Posts Tagged: Art Shapiro
Butterfly: The Gateway Bug to Entomology?
A retired Fairfield elementary school teacher says that butterflies are the "gateway bug" to...
A common checkered skipper, Pyrgus communis, warming its flight muscles in Vacaville, Calif., on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Checkered Past, a Checkered Future or Just Checkered?
Have you seen any Checkered White butterflies lately? They're quite common in the southern United...
A female Checkered White butterfly, Pontia protodice (as identified by UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro) nectars on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The female Checkered White spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female Checkered White butterfly, Pontia protodice nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The female Checkered White showing a rejection behavior although no males are around. "The 'tail in the air' is a sexual rejection posture," says UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Butterfly Guru and 'Weeping Rocks'
In case you missed editor Jocelyn Anderson's piece in the UC Davis Magazine, don't miss this...
UC Davis distinguished professsor Art Shapiro monitoring his Gates Canyon, Vacaville site. He's been monitoring the butterfly populations of Central California for 50 years. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Butterfly guru Art Shapiro spots a butterfly off Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville, on Jan. 25, 2014. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's in a Name? Western Tiger Swallowtail
It's not "officially" spring until we see--and photograph--the spectacular Western tiger...
A newly emerged Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, an image taken in 2021. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Art Shapiro: Monitoring Butterfly Populations in Central California Since 1972
If you missed it, yesterday (March 14) was the annual "National Learn About Butterflies...
One of Art Shapiro's monitoring sites is Gates Canyon, Vacaville. Here he looks for butterflies in this image taken on Jan. 25, 2014. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro estimates he wears out three or four pairs of a shoes a year. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)