Posts Tagged: Danaus plexippus
Observing International 'Cat Day
Today (Aug. 8) is International Cat Day, the feline kind. It was created in 2002 by the...
Monarch caterpillar on milkweed in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A cat, Xena the Warrior Princess looks intently at what was once a 'cat, a monarch caterpillar. All she did was look. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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)