Tag Archives: University of Kansas
Rock Chalk, Jayhawk!
This is not how the University of Kansas’ final trip to Columbia, Missouri, was supposed to end, with the No. 4 University of Missouri Tigers men’s basketball team beating the No. 8 KU Jayhawks 74-71 down to the end buzzer … Continue reading
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Butterflies and Caterpillars — Oh, My!
This year in my garden, I added more host and nectar plants to the caterpillar and butterfly menu, but I haven’t seen many butterflies. Maybe I should get outside more — and weed! I know they visit, because I’ve found plenty of caterpillars … Continue reading
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2010 Commencement at the University of Kansas
As any Kansas Jayhawk knows, visiting the University of Kansas campus, particularly at Commencement time, is a sacred experience. One of my nephews graduated from KU on May 16, 2010, so of course I made the holy pilgrimage! The weather was overcast, … Continue reading
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Monarch Butterflies in Space
KU Professor to help send monarchs into space By RON SYLVESTER The Wichita Eagle (published in Kansas City Star on Nov. 16, 2009) http://www.kansas.com http://www.monarchwatch.org/space LAWRENCE, Kan. – (By Ron Sylvester) Chip Taylor is used to people giving him strange … Continue reading
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Natural Trap, Wyoming, 1975
In August 1975, while working for the University of Kansas, I was assigned to report on a dig in a cave in Wyoming. I didn’t know the Miocene from the Eocene, but I was happy to be on the road, … Continue reading
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Butterfly School at Monarch Watch Fall 2009 Open House
One of the highlights of the annual fall open house at Monarch Watch is Butterfly School, in which Chip Taylor, founder and director of Monarch Watch, demonstrates how to catch, hold, tag and release a Monarch butterfly before it begins … Continue reading
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Assassin in the Garden
Every day, I watch the progress of the Black Swallowtail (BST) caterpillars on my huge bronze fennel plant, which is home to a lot of other insects, including this character (see photo) who seemed to be hanging out and doing … Continue reading
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Life and Death in the Garden
A crab spider grabbed a honey bee that visited a common milkweed flower. In the Midwest, Master Gardener J. G. has planted a complete banquet for pollinating insects, such as bees and butterflies. There are plants for all stages in an … Continue reading
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Cloudless Sulphur Butterflies and Caterpillars
Who doesn’t love a pretty quartet of wings? The flashy appearance of the Monarch butterfly’s brilliant orange and black wings is so perfect for Autumn. And those white polka dots on black? Very stylish and classic. (The design also signals to birds — don’t eat … Continue reading
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Monarch Watch
You can’t keep butterfly lovers away, even when it’s raining. More than a thousand people, a lot of them children, showed up for the annual Monarch Watch fall open house on Sept. 6 at Foley Hall at the University of … Continue reading
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