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Posts Tagged: caterpillars
Turning Over an Old Leaf
It's New Year's Day and it's common for folks to turn over a new leaf. What about the old leaves? Sometimes if you turn over an old leaf this time...
UC Davis distinguished professor emeritus Art Shapiro (right) of the Department of Evolution and Ecology and Louie Yang, professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology at the Bohart Museum of Entomology's recent open house on monarchs. (PHoto by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch munching on milkweed on New Year's Day, 2024, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a monarch caterpillar munching on milkweed on New Year's Day, 2024, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
'Most Delicious Poison': A Must-Read Book
“A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes,” writes evolutionary biologist...
A monarch caterpillar munching on milkweed in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a monarch munching milkweed in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A newly eclosed male monarch spreads its wings in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Roll Call: Answer If You're Here
Roll call of monarch caterpillars today in a milkweed bed in a Vacaville pollinator garden. Secretary: "Caterpillar No....
A monarch caterpillar, the result of fall breeding in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gotta Love Those Monarch 'Cats
Did you celebrate National Cat Day on Oct. 29? We haven't had a cat since our 16-year-old tuxedo, Xena the Warrior Princess crossed the Rainbow...
A monarch caterpillar chomping on showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa, in a Vacavile garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Two monarch caterpillars devouring the leaves of a narrowleafed milkweed, Asclepias fascicularis, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A very hungry caterpillar on milkweed in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A monarch caterpillar and a bee on a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Xena the Warrior Princess (2000-2016) checking out a monarch butterfly in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomological ABCs: Ants, Bees and Caterpillars
Urban landscape entomologist Emily Meineke, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is coordinating the department's...
A monarch caterpillar, Danaus plexippus, munching on milkweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a honey bee, Apis mellifera. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Rainforest ants, Euprenolepis procera feeding on a Pleurotus mushroom. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)
