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Spotlight on UC Davis Professor Louie Yang and Monarch Research

It was a whopping 100-fold increase. California's 2021 western monarch Thanksgiving count, directed by the Xerces Society of Invertebrate...

Community ecologist Louie Yang  captured this image of monarchs at the Coronado Butterfly Preserve in 2006.
Community ecologist Louie Yang captured this image of monarchs at the Coronado Butterfly Preserve in 2006.

Community ecologist Louie Yang captured this image of monarchs at the Coronado Butterfly Preserve in 2006.

Posted on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 2:26 PM
Focus Area Tags: Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Simon 'Niels' Groen: How Predators Can Feed on That Highly Toxic Milkweed

"Scientists now understand how certain animals can feed on picturesque, orange monarch butterflies, which are filled from head to abdomen with...

These are some of the illustrations that Niels Groen  will use at his UC Davis seminar.
These are some of the illustrations that Niels Groen will use at his UC Davis seminar.

These are some of the illustrations that Niels Groen will use at his UC Davis seminar.

Posted on Friday, January 28, 2022 at 5:40 PM
Focus Area Tags: Economic Development, Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

How Little We Know About Monarchs...

How little we know about monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus... And how long misinformation can linger... Take the news about the overwintering...

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)

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

Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 4:02 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

What's Happening with Our Western Monarchs?

"A count of the Western monarch butterfly population last winter saw a staggering drop in numbers, but there are hopeful signs the beautiful...

A monarch nectaring on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in October, 2021 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch nectaring on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in October, 2021 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch nectaring on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in October, 2021 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch caterpillar feasting on tropical milkweed in Vacaville, Calif. in the summer of 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch caterpillar feasting on tropical milkweed in Vacaville, Calif. in the summer of 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch caterpillar feasting on tropical milkweed in Vacaville, Calif. in the summer of 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, November 5, 2021 at 2:12 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Good News on the Monarch Butterfly Front

She came, she saw, she oviposited, she nectared and she left.  That's the extent of our sole monarch sighting in our Vacaville pollinator...

Monarch laying an egg in Vacaville on Oct. 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Monarch laying an egg in Vacaville on Oct. 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Monarch laying an egg in Vacaville on Oct. 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, October 22, 2021 at 4:12 PM
Tags: Art Shapiro (294), milkweed (53), monarchs (77), UC Davis (345)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources

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