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The Missing Mistletoe and the Non-Purple Great Purple Hairstreak Butterfly

You may not recognize mistletoe unless it sports a red bow and is hanging over a doorway during the holiday season. You may not recognize The...

Mistletoe infests this Modesto ash in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mistletoe infests this Modesto ash in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Mistletoe infests this Modesto ash in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is the Great Purple Hairstreak, Atlides halesus. It is misnamed; it is not purple, but iridescent blue. Its host plant is mistletoe. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)
This is the Great Purple Hairstreak, Atlides halesus. It is misnamed; it is not purple, but iridescent blue. Its host plant is mistletoe. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)

This is the Great Purple Hairstreak, Atlides halesus. It is misnamed; it is not purple, but iridescent blue. Its host plant is mistletoe. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)

Posted on Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

Suds for a Bug, or a Pitcher of Beer for a Butterfly

Suds for a bug? A bug for some suds? The annual “Beer for a Butterfly” contest, launched in 1972 by butterfly guru Art Shapiro, now...

Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, on lantana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, on lantana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, on lantana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, December 20, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

Gulf Frit and Tithonia: Showstoppers

The Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, and the Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, seem made for one another. Both are a showy orange....

A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, fluttering over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, fluttering over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, fluttering over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources, Yard & Garden

A Little Cinderella

In its larval stage, it's a pest of cole crops. As an adult, it's like a little Cinderella. That would be the cabbage white butterfly,...

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on lavender in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on lavender in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on lavender in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Yard & Garden

The Heat. The Butterflies. The Butterfly Guru.

Don't expect to see UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro monitoring butterflies on the 4th of July. There's a good reason...

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on lavender in a Vacaville garden on June 24. Next Wednesday, July 4, promises to be a scorcher at 106 degrees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on lavender in a Vacaville garden on June 24. Next Wednesday, July 4, promises to be a scorcher at 106 degrees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on lavender in a Vacaville garden on June 24. Next Wednesday, July 4, promises to be a scorcher at 106 degrees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, flutters its wings, ready to fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, flutters its wings, ready to fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, flutters its wings, ready to fly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, June 28, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Focus Area Tags: Environment, Innovation, Natural Resources

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