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Tiny/Tim Not Long for This World

Tiny and Tim on a replica of a penny-farthing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It was bound to happen. Not all monarch butterflies that you rear will make it. Such was this...

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Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at 5:48 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Adele (1), Art Shapiro (152), crippled (1), eclosure (1), monarch butterflies (11), OE (1), Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (2), penny farthing (1), Tiny Tim (1)

Counting Chickens, Counting Chrysalids

This monarch chrysalis, hanging outdoors in a hamper, is apparently not viable. It turned from jade green to back on Nov. 15. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Counting butterflies before they eclose from their chrysalids is sort of like counting...

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Posted on Monday, December 7, 2015 at 7:48 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (152), chrysalids (1), chrysalis (4), eclose (1), monarch butterflies (11), UC Davis (24)

Monarchs Are Still There

Monarchs roosting in an ash tree at the Berkeley Aquatic Park. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

They're still there. They. Haven't. Moved. The monarch butterflies roosting in an ash tree...

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Posted on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 5:45 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (152), Berkeley Aquatic Park (2), clusters (1), monarch butterflies (11), roosting (2)

'Fourteen' Is a Lucky Number: That's Where the Monarchs Are

Roosting monarchs at the Berkeley Aquatic Park look like dried leaves, as one observer said. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

"Fourteen" is a lucky number at the Berkeley Aquatic Park, 80 Bolivar Drive,...

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Posted on Friday, November 27, 2015 at 4:35 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: 14th hole (1), Art Shapiro (152), Berkeley Aquatic Park (2), clustering (1), golf disc course (1), monarch butterflies (11), roosting (2), UC Davis (24)

Insect Art in the Garden

The tiny yellow egg of a Gulf Fritillary glows in the early morning sun. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you look closely, you'll not only see the cycle of life in your garden, but art as the center of...

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Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 1:34 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: adult (2), Art Shapiro (152), butterflies (14), caterpillar (3), chrysalis (4), egg (3), Gulf Fritillaries (6), mating (1), passionflower vine (11), UC Davis (24)

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