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'Battus philenor! Battus philenor!'
“Battus philenor! Battus philenor!” Butterfly expert Art Shapiro,...
Pipevine Swallowtail, Battis philenor, nectaring on radish on Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, and Pipevine Swallowtail, Battis philenor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Butterfly expert Arthur Shapiro monitoring his study site on Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The slightest movement attracts Art Shapiro's attention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Alamo Creek is dry at the lower elevations of Gates Canyon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Where Have All the Monarchs Gone?
As the world mourned the Jan. 27th death of 94-year-old folk singer Pete Seeger and hummed his...
Monarch butterfly nectaring on lantana on Oct. 27, 2013 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A glorious sight: monarch on the move. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Scott Carroll: Conciliation Biology
How do organisms respond to human-caused environmental change? What can we do? The mutual adaption...
The soapberry bug is one of the insects that Scott Carroll studies. See his website at http://soapberrybug.org/. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's Raining Pink in the Storer Garden at UC Davis
When it ought to be raining, it's raining pink. They say you can't fool Mother Nature or outsmart...
An Italian bee forages in the red Japanese apricot, Prunus mume "Matsubara red." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee maneuvering on the flowering apricot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Silver wings glint in the mid-day sun. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Packing yellow pollen, this bee is colony-bound. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Fuller rose beetle field trials for navel oranges
Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell has been conducting field trials in one of her research blocks at...
Monty, Jamie, and Sara looking for Fuller rose beetle eggs