Posts Tagged: Monarch butterflies
Tropical Milkweed Doesn't Deserve the Bad Rap
Fact: Milkweed is the host plant of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. Fact: Without...
A monarch nectaring on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch caterpillar foraging on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a monarch caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch laying an egg on a tropical milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Monarch Who Arrived Late for Dinner
Never be late for dinner or it might be all gone. Take the case of the Mexican...
A male monarch arrives Oct. 3 to nectar Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a male monarch nectaring on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A spent blossom hangs over a male monarch that is sipping nectar from a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The male monarch samples nectar from a butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Monarch Migration Underway from Pacific Northwest
They're here and more are coming! Be on the lookout for migratory Monarch butterflies from the...
A WSU-tagged monarch. (Photo by WSU entomologist David James)
A male monarch nectaring on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Are You Ready for the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge?
Monarch Butterfly Alert! It's early spring and Western monarchs are heading inland from...
First in a series of photos taken in 2016: Two monarchs meet in a Tithonia patch in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Second in a series of photos taken in 2016: One monarch is nectaring and the other investigating. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Third in a series of photos taken in 2016: Two monarchs interacting in a Tithonia patch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fourth in a series of photos taken in 2016: The two monarchs take flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This map shows the area where monarch sightings should be reported in the Western Monarch Mystery Challenge.
Guess Who's Back?
"Guess who's back?" butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and...
Monarchs overwintering in the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, in 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)