About: Nancy

Nancy is Director of the Cockrell Butterfly Center and curator of entomology. A plant ecologist by training, she specializes in the interaction between insects, especially butterflies, and plants. The tropics are her favorite habitat, and she heads south to Central and South America whenever possible.

Posts by Nancy:

• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Teinopalpus Imperialis, 26 Oct 2009 in Plants & Insects
• Fall Butterflies in Houston, 06 Oct 2009 in Plants & Insects
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Morpho cypris, 08 Sep 2009 in Plants & Insects
• Meet Charro, our new resident iguana!, 26 Aug 2009 in Plants & Insects
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Agrias, 16 Jul 2009 in Plants & Insects
• 100 years – 100 Objects: King Goliath Beetle, 05 Jun 2009 in Plants & Insects
• Future Scientist: Meet Olga, 27 May 2009 in Plants & Insects
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Giant Long-legged Katydid, 18 May 2009 in Plants & Insects
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Diana Blue Morpho, 27 Apr 2009 in Plants & Insects
• Poisoning Pesky Pests, 24 Apr 2009 in Plants & Insects
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Giant sphinx moth, 08 Apr 2009 in Plants & Insects
• Plant Sale for Butterfly Lovers this Saturday, April 4 at HMNS!, 02 Apr 2009 in Plants & Insects
• Save the Date, Save Energy, Help Save the Planet!, 26 Mar 2009 in Energy
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Falcate Orangetip, 24 Mar 2009 in Plants & Insects
• Jumping spiders – cute, fuzzy, and friendly, 12 Mar 2009 in Plants & Insects
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Giant Longhorn Beetle, 23 Feb 2009 in Plants & Insects
• Cure Nature Deficit Disorder – Take Your Kids Outside!, 15 Feb 2009 in Plants & Insects
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Luzon Peacock Swallowtail – Papilio chikae, 02 Feb 2009 in Plants & Insects
• The Incredible Journey of the Monarchs – on PBS, 26 Jan 2009 in Plants & Insects
• Butterfly Center Fruit Salad, 19 Jan 2009 in Plants & Insects
• 100 Years – 100 Objects: Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing, 13 Jan 2009 in Science
• My love affair with the tropics (how and why I became a biologist), 30 Dec 2008 in Plants & Insects
• The Sphinx Moth: A Work of Art, 01 Dec 2008 in Plants & Insects
• Hummingbirds of the Night, 11 Nov 2008 in Plants & Insects
• Exploring Sri Lanka, 24 Oct 2008 in Anthropology
• “Websites” to check out this fall, 08 Sep 2008 in Plants & Insects
• Bug Geeks, 14 Aug 2008 in Plants & Insects
• Plants: are we using them – or are they using us?, 29 Jul 2008 in Plants & Insects
• My Summer at the Cockrell Butterfly Center, 14 Jul 2008 in Plants & Insects
• Bees, Benton, and my Back Yard, 09 Jun 2008 in Plants & Insects
• Adventures in Beekeeping, 20 May 2008 in Plants & Insects
• To BEE or not to BEE, 14 May 2008 in Plants & Insects
• Journey of the Orange Kings, 14 Apr 2008 in Plants & Insects
• The Tired Monarch, 09 Apr 2008 in Plants & Insects