Posts Tagged: cabbage white butterfly
Eight-Year-Old Boy 'Runner-Up' in Hunt for First Cabbage White Butterfly of the Year
UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro of the Department of Evolution and Ecology didn't...
Asher Schneider, 8, of Davis, holds his "runner-up" cabbage white butterfly.
A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, in flight. This is a summer image taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Shapiro Records First-of-the-Year Cabbage White Butterfly: 'Pop Goes the Pieris'
No contest, no winner, no beer? But he'll have a beer anyway! UC Davis distinguished professor...
A cabbage white butterfly nectaring on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the graph created by Matt Forister, the McMinn Professor of Biology at the University of Nevada. Forister calculated that the first cabbage white butterfly of 2022 would be sighted in the three-county area of Yolo, Solano and Sacramento on Jan. 19. UC Davis Professor Art Shapiro sighted his first of the year on Jan. 19.
Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest? Maybe Not in 2022
There may not be a UC Davis "Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest" or "Suds for a Bug" in 2022. The...
This is a cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. In its larval stage, it is a pest of cucurbits. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's Friday Fly Day!
If it's Friday, it must be "Friday Fly Day!" And a perfect day to post an image of a fly. This is...
A female tachinid on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
No Contest, But Art Shapiro Spots First Cabbage White Butterfly of Year
The COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2021 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest but sponsor Art Shapiro,...
The cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint in the summer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Matthew Forister, the McMinn Professor of Biology at the University of Nevada and a former graduate student of Art Shapiro's, analyzes and graphs the annual data.