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Good News on the Monarch Front
Good news on the monarch front. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a...
A monarch caterpillar munching on a milkweed leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This monarch chrysalis formed on a bird feeder in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A female monarch foraging in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Not Good News on the Monarch Front
The dwindling number of monarchs overwintering along the California coast is of great...
Overwintering monarchs clustering in an 80-foot-high eucalyptus tree at the Natural Bridges State Park butterfly sanctuary, Santa Cruz on Dec. 30, 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's a Group of Butterflies Called?
What's a group of butterflies called? A kaleidoscope, swarm, or rabble. If you've ever had a...
Migratory monarchs in a Vacaville pollinator garden filled with Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia rotundifola). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Migratory monarchs in flight over a patch of Mexican sunflowers (Tithonia rotundifola) in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Zinnia Nectar: Flight Fuel for the Migratory Monarchs
Zinnias are a great nectar source for migratory monarch butterflies as they wing their way to...
A migratory monarch butterfly nectaring on a pink zinnia in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A migratory monarch sipping her fill of nectar from a zinnia in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wings Up! Let's Go!
Wings up! Let's go! The monarch fall migration is underway. "Unlike most other insects in...
A monarch butterfly gliding over a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola on Sept. 17 in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
