Posts Tagged: native milkweed
Wings Up! Bohart Museum Sets Open House on Monarchs
Wings up! Butterfly and monarch scientists will discuss their expertise at the...
A male monarch nectaring on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female monarch nectaring on lavender. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch caterpillar chewing on narrow-leafed milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch chrysalis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch eclosing from its chrysalis. (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...
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)
Year 2023: What Does the Year Hold for Monarchs and Tropical Milkweed?
Do monarch butterflies know what they want/need? Apparently so, from personal observation. Over...
A monarch caterpillar feeding on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch nectaring on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees and other pollinators frequent tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Walda: a Master of Disguise, Stealth and Ambush
Where's Waldo? If you've ever looked at a “Where's Waldo” pictorial book and...
A praying mantis is camouflaged amid the green stems, seed pods and leaves of a native milkweed as she awaits prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Well, no prey in sight, so I guess I'll just wait. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
While I wait, I may as well groom myself. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
I see you! You don't look like prey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis Research: What a Monarch-Milkweed Interaction Project in North Davis Revealed
Newly published UC Davis research investigating wild monarch-native milkweed interactions in rural...
This is part of Professor Louie Yang's research site in north Davis. The team investigated monarch/milkweed interactions over a three-year period. (Photo by Larry Snyder)
A monarch nectaring on native milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis, also known as the narrow-leafed milkweed, at the UC Davis research site. (Photo by Larry Snyder)
A hungry monarch caterpillar munching on native milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis, at the UC Davis research site. (Photo by Larry Snyder)