Posts Tagged: monarchs
Simon 'Niels' Groen: How Predators Can Feed on That Highly Toxic Milkweed
"Scientists now understand how certain animals can feed on picturesque, orange monarch...
These are some of the illustrations that Niels Groen will use at his UC Davis seminar.
How Little We Know About Monarchs...
How little we know about monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus... And how long misinformation can...
Monarchs overwintering in the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, in 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's Happening with Our Western Monarchs?
"A count of the Western monarch butterfly population last winter saw a staggering drop in...
A monarch nectaring on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in October, 2021 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch caterpillar feasting on tropical milkweed in Vacaville, Calif. in the summer of 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Good News on the Monarch Butterfly Front
She came, she saw, she oviposited, she nectared and she left. That's the extent of our sole...
Monarch laying an egg in Vacaville on Oct. 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Milkweed's New Buddy: It's Not a Monarch
Our showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) is putting on a show. The...
A praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, hanging out on a milkweed in Vacaville, Calif. after molting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The exoskeleton that the praying mantis just shed is lying on a milkweed leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)