one of the images of monarchs that Davis resident Larry Snyder took at the North Davis Channel.
A tachnid fly grooming in the morning sun at the North Davis Channel. (Photo by Larry Snyder)
Two Engytatus varians share a tarweed flower. (Photo by Larry Snyder)
Turning Over an Old Leaf
It's New Year's Day and it's common for folks to turn over a new leaf. What about the old...
UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro (right) of the Department of Evolution and Ecology and Louie Yang, professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's recent open house on monarchs. (PHoto by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch munching on milkweed on New Year's Day, 2024, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a monarch caterpillar munching on milkweed on New Year's Day, 2024, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Roll Call: Answer If You're Here
Roll call of monarch caterpillars today in a milkweed bed in a Vacaville pollinator...
A monarch caterpillar, the result of fall breeding in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)