Art Shapiro’s annual Beer for a Butterfly contest is over, and he has again netted the first cabbage white butterfly in the region and will be treating himself to a beer.
He made the find last Friday (Jan. 25) in Suisun City, recording the fourth-earliest flight in that city of a Pieris rapae — which needs a string of warm days to take flight — in his almost five decades of studying of biological responses to climate change.
“I kept Friday open because I had the overwhelming feeling yesterday (Jan. 24) that the first flight of Pieris rapae was due,” the professor of evolution and ecology wrote.
He said Suisun City was a longshot as far as locations go, because places like West Sacramento usually warm up sooner — but the Solano County city warmed to 68 degrees that day, and he snagged the winning butterfly during a two-hour trip.
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Students explain Unitrans referendum
Next month, °ϲĻϢ Davis students will vote on a proposal to increase in the undergraduate fee for Unitrans. The transit agency faces a budget deficit, and increased its cash fares last year.
Learn more about the fee from the Aggie Studios video above.
Office workouts from °ϲĻϢ Davis Health
Stuck at your desk all day? That's no reason to forgo exercise, °ϲĻϢ Davis Health sports medicine director Brandee Waite says. See her suggestions to stay active as an office worker in the above video.
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