Posts Tagged: butterfly guru
UC Davis Butterfly Guru and 'Weeping Rocks'
In case you missed editor Jocelyn Anderson's piece in the UC Davis Magazine, don't miss this upcoming documentary: "Weeping Rocks" will showcase the 50-year research of butterfly guru Art Shapiro, a UC Davis distinguished professor with the Department of Evolution and Ecology, College of...
UC Davis distinguished professsor Art Shapiro monitoring his Gates Canyon, Vacaville site. He's been monitoring the butterfly populations of Central California for 50 years. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Butterfly guru Art Shapiro spots a butterfly off Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville, on Jan. 25, 2014. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Painted Ladies on the Move
The painted ladies are on the move. Have you seen these migratory butterflies, Vanessa cardui, passing through California on their way to the Pacific Northwest? Me? No! Zero. Zilch. Zip. But butterfly guru Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, who has monitored the...
A painted lady, Vanessa cardui, photographed on lantana in Vacaville in 2015. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)