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A Flash of Orange: Welcome, California Tortoiseshell!

A California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) nectaring on a butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A flash of orange. Usually we see assorted orange butterflies--Gulf Fritillaries (Agraulis...

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Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 4:26 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (3), butterfly bush (1), California Tortoiseshell (1), migration (6), Nymphalis californica (1), UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology (1)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources

Not a Good Time to Be a Monarch Caterpillar

A monarch caterpillar munches on tropical milkweed in Vacaville, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 27. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Migrating monarchs are fluttering daily into our yard in Vacaville, Calif., one by one, two by two,...

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Posted on Monday, October 30, 2017 at 4:22 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: migration (6), milkweed (1), monarch caterpillar (1), Monarch Grove Butterfly Natural Preserve (1), Natural Bridges State Park (1), Santa Cruz (1)

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 (3), Danaus plexippus (2), extinction (1), migration (6), monarch butterflies (2), North American Butterfly Association (1), UC Davis Department of Evollution and Ecology (1), Xerces Society (1)

Marvels of Migration

A mighty male Monarch on the move. On its way to one of coastal California's overwintering sites, it stops to sip from flight fuel (nectar) from a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lately we've been fascinated by the migrating Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) heading to...

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Posted on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 5:55 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Danaus plexippus (2), Hugh Dingle (1), migration (6), monarch butterflies (2), whales (1)

Welcome Back, Painted Ladies

A female butterfly, a painted lady, nectaring on Spanish lavender on March 8 in the Benicia Community Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The painted ladies are on move. Butterflies. Scores of painted ladies (Vanessa cardui) are...

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Posted on Monday, March 10, 2014 at 10:04 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Arthur Shapiro (1), Benicia (1), butterfly (1), migration (6), Painted Lady (1), Vanessa cardui (1)

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