Posts Tagged: Danaus plexippus
Monarchs and California Golden Poppies: Color Them Orange
Monarchs and California golden poppies...Color them orange...Color them bold...Color them...
Color them orange: A California golden poppy and a monarch butterfly in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Monarchs on the Move: A Migration and a Bohart Museum Open House
It's Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 1 and a female monarch butterfly flutters into our...
A female monarch butterfly sipping nectar from a tropical milkweed on Wednesday, Nov. 1 in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The female monarch spreads her wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A little flight fuel and the monarch is off to an overwintering site along coastal California. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Got a Question About Monarch Butterflies? Bohart Open House on Nov. 4
Want to talk to a scientist about monarch butterflies? Then you'll want to attend...
A monarch butterfly nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Wings up! A monarch takes flight in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Seen Any Monarchs Lately?
Seen any monarchs lately? No, not the British royal family: the monarch butterfly, Danaus...
A territorial male bee, Melissodes agilis, targets a monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in July 2020 in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A territorial male bee, Melissodes agilis, confronts a monarch nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in July 2020, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Flying High, Flying Free
An American flag flies from its sky-high pole at our home year-around. A U.S. Air Force veteran...
A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, flutters on the American flag. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)