Posts Tagged: monarchs
Revisiting the Issue of Monarch Butterflies Missing from California Classrooms
A monarch butterfly caterpillar goes through five stages or instars before it J's and...
A monarch caterpillar crawling on a milkweed leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male monarch butterfly foraging on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifola) in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatle Garvey)
Louie Yang: From Monarchs and Milkweed to Mentoring and More...
Professor Louie Yang's monarch and milkweed research at the University of California, Davis,...
Community ecologist Louie Yang, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, answers questions at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Monarchs and Milkweed." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Fascinating, Must-Read Book: 'The Lives of Butterflies'
“Butterflies are treasures, like great works of art. Should we not value them as much as the...
In the field: David James, an entomologist and associate professor at Washington State University.
A monarch butterfly on Tithonia rotundifola in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Adler Dillman: Of Monarchs, Toxins, and Nematode Parasitism of Insects
"Target-site insensitivity (TSI) is an important mechanism of animal resistance to toxins," says...
Monarch butterfly nectaring on milkweed in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Turning Over an Old Leaf
It's New Year's Day and it's common for folks to turn over a new leaf. What about the old...
UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro (right) of the Department of Evolution and Ecology and Louie Yang, professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's recent open house on monarchs. (PHoto by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch munching on milkweed on New Year's Day, 2024, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a monarch caterpillar munching on milkweed on New Year's Day, 2024, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)