Posts Tagged: butterflies
Monarch Butterflies as Pollinators
"More than beautiful, monarch butterflies contribute to the health of our planet. While feeding on nectar, they pollinate many types of wildflowers.--National Park Service. Have you ever seen pollen...
Bees are the most well known pollinators, but butterflies, including monarchs, are pollinators, too. This monarch butterfly, sipping nectar in a Vacaville garden, came up with a head full of pollen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
WSU-Tagged Monarchs May Be Heading Your Way
Seen any tagged monarchs lately? If you live in California, tagged monarchs from the migratory research project of entomologist David James of Washington State University may be heading your...
A newly eclosed male monarch spreads its wings. In the back is a female. Both eclosed on Sept. 5 in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A newly eclosed female monarch clings to a tropical milkweed leaf before taking flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
And Just Like That, A Monarch Fluttered into Our Garden
And just like that, a female monarch butterfly fluttered into our Vacaville pollinator garden this morning, Aug. 10, and left a dozen or so calling cards: precious eggs. We earlier saw a...
A female monarch flutters into a Vacaville garden on Aug. 10 and checks out the narrow-leafed milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch heads for another milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch investigates a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A tiny monarch egg clings to the underside of a narrow-leafed milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Open House: Like a Moth to a Flame
Like a moth to a flame...visitors crowded into the Bohart Museum of Entomology last Saturday night for a "Night at the Museum." The open house showcased moths, in celebration of National...
The blacklighting display at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum's Lepidoptera collection, talks to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas displays death's-head hawkmoths, Acherontia stropos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Solano County Fair, June 15-18: Bees, Butterflies and More
You might not expect to see Anthocharis sara sara in McCormack Hall during the 74th annual Solano County Fair, Vallejo, June 15-18. But you will. It's a photograph titled "Painted Wings"...
A clerk at McCormack Hall, Solano County Fair, displays two junior division photos: one of a honey bee by Jesse Means of Dixon, and the other of a orange-tip butterfly by Regan Van Tuyl of Dixon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a portion of a painting by Caitlin Douglas of Vallejo. It's titled "Clover Honey."
McCormack Hall superintendent Sharon Payne (left) and daughter Julianna Payne Brown, assistant superintendent, display a quilt.