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Once Upon a Monarch...

We first saw her at 10 a.m. on Oct. 27, 2017. She was eating. That's what monarch caterpillars do...

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Posted on Monday, November 27, 2017 at 3:39 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: butterfly sanctuary (2), Loma Vista Farm (1), migratory monarchs (2), monarch butterfly (1), monarchs (31), Natural Bridges State Park (3), Rita LeRoy (1), Santa Cruz (3)

Parasitoid Palooza! Or What Ate My Caterpillar or Chrysalis

So you're trying to rear monarch butterflies. You notice an egg on your milkweed plant, and watch...

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Posted on Monday, November 13, 2017 at 5:00 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (6), Jessica Gillung (1), jewel wasps (1), Lynn Kimsey (3), monarchs (31), Parasitoid Palooza (1), Steve Heydon (1), Tabatha Yang (1), tachinid fly (1)

How to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden

It's a great topic. Horticulture experts at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden will join...

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Posted on Friday, September 22, 2017 at 4:15 PM

Comments: 1

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: bees (2), butterflies (8), monarchs (31), pollinator gardening (1), Tithonia (2), UC Arboretum and Public Garden (1), Yolo County Master Gardeners (1)

Bohart Museum Associate Jeff Smith: A Monarch Kind of Day

Entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterfly and moth collection at the Bohart Museum of...

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Posted on Thursday, August 24, 2017 at 5:03 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: 70th birthday party (1), Bohart Museum of Entomology (6), butterflies (8), Jeff Smith (2), Lynn Kimsey (3), monarchs (31), moths (1), volunteer service (1)

Make Mine the Monarch

The National Geographic just ran a piece titled "Without Bugs, We Might All Be Dead." "There are...

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Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at 6:07 PM

Comments: 1

• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: David MacNeal (1), insects (1), longhorn bees (1), monarchs (31), National Geographic (1), Simon Worrall (1)

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