Posts Tagged: orange sulphur butterfly

Mellow Yellow: The Butterflies Are Back!

Mellow yellow! The butterflies are back! We spotted a bright yellow butterfly nectaring a bush germander on Feb. 7 in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California, Davis. So...

Orange Sulphur Butterfly

A MALE orange sulphur butterfly (Colias eurythme) nectars a bush germander on Feb. 7 at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sharing Air Space

YELLOW AIRCRAFT and a yellow butterfly shared air space off Bee Biology Road on Feb. 7. This plane was practicing its takeoffs and landings at the University Airport. An apparent show of mimicry? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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