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The Flora and the Fauna at the Old State Capitol

Erected in 1852, this historic building was ostensibly intended for Benicia City Hall. Offered as...

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Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 4:29 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (26), Benicia State Capitol (1), Fischer-Hanlon House (1), Gulf Fritillary (37), Papilio rutulus (2), Western tiger swallowtail (2)

Pollen Power

The conversation usually starts like this: "I saw this huge, huge bumble bee with yellow on its...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 5:02 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (26), carpenter bee (1), Gulf Fritillary (37), Passiflora (11), Passionflower vine (11), Valley carpenter (1)

In a Butterfly State-of-Mind

So here's this gravid praying mantis perched on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in a Vacaville...

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Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 5:49 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: gulf fritillary (37), Mexican sunflower (5), monarch (3), praying mantis (2), Tithonia (6)

And Along Came a Wasp...

So here's this cute little reddish/orangish caterpillar munching away on a passionflower...

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Posted on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 4:04 PM

Comments: 2

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (26), Colorado State University (1), European paper wasp (2), Gulf Fritillary (37), Passiflora (11), passionflower vine (11), Polistes dominula (2), University of Wyoming (1), Whitney Cranshaw (1)

The Unseen World of Gulf Fritillaries

Let's celebrate the Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae). If you have a passionflower vine...

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Posted on Monday, August 15, 2016 at 5:08 PM

Comments: 5

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: adult butterfly (1), Agraulis vanillae (26), Art Shapiro (14), caterpillar (2), chrysalid (1), egg (1), Gulf Fritillary (37), metamorphosis (1), passionflower vine (11), UC Davis (4)

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