Posts Tagged: butterfly bush
A Time to Celebrate Summer and National Pollinator Week
It's the first day of summer and the beginning of National Pollinator Week. What could be...
A Western tiger swallowtail foraging on a butterfly bush, Buddleia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sometimes a Western tiger swallowtail resembles the brightly colored sails of a sailboat. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Ready for take-off: the Western tiger swallowtail prepares to leave a butterfly bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Good Day, Mourning Cloak
If you go looking for a bumble bee, you might find a butterfly. And vice versa. The UC Davis...
A mourning cloak, Nymphalis antiopa, as photographed Feb. 6, 2016 in the Carolee Shields White Flower Garden and Gazebo, UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mourning cloak touches down Feb. 6, 2016 on a butterfly bush, Buddleia "Morning Mist," in the Carolee Shields White Flower Garden and Gazebo, UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
To Kill a Monarch
It's a sin to kill a mockingbird, wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee in her classic...
A praying mantis nails a monarch butterfly on a butterfly bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey(
Close-up of the predator and the prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch butterfly wing in the foreground; praying mantis in the background. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Never Say 'Pipe Down' to a Pipevine Swallowtail
Never say "pipe down" to a pipevine swallowtail. It's a butterfly we treasure. You may have seen...
A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, flashes its colors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of a pipevine swallowtail nectaring on a butterfly bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pipevine swallowtail in a familiar pose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Black and blue on blue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pipevine swallowtail in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Butterfly and the Stink Bug
It's sort of like "The Beauty and the Beast." Or "The Pollinator and the Pest." A gorgeous...
Papilio rutulus, lands on a butterfly bush. Note the stink bug on top. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Western tiger swallowtail quickly jerks back as it spots the stink bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Oops! A sip of a nectar and a view of the stink bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)