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On Flag Day, Both Flags and Monarchs Flutter

A majestic monarch butterfly, an icon, on an American flag. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Today, June 14, is Flag Day, a time when we celebrate and commemorate our American flag. Our...

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Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 4:33 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: American flag (1), Danaus plexippus (35), Flag Day (1), June 14 (1), monarch butterflies (21)

Focus Area Tags: Yard & Garden

A Monarch Kind of Christmas

Last year at this time, we saw four monarchs eclose in our small-scale rearing project. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Merry Christmas has always been merry, but it's better with butterflies! Isn't everything better...

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Posted on Monday, December 25, 2017 at 6:00 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: butterfly (1), Christmas (1), Danaus plexippus (35), holiday (1), monarch (3)

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 (35), extinction (1), migration (2), monarch butterflies (21), 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 (35), longhorn bees (1), monarch butterflies (21), 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 (35), David James (2), migratory monarchs (1), monarch butterflies (21), Steve Johnson (2), Washington State University (2)

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