Posts Tagged: WSU

David James' Incredible Research on Migratory Monarchs

Newly published research by entomologist David James of Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., in the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society yielded incredible news about the monarch population that migrates from the Pacific Northwest to...

This male monarch, released by citizen scientist Steve Johnson of Ashland on Aug. 28, 2016, fluttered into Vacaville, Calif., on Sept. 5, a 457-kilometer journey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This male monarch, released by citizen scientist Steve Johnson of Ashland on Aug. 28, 2016, fluttered into Vacaville, Calif., on Sept. 5, a 457-kilometer journey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The male monarch, No. 6093, sips nectar from a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia on Sept. 5, 2016. It traveled 457 kilometers from Ashland to Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The male monarch, No. 6093, sips nectar from a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia on Sept. 5, 2016. It traveled 457 kilometers from Ashland to Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A feast! This migrating monarch from Ashland, Ore., sipped nectar from a butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A feast! This migrating monarch from Ashland, Ore., sipped nectar from a butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

WSU entomologist David James, wearing a monarch t-shirt, with citizen-scientist inmates at Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla.

WSU entomologist David James, wearing a monarch t-shirt, with citizen-scientist inmates at Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla.

Monarchs overwintering in the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, in 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarchs overwintering in the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, in 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Migratory Monarchs Are on Their Way!

Migratory monarch alert! They're on their way.  Camera ready? Check. Notebook ready? Check! Entomologist David James of Washington State University, Pullman, Wash., who studies the migration routes and overwintering sites of the Pacific Northwest...

This 2016 tagged monarch butterfly flew 285 miles in 7 days from Ashland, Ore. on Aug. 28 to Vacaville, Calif., on Sept. 5, or about 40.7 miles per day, according to WSU entomologist David James. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This 2016 tagged monarch butterfly flew 285 miles in 7 days from Ashland, Ore. on Aug. 28 to Vacaville, Calif., on Sept. 5, or about 40.7 miles per day, according to WSU entomologist David James. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This 2017 female monarch was released Aug. 27 in Vacaville, as part of the Garvey family small-scale monarch rearing program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This 2017 female monarch was released Aug. 27 in Vacaville, as part of the Garvey family small-scale monarch rearing program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Worth Their Weight in Gold, Silver and Bronze...

When a story is worth its weight in gold, and a photo is worth its weight in silver and bronze...according to the judges... Two communicators based at the University of California, Davis, and affiliated with the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, won...

This photo of a newly eclosed monarch won a bronze award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This photo of a newly eclosed monarch butterfly won a bronze award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A WSU-Tagged Monarch: What a Traveler!

What are the odds? What are the odds? A monarch—the most special monarch ever--fluttered over our pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. on Monday afternoon, Sept. 5 and touched down on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). As it sipped nectar, I...

Where am I? A tagged male monarch butterfly, released from Ashland, Ore., perches on the head of a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif., on Sept. 5, 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Where am I? A tagged male monarch butterfly, released from Ashland, Ore., perches on the head of a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif., on Sept. 5, 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

WSU-tagged male monarch from Ashland, Ore., sipping nectar on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia, in Vacaville, Calif. Tag, invisible in this photo, is on the other side.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

WSU-tagged male monarch from Ashland, Ore., sipping nectar on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia, in Vacaville, Calif. Tag, invisible in this photo, is on the other side.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

WSU-tagged monarch nectaring on a towering Mexican sunflower in Vacaville,Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

WSU-tagged monarch nectaring on a towering Mexican sunflower in Vacaville,Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

WSU-tagged monarch sipping nectar from a butterfly bush in Vacaville, Calif. The tag, invisible in this photo, is on the other side. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

WSU-tagged monarch sipping nectar from a butterfly bush in Vacaville, Calif. The tag, invisible in this photo, is on the other side. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Best of Both Springs

Some folks have the best of both worlds. Noted bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey not only has the best of both worlds, but the best of both springs. Cobey, affiliated with the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of...

Bee breeder-geneticist

SUSAN COBEY, noted bee breeder-geneticist, is dividing her time between the University of California, Davis, and Washington State University. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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