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Gray Hairstreak Host Plant: A Record of Some Kind?

Where are the monarch butterflies? They're MIA on the four species of milkweed in our Vacaville...

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The gray hairstreak, Strymon melinus, finds a play her lay her eggs, on the buds of a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The gray hairstreak, Strymon melinus, finds a play her lay her eggs, on the buds of a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gray hairstreak, Strymon melinus, laying eggs on the buds of a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Gray hairstreak, Strymon melinus, laying eggs on the buds of a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 1:00 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Asclepias curassavica (16), gray hairstreak butterfly (3), host plant (1), pollinator garden (29), Strymon melinus (10), tropical milkweed (25)

Focus Area Tags: Environment, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Targeting Insect-Host Plant Research

It's exciting to see a promising career unfold. We first met UC Davis graduate student Alex Van...

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Alex Van Dam, photographed next to a giant cactus.

Alex Van Dam, photographed next to a giant cactus.

Posted on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 10:23 PM

Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Alex Van Dam (0), Bernie May (0), insect-host plant research (0), Jay Rosenheim (0), Steve Nadler (0)

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