Art Shapiro Content

Wildfires Destroy Important Butterfly Habitats

Cody Kitaura — October 15, 2020 - 3:30pm

People ask me all the time where butterflies go when it rains. Now they're asking me where they go when it burns.

In a word, to the Elysian Fields. They have nowhere else to go!

Beer for a Butterfly Contest Continues in 2020

Cody Kitaura — January 07, 2020 - 9:45am

The start of a new year can mean only one thing: no, not champagne and confetti — a hunt for butterflies.

For nearly five decades, Professor Art Shapiro has sponsored a contest to find the first cabbage white butterfly of the new year in Sacramento, Solano or Yolo counties, with a pitcher of beer up for grabs if anyone finds a Pieris rapae before he does (he’s been beaten only a handful of times).

Butterfly Hunt Ends Unexpectedly

Cody Kitaura — January 20, 2017 - 9:25am

More Bug News

‘N. Donaldtrumpi’ Is From the ‘Boharti’ — New species of moth recently discovered in our Bohart collection has presidential hair, says the Canadian scientist who named it.

The emergence of the first cabbage white butterfly of 2017 was a surprise even to the researcher who has been charting their flight since 1972.

THE DOWNLOAD: Fantasy Bars, Beer, Hydrogen, Snow

Cody Kitaura — January 10, 2017 - 12:44pm

We hope you haven’t had your fill of holiday treats, because we’ve got some yummy news to share: the results of the second annual Staff Assembly Holiday Bake-Off. This year’s contest, an all-bars edition, drew 22 entries. Taking first place was Ed’s Fantasy Bar, a three-layered treat of shortbread on the bottom, salted caramel in the middle and chocolate on top. It was entered by the Coffee House management team. Read the complete story, including all the results.

Butterfly for Science, Beer for Bragging

Cody Kitaura — January 03, 2017 - 12:17pm

You can contribute to science and win a pitcher of beer by competing in Professor Art Shapiro’s “Beer for a Butterfly” contest, now in its 46th year. The object: Catch the first cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of the new year in Yolo, Sacramento or Solano counties.

Student Beats Shapiro in Butterfly Contest

Dave Jones — January 19, 2016 - 4:18pm

A graduate student has won Professor Art Shapiro's annual Beer for a Butterfly contest for only the fourth time in more than 40 years.