Posts Tagged: Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest
Two Insect Contests: One Winner, One to Go
One down, one to go! We have a winner in the 4th annual Robbin Thorp Memorial...
The search is on to collect the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in the three-county area of Yolo, Sacramento and Solano. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Museum Collaborating with Art Shapiro's 'Beer-for-a-Butterfly' Contest
Butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus, Department of Evolution and...
Art Shapiro spotted two cabbage white butterflies on Feb. 8, 2023 in West Sacramento. He spotted the first one, a female, at 11:22 a.m. At 11:38, he saw a male. He recorded them but did not collect them. Note: These images aren't them. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is the first-flight-of-the-year butterfly chart by UC Davis alumnus Matthew Forister, Endowed Professor in Biology, University of Nevada.
Shapiro Records First Cabbage White Butterfly of the Year
In between the rain and the cold, UC Davis Distinguished Professor Art Shapiro of the Department of...
The cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Oh, That Elusive Cabbage White Butterfly
No butterfly. No beer. Blame the rain. Blame the cold. As of today, Jan. 26, no one has won...
A cabbage white butterfly stops for a little catmint nectar (flight fuel) on a warm summer day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
No Cabbage White Butterfly, No Bumble Bee
No cabbage white butterfly, no bumble bee. As of 4 p.m. today (Jan. 6), the two UC Davis...
A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, in flight, heading toward lantana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on Italian Italian bugloss, Anchusa azurea. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, heading for a jade blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)