Posts Tagged: UC Davis Arboretum and Public Gardens

It's Pollinator Discovery Day Sunday at UC Davis

Meet the pollinators, And meet the UC Davis researchers, UC Master Gardeners, students and community members who study them or promote them. That's...

Pipevine swallowtails at the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Pipevine swallowtails at the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee foraging in mallow at the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A honey bee foraging in mallow at the UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Admiring the Red Admiral

So, you're taking a winter walk through the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden, part of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Gardens. You're looking for the...

Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, basking on a daphne sign in the Storer Garden, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Gardens, on Jan. 28. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, basking on a daphne sign in the Storer Garden, UC Davis Arboretum and Public Gardens, on Jan. 28. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of the Red Admiral. It's looking a little tattered but it's the dead of winter, Jan. 28. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Close-up of the Red Admiral. It's looking a little tattered but it's the dead of winter, Jan. 28. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Side view of the Red Admiral. Shortly after this photo was taken, it fluttered away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Side view of the Red Admiral. Shortly after this photo was taken, it fluttered away. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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