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Why Friday the 13th Is Not an Unlucky Day

Friday the 13th is not an unlucky day--not when migratory monarchs make a pit stop at your home on...

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Posted on Friday, October 13, 2017 at 6:13 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Dossey (1), Friday the 13th (1), monarch butterflies (54), paraskevidekatriaphobia (1), tropical milkweed (4)

Are Western Monarchs Heading for Extinction?

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

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (11), Danaus plexippus (20), extinction (1), migration (2), monarch butterflies (54), North American Butterfly Association (1), UC Davis Department of Evollution and Ecology (1), Xerces Society (8)

The Monarch Butterflies Arrive!

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

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Asclepias curassavica (2), Asclepias speciosa (2), Danaus plexippus (20), longhorn bees (1), monarch butterflies (54), showy milkweed (1), tropical milkweed (4)

No Fun Having a 'Hole in One'

It's no fun having a "hole in one." No, not golf. A hole in your butterfly habitat. So, here it...

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Posted on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at 5:32 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: hole in one (1), maggots (2), monarch butterflies (54), rearing butterflies (2), tachinid flies (2)

A June Bridal Couple That Monarch Moms and Dads Will Hate

Ready for those June weddings? Coming to an altar near you...a bride and a groom. "When you marry...

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Posted on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 5:40 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: insect wedding photograph (1), June wedding (1), maggots (2), monarch butterflies (54), tachinid flies (2)

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