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Posts Tagged: butterflies
And Just Like That, A Monarch Fluttered into Our Garden
And just like that, a female monarch butterfly fluttered into our Vacaville pollinator garden this morning, Aug. 10, and left a dozen or so...
A female monarch flutters into a Vacaville garden on Aug. 10 and checks out the narrow-leafed milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch heads for another milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The monarch investigates a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A tiny monarch egg clings to the underside of a narrow-leafed milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart Open House: Like a Moth to a Flame
Like a moth to a flame...visitors crowded into the Bohart Museum of Entomology last Saturday night for a "Night at the Museum." The open house...
The blacklighting display at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum's Lepidoptera collection, talks to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bohart associate Greg Kareofelas displays death's-head hawkmoths, Acherontia stropos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Solano County Fair, June 15-18: Bees, Butterflies and More
You might not expect to see Anthocharis sara sara in McCormack Hall during the 74th annual Solano County Fair, Vallejo, June 15-18. But you...
A clerk at McCormack Hall, Solano County Fair, displays two junior division photos: one of a honey bee by Jesse Means of Dixon, and the other of a orange-tip butterfly by Regan Van Tuyl of Dixon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is a portion of a painting by Caitlin Douglas of Vallejo. It's titled "Clover Honey."
McCormack Hall superintendent Sharon Payne (left) and daughter Julianna Payne Brown, assistant superintendent, display a quilt.
Spring Has Sprung: Bees, Butterflies and Blossoms Grace the Dixon May Fair
"Spring Has Sprung!" That's the theme of the 146th annual Dixon May Fair, the 36th District Agricultural Association. It's been a long, cold...
Students at the Tremont Elementary School, Dixon, created this "Spring Has Sprung" basket of flowers and pollinators as their entry in the Dixon May Fair, May 11-14. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It's all the buzz! Pat Connelly, superintendent of the Dixon May Fair Floriculture Building, crafted this motif of bees and a blossom to decorate the building. With her is her 9-year-old Yorkie, Carly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pat Connelly, superintendent of the Dixon May Fair Floriculture Building, created this wall art work, which resembles Matilija poppy blossoms. Below are images of bees foraging on Matilija poppies. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two youth exhibitors entered these wall hangings: at left is the work of Regan Van Tuyl, 13, of Dixon, and at right, work of Elizabeth Martinez, 14, of Elk Grove. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Year 2023: What Does the Year Hold for Monarchs and Tropical Milkweed?
Do monarch butterflies know what they want/need? Apparently so, from personal observation. Over the years, we've grown multiple species of milkweed...
A monarch caterpillar feeding on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch nectaring on tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Honey bees and other pollinators frequent tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
