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Art Shapiro: Sharing Information on Monarch Butterflies

UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro, who's been monitoring the butterfly populations of central California since 1972,...

UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro explains some of his research documentation at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on monarchs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro explains some of his research documentation at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on monarchs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Professor Louie Yang (left) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, chats with UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro of the Department of Evolution and Ecology during the Bohart Museum's open house on monarchs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Professor Louie Yang (left) of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, chats with UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro of the Department of Evolution and Ecology during the Bohart Museum's open house on monarchs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This document provided by Xerces Society of Invertebrate Conservation shows the number of monarchs overwintering along the California coast since 1997. Source: its annual Thanksgiving season count.

This document provided by Xerces Society of Invertebrate Conservation shows the number of monarchs overwintering along the California coast since 1997. Source: its annual Thanksgiving season count.

These are the monarch sightings that UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro has recorded in his North and West Sacramento monitoring sites since 1999.

These are the monarch sightings that UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro has recorded in his North and West Sacramento monitoring sites since 1999.

These are the monarch sightings that UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro has recorded in his Rancho Cordova and Suisun monitoring sites since 1999.

These are the monarch sightings that UC Davis distinguished professor Art Shapiro has recorded in his Rancho Cordova and Suisun monitoring sites since 1999.

Bohart Museum Open House: A Monarch State of Mind

It was a monarch state of mind... Western monarchs are now settling in their overwintering sites along coastal California, but the iconic...

An enlarged image of a monarch butterfly (by Kathy Keatley Garvey) graced the entrance to the Bohart Museum's open house on monarchs. In back is Bohart associate Mike Pitcairn, retired entomologist from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

An enlarged image of a monarch butterfly (by Kathy Keatley Garvey) graced the entrance to the Bohart Museum's open house on monarchs. In back is Bohart associate Mike Pitcairn, retired entomologist from the California Department of Food and Agriculture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis professor Elizabeth Crone of the Department of Evolution and Ecology, formerly of Tufts University, answers questions about monarchs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis professor Elizabeth Crone of the Department of Evolution and Ecology, formerly of Tufts University, answers questions about monarchs. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Professor Elizabeth Crone encouraged visitors to look at the butterfly scales through a microscope. Next to her: girls examining the display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Professor Elizabeth Crone encouraged visitors to look at the butterfly scales through a microscope. Next to her: girls examining the display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis emeritus professor Hugh Dingle, a worldwide authority on animal migration, including monarchs, displays a monarch migratory map. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis emeritus professor Hugh Dingle, a worldwide authority on animal migration, including monarchs, displays a monarch migratory map. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis emeritus professor Art Shapiro, who has monitored butterfly populations in central California for 50 years, explains his work. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis emeritus professor Art Shapiro, who has monitored butterfly populations in central California for 50 years, explains his work. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Bohart Museum display showing photos of life stages of monarchs, and a tachinid fly infestation. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Bohart Museum display showing photos of life stages of monarchs, and a tachinid fly infestation. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Catherine Tate, a fourth-year UC Davis student majoring in chemical engineering, asks questions of Bohart associates Greg Kareofelas (center) and Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Catherine Tate, a fourth-year UC Davis student majoring in chemical engineering, asks questions of Bohart associates Greg Kareofelas (center) and Jeff Smith, curator of the Lepidoptera collection at the Bohart. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis professor Louie Yang (right) shows milkweed to Mike Silva, professor at Solano Community College and a City of Vacaville councilman, and his son, Jovanni Silva. Silva is planning a milkweed project in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis professor Louie Yang (right) shows milkweed to Mike Silva, professor at Solano Community College and a City of Vacaville councilman, and his son, Jovanni Silva. Silva is planning a milkweed project in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Macro photographer Larry Snyder of Davis answered questions about his monarch display in the hallway of the Academic Surge building. He took images of a monarch-milkweed project organized and led by UC Davis Professor Louie Yang. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Macro photographer Larry Snyder of Davis answered questions about his monarch display in the hallway of the Academic Surge building. He took images of a monarch-milkweed project organized and led by UC Davis Professor Louie Yang. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brennen Dyer, the Bohart Museum's collection manager, wearing a monarch t-shirt from the gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Brennen Dyer, the Bohart Museum's collection manager, wearing a monarch t-shirt from the gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Some 650 visitors attended the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on monarchs. In the foreground is monarch researcher UC Davis Professor Elizabeth Crone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Some 650 visitors attended the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on monarchs. In the foreground is monarch researcher UC Davis Professor Elizabeth Crone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Vanessa cardui: Luck Be a Lady

When Frank Loesser (1910-1969) wrote and composed "Luck Be a Lady" in 1950, he wasn't thinking of a butterfly. But when we spotted this Painted...

A Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, with chunked-out wings, nectars on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, with chunked-out wings, nectars on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Painted Lady, looking ready for take-off, sips nectar from a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Painted Lady, looking ready for take-off, sips nectar from a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Fiery Skipper Likes 'Places Where People Mow Lawns'

Ah, the fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus! They are, as UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro says, "California's most urban...

A fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus, takes flight. The flower is the Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus, takes flight. The flower is the Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Seen Any Dead Butterflies? USGS Survey Seeks Specimens in Six States

Have you seen any dead butterflies lately? If you live in Alabama,  Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma or Texas, the United States...

A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A buckeye butterfly, Junonia coenia, on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A buckeye butterfly, Junonia coenia, on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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