Posts Tagged: butterflies
All Flights Lead to the Butterfly Summit
All flights lead to the Butterfly Summit. Road trips, too. Butterfly guru Arthur Shapiro, UC...
A monarch butterfly laying an egg on tropical milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch egg is tiny; compare the size of the egg with the aphid next to it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A very hungry monarch caterpillar. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The chrysalis, jade green, is a sight to see. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Hello world! A newly eclosed monarch butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Will Travel for Bugs! Bohart Museum Featuring Global Collections on UC Davis Picnic Day
You don't have to travel the world to see insects. You can see them at the Bohart Museum of...
Scores of visitors will tour the Bohart Museum of Entomology on UC Davis Picnic Day, Saturday, April 13. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith curates the butterfly and moth section at the Bohart Museum. Here he holds morpho butterfly specimens. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garv
The Bohart Museum is the home of nearly eight million insect specimens, collected throughout the world. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Art Shapiro: 'Butterflies as Heralds of the Apocalypse'
Butterflies, beer and a bar...Who wants to drink to science? If you've ever wanted to converse...
A newly emerged anise swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, spreads its wings on anise, its host plant, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, spreads its wings in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Those Disappearing Western Monarchs
It's good to see butterflies, especially monarchs, getting so much press. Now let's see if we can...
Monarchs on the fly in a Vacaville, Calif., pollinator garden in September 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
One of the monarchs reared in Vacaville, Calif. in 2016. It's ready to take flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Painted Ladies on the Move
The painted ladies are on the move. Have you seen these migratory butterflies, Vanessa...
A painted lady, Vanessa cardui, photographed on lantana in Vacaville in 2015. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)