Posts Tagged: Matthew Forister

Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest Is Over

If you were thinking of trying to net a cabbage white butterfly to win Art Shapiro's "Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest"--a butterfly for a pitcher of...

A cabbage white heads for catmint in a garden in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A cabbage white heads for catmint in a garden in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This graph by Matthew Forister, McMinn Professor of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, shows the first flights of the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. Forister received his doctorate from UC Davis, studying with major professor Art Shapiro.

This graph by Matthew Forister, McMinn Professor of Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, shows the first flights of the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. Forister received his doctorate from UC Davis, studying with major professor Art Shapiro.

An Unexpected Find But Right on Time: First Cabbage White Butterfy of the Year

It was an unexpected find, but it was right on time. Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California,...

This is the first cabbage white butterfly of the year, found by the contest's sponsor Art Shapiro on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is the first cabbage white butterfly of the year, found by the contest's sponsor Art Shapiro on the UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A graph by professor Matthew Forester, University of Nevada, shows that the first cabbage white of 2017 was right on time.

A graph by professor Matthew Forester, University of Nevada, shows that the first cabbage white of 2017 was right on time.

These are the eggs of the cabbage white butterfly, being reared by Art Shapiro in his lab at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These are the eggs of the cabbage white butterfly, being reared by Art Shapiro in his lab at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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