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Gulf Fritillaries: Passion Makes Perfect

Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) soars over a fence to lay its eggs on its host plant, the passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

No wall can separate a Gulf Fritillary from its host plant, the passionflower vine...

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Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 5:38 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (32), Art Shapiro (152), Gulf Fritillary (14), Passiflora (12), passionflower vine (11), UC Davis (24)

Focus Area Tags: Environment

In the Loop--on the Mustard

The alfalfa looper moth, Autographa californica, nectaring on mustard blossoms in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ever seen this mottled brownish/blackish/grayish moth around lately? The alfalfa looper moth,...

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Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 4:12 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: alfalfa looper moth (1), Art Shapiro (152), Autographa californica (1), Greg Kareofelas (10), mustard (1)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources Pest Management Yard & Garden

In Case You Missed It....We Have a Winner in Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest!

This is the first-collected cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Sacramento, Yolo and Solano. It's the winner of the Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest and the winner is Professor Art Shapiro! (Photo by Sherri Mann of the UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology)

In case you missed it...we have a winner in the 2018 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest, sponsored by Art...

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Posted on Monday, January 22, 2018 at 5:23 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (152), cabbage white butterfly (27), Pieris rapae (25), UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology (5), UC IPM (3)

Focus Area Tags: Environment Natural Resources Pest Management Yard & Garden

That Elusive Cabbage White Butterfly

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint last summer in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If you've been looking for that cabbage white butterfly in the three-area county of Sacramento,...

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Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 4:24 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (152), beer (4), Beer for a Butterfly (8), Cabbage White Butterfly (27), insect (1), Pieris rapae (25), UC Davis (24)

Focus Area Tags: Agriculture Economic Development Innovation Natural Resources

Photobombing a Honey Bee

A cabbage white butterfly photobombs a honey bee on a bluebeard (Caryopteris x clandonensis). This image was taken in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Ready? Set? Go? The search party is almost ready to start. If you're lucky, you'll net the prize...

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Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 6:00 AM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (152), beer for a butterfly (8), bluebeard (1), cabbage white butterfly (27), honey bee (2), photobombing (1)

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