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The Butterfly and the Stink Bug

It's sort of like "The Beauty and the Beast." Or "The Pollinator and the Pest." A gorgeous...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 6:34 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: butterfly bush (2), Papilio rutulus (17), stink bug (1), Western tiger swallowtail (23)

Down on the Farm...

Down on the farm...the Loma Vista Farm.... When the Loma Vista Farm--part of the Vallejo City...

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Posted on Monday, May 25, 2015 at 4:54 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bombus vosnesenskii (1), lady beetle (1), Loma Vista Farm (1), spotted cucumber beetle (1), Western tiger swallowtail (23), yellow-faced bumble bees (1)

Hold That Tiger!

She's a butterfly magnet. When Oakland parks supervisor Tora Rocha, known as "The Monarch Queen"...

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Posted on Friday, April 3, 2015 at 7:03 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven (2), Papilio rutulus (17), Tora Rocha (1), Western Tiger Swallowtail (23)

Sharing a Mexican Sunflower

Two's company. Three's a crowd? Not necessarily. Sometimes we wish it were half a dozen. Last...

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Posted on Monday, December 15, 2014 at 5:42 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (2), Gulf Fritillary (2), Papilio rutulus (17), Western Tiger Swallowtail (23)

Close Shave on Jupiter's Beard

The Western tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) is the kind of butterfly that combines steel with...

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Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at 10:15 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Centranthus ruber (1), Jupiter''s beard (1), Papilio rutulus (17), Western tiger swallowtail (23)

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