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In a Butterfly State-of-Mind

An unsuspecting monarch lands next to a Mexican sunflower occupied by a predator, a praying mantis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: gulf fritillary (38), Mexican sunflower (5), monarch (3), praying mantis (2), Tithonia (6)

And Along Came a Wasp...

A European paper wasp, Polistes dominula, attacks a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (27), Colorado State University (1), European paper wasp (2), Gulf Fritillary (38), Passiflora (11), passionflower vine (11), Polistes dominula (2), University of Wyoming (1), Whitney Cranshaw (1)

The Unseen World of Gulf Fritillaries

Gulf Fritillaries mating in the passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: adult butterfly (1), Agraulis vanillae (27), Art Shapiro (15), caterpillar (2), chrysalid (1), egg (1), Gulf Fritillary (38), metamorphosis (1), passionflower vine (11), UC Davis (5)

It's a Predatory World Out There

Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, laying an egg (see tiny yellow dot protruding from the abdomen.) (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

It's a predatory world out there. Newly emerged Gulf Fritillaries (Agraulis vanillae) are...

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Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 4:22 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (27), Gulf Fritillary (38), Passiflora (11), passionflower vine (11)

Butterfly Ballet: No Boundaries, No Borders

Gulf Fritillaries in a

If you're nurturing a passionflower vine (Passiflora), you've probably seen "The Butterfly...

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Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 6:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (27), Alvin Simmons (1), Entomology Without Borders (1), Gulf Fritillary (38), International Congress of Entomology (1), James R. Carey (1), Walter Leal (1)

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