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Are Western Monarchs Heading for Extinction?

A male monarch takes flight on Sept. 12 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Are western monarch butterflies heading for extinction? A Sept. 7 article in Reuters, headlined...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 11:56 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (4), Danaus plexippus (33), extinction (1), migration (2), monarch butterflies (20), North American Butterfly Association (1), UC Davis Department of Evollution and Ecology (1), Xerces Society (7)

The Monarch Butterflies Arrive!

A male monarch visits the Mexican sunflower patch in the Garvey pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A little haggard, a little worn, a little ragged, a little torn. But there she was on Monday, Aug....

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Posted on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 4:51 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Asclepias curassavica (1), Asclepias speciosa (3), Danaus plexippus (33), longhorn bees (1), monarch butterflies (20), showy milkweed (1), tropical milkweed (1)

A Look Back at 2016: Monarch Butterflies Reigned

This tagged butterfly, part of WSU entomologist David James' migratory research project, flew from Ashland, Ore. on Aug. 28 to Vacaville, Calif. on Sept. 5, or a distance of 285 miles in seven days, or about 40.7 miles a day. It was reared and tagged by Steve Johnson of Ashland and was on its way to an overwintering site along coastal California. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

What a marvelous year! Looking back at 2016, monarch butterflies reigned supreme--or at least they...

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Posted on Monday, January 2, 2017 at 4:49 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (3), Danaus plexippus (33), David James (2), migratory monarchs (1), monarch butterflies (20), Steve Johnson (2), Washington State University (2)

Our Story Begins with Eight Monarch Caterpillars in the Dead of Winter

Rita LeRoy of Vallejo holds a Vacaville monarch before releasing it at Lighthouse Field State Park. (Photo by Walter Rockholt)

This is a story about how eight monarch butterflies escaped the freezing temperatures of Vacaville,...

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Posted on Friday, December 30, 2016 at 1:25 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: 4-H leader (1), Bohart Museum of Entomology (3), Danaus plexippus (33), Farmer Rita (1), monarch butterflies (20), National Public Radio (1), overwintering monarchs (1), Rita LeRoy (1), Santa Cruz (2), Starfish Story (1), Walter Rockholt (1)

Those Beautiful 'Cats

A monarch caterpillar outlined against the blue sky in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Late bloomers. Late eaters. Monarch butterflies are migrating now, but we're still finding a few...

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Posted on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 4:39 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Danaus plexippus (33), David James (2), Davis (1), Linda Weiford (1), monarch caterpillars (1), monarchs (3), Steve Johnson (2), University of California (1), Washington State University (2)

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