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Oh, the Plants You'll See at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale!
Who doesn't love that "bolt of blue," the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor? A black butterfly...
A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, is like a bolt of blue. Here it heads for salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, nectaring on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Nursery manager Taylor Lewis holds a California Dutchman's pipevine, one of the plants available at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden's plant sale on Saturday, March 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Volunteer Mary Patterson gets plants ready for the big sale on Saturday, March 9. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Carts are all lined up--ready for customers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollinator Gardens Make Us Happy: Get Ready for National Pollinator Week!
Are you ready for National Pollinator Week, June 18-June 24? A spectacular pollinator garden...
This is an overview of part of Kate Frey's pollinator garden at Sonoma Cornerstone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, nectars on on Nepeta tuberosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A pollen-packing yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, heads for Stachys bullata. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This honey bee can't get enough of Scabiosa "Fama Blue." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Milkweed is not only the host plant of monarch butterflies, but honey bees like it, too. This is the showy milkweed, Asclepias speciosa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Those Glorious Pipevine Swallowtails
Today was a glorious day in the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden in the UC Davis Arboretum. Absolutely...
Two pipevine swallowtails on the Korean lilac, Syringa patula, in the Storer Garden, UC Davis Arboretum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pipevine swallowtail soars over the Korean lilac where another pipevine swallowtail is nectaring. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pipevine swallowtails in action. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The gleaming iridescent blue hind wings of the pipevine swallowtail and the stunning purple blossoms of the Korean lilac. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Never Say 'Pipe Down' to a Pipevine Swallowtail
Never say "pipe down" to a pipevine swallowtail. It's a butterfly we treasure. You may have seen...
A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, flashes its colors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Side view of a pipevine swallowtail nectaring on a butterfly bush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pipevine swallowtail in a familiar pose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Black and blue on blue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pipevine swallowtail in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Don't Eat 'em; They're Poisonous!
Visitors to the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) display in front of...
![The Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar is black with red spines. This one was displayed at the UC Davis Picnic Day 2015. [Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/29095.jpg)
The Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar is black with red spines. This one was displayed at the UC Davis Picnic Day 2015. [Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey]
![Young fingers touch the Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar. [Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/29098.jpg)
Young fingers touch the Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar. [Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey]
![An adult Pipevine Swallowtail nectaring on Jupiter's Beard. [Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/29099.jpg)
An adult Pipevine Swallowtail nectaring on Jupiter's Beard. [Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey]
![A bird's eye view of the UC IPM display in front of Briggs Hall during the 101st annual campuswide Picnic Day. Staffing the tables are Extension entomologist special emeritus Mary Lou Flint (left), and Karey Windbiel-Rojas, associate director for urban and community IPM (right). [Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests/blogfiles/29096.jpg)
A bird's eye view of the UC IPM display in front of Briggs Hall during the 101st annual campuswide Picnic Day. Staffing the tables are Extension entomologist special emeritus Mary Lou Flint (left), and Karey Windbiel-Rojas, associate director for urban and community IPM (right). [Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey]
