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Well, Hello There, Tiny Monarch Caterpillar!

Talk about not getting the memo. We walked into our little pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif.,...

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Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 4:35 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Beautiful Monarch (1), caterpillars (8), chrysalids (1), habitat (1), Holli Hearn (1), Mona Miller (1), monarchs (1), rearing monarchs (1), Xerces Society (1)

From Caterpillars to Butterflies to Chronic Pain Research

"Science is full of surprises." Bruce Hammock, UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology who...

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Posted on Friday, August 19, 2016 at 2:27 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bruce Hammock (1), butterflies (1), caterpillars (8), chronic pain (1), John Imig (1), Medical College of Wisconsin (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (1)

The Wandering Caterpillar 'Strikes a Cord'

When you're rearing monarch caterpillars in an indoor habitat, watch out for the escapees. Monarch...

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Posted on Friday, November 20, 2015 at 5:50 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: caterpillars (8), cell phone (1), chrysalis (1), electrical cord (1), monarch butterflies (2)

Thank You, Mrs. Monarch!

Thank you, Mrs. Monarch. Thank you for laying your eggs on our newly planted narrowleaf...

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Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 5:27 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: caterpillars (8), Danaus plexippus (1), monarch butterflies (2), narrowleafed milkweed (1)

Why Influx of Caterpillars Linked to Hawks

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the...

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Posted on Friday, July 24, 2015 at 5:13 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Amy Toth (1), Andrew Engilis Jr. (1), caterpillars (8), Cooper''s hawks (1), European paper wasps (1), Gulf Fritillary butterflies (3), praying mantids (1)

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