Looking for Butterflies at Huckleberry Preserve
May 25, 2011 by Rick Bacigalupi
The Bay Area’s most enthusiastic lepidopterist, Liam O’Brien, takes us on a tour of Huckleberry Preserve in the Oakland hills. …
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The Color of Flight
April 01, 2011 by Joe Eaton
From migrating monarchs to giant yellow swallowtails to tiny pygmy blues, butterflies are endlessly enthralling. For folks like retired East Bay Regional Parks naturalist Jan Southworth and artist Liam O’Brien, what started as an interest in colorful insects became a passion for creating nectar gardens and protecting habitat to sustain butterfly populations in San Francisco, the East Bay, and beyond.
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Last Dance on San Bruno Mountain
January 01, 2011 by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
Linda Watanabe-McFerrin goes in search of rare butterflies on San Bruno Mountain, an island of native habitat besieged by subdivisions, roads, and invasive weeds.
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Painted Wings
July 01, 2010 by MaryAnn Nardo
MaryAnn Nardo’s luminous watercolors capture species’ whole life cycles, from larvae feeding on host plants to winged adults in search of nectar.
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Counting Butterflies
April 01, 2010 by Aleta George
On June 7, butterfly lovers in San Francisco will be out taking a count, and you can help.
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Development Threatens San Bruno Mountain Butterflies
January 25, 2010 by Donna Whitmarsh
It’s an old story. Another species that once flourished is being pushed to extinction by modern human encroachment. The callippe silverspot has been gradually pushed into a few remaining islands of habitat, including San Bruno Mountain south of San Francisco. Critics say a long-simmering development proposal threatens that habitat.
Bees, Butterflies, and Other Insect Pollinators
March 26, 2009 by Sue Rosenthal
Insects have fascinating lives and behaviors most of us never notice. But if you spend even 15 minutes watching bees …
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Chasing the West Coast Lady
July 18, 2008 by Laura Hautala
If butterfly watching sounds sedate, perhaps you’ve never witnessed the excitement of the territorial chase…
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Callippe Silverspot
June 20, 2008 by Laura Hautala
The endangered callippe silverspot butterfly was once common, but now it’s found only on San Bruno Mountain, one of the world’s hot spots of biodiversity and a spectacular bit of Bay Area wilderness.
Monitoring the Monarchs
June 17, 2008 by Rick Bacigalupi
A multi-generational migration route includes Pacific Grove, CA, where monarch butterflies fill the air and form large clusters on tree …
