Posts Tagged: Pieris rapae
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.
Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest? Maybe Not in 2022
There may not be a UC Davis "Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest" or "Suds for a Bug" in 2022. The...
This is a cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. In its larval stage, it is a pest of cucurbits. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Olfaction and Taste Symposium: Learn About Honey Bees, Mosquitoes, Butterflies, Fruit Flies and More...
Honey bees, mosquitoes, cabbage butterflies, fruit flies and more... You'll hear about a variety...
The free international symposium, “Insect Olfaction and Taste in 24 Hours Around the Globe,” begins at 9 a.m, Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), Wednesday, Aug. 11.
The honey bee will be one of the insects featured at the international symposium, “Insect Olfaction and Taste in 24 Hours Around the Globe,” (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The symposium will zero in on olfaction/taste research on three species of mosquitoes, including Culex. This is Culex quinquefasciatus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, will share the spotlight at the international symposium, “Insect Olfaction and Taste in 24 Hours Around the Globe." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Drosophila suzukii, the spotted-wing drosophila, is a pest of raspberries and other fruit. The insect will be discussed at the symposium on "Insect Olfaction and Taste in 24 Hours Around the Globe." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Rejection in the World of Cabbage White Butterflies
So here we have two cabbage white butterflies, a male and a female, fluttering around the...
Hello, there! Two cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, meet on catmint (Nepata) in a Vacaville, Calif. pollinator yard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Look at me! A male cabbage white butterfly tries to draw the attention of a female. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In this image, the female cabbage white butterfly (left) raises her abdomen, rejecting the male that is scattering pheromone on her, says Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
No Contest, But Art Shapiro Spots First Cabbage White Butterfly of Year
The COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2021 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest but sponsor Art Shapiro,...
The cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint in the summer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Matthew Forister, the McMinn Professor of Biology at the University of Nevada and a former graduate student of Art Shapiro's, analyzes and graphs the annual data.