Posts Tagged: Art Shapiro
UC Davis Scientists Weigh in on 'The Plight of the Pollinators'
UC Davis scientists weighed in on "The Plight of the Pollinators," in an informative article by...
A squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, pollinating a squash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee, Apis mellifera, foraging on an almond blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, nectaring on milkweed, its host plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A hummingbird seeking nectar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Seminar: 'Insect Conservation in an Uncertain Future'
There may or may not be a silver lining for conservationists trying to save the threatened Oregon...
WSU postdoctoral research scholar Erica Henry, shown here on a field trip, will present a UC Davis seminar on March 2 on "Insect Conservation in an Uncertain Future."
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)
Eight-Year-Old Boy 'Runner-Up' in Hunt for First Cabbage White Butterfly of the Year
UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro of the Department of Evolution and Ecology didn't...
Asher Schneider, 8, of Davis, holds his "runner-up" cabbage white butterfly.
A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, in flight. This is a summer image taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Shapiro Records First-of-the-Year Cabbage White Butterfly: 'Pop Goes the Pieris'
No contest, no winner, no beer? But he'll have a beer anyway! UC Davis distinguished professor...
A cabbage white butterfly nectaring on lavender in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the graph created by Matt Forister, the McMinn Professor of Biology at the University of Nevada. Forister calculated that the first cabbage white butterfly of 2022 would be sighted in the three-county area of Yolo, Solano and Sacramento on Jan. 19. UC Davis Professor Art Shapiro sighted his first of the year on Jan. 19.