During the last 2 week Frank Olsen, Dennis Schlicht and Jerry Selby surveyed about 68 managed prairie sites in Iowa and Mn below the Mn river, for prairie...
Hello, The regal fritillary is certainly doing better than 8 sites in Iowa. Daryl Howell mentioned to me yesterday that he has been getting a number of...
Mark Leoschke
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Jul 6, 2007 1:37 pm
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Mark: I think if you reread Dennis' email, you will see he was referring to how many of the 68 sites that they surveyed showed evidence of Regal Fritillaries, ...
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The point we're trying to make is that populations of many of the prairie obligate butterflies and skippers in Iowa appear to be rapidly declining. For...
This is disturbing news.? Forgive my ignorance for asking a lot of questions, but do we know what is causing these apparent declines, and can anything be done...
Thanks, Chris Edwards, for those good questions. I'd be very interested in answers also. I've seen regal fritillaries on two prairie remnants in Story...
Here are the results of my annual butterfly count at Yellow River State Forest and vicinity (Allamakee and Clayton counties IA), which I did yesterday 7/7/07...
... I don't live in Iowa, but I was wondering if the current outbreak of Red Admirals is noticable even in the general farm countryside of Iowa similar to 2005...
Most of the Red Admirals I saw yesterday were along low-maintenance gravel and dirt roads adjacent to wooded areas. Only scattered individuals were found...
Hi - Just wanted to address some of Chris' questions particularly those about what the DNR has been up to regarding these important issues. Most directly we...
I lived in the Fort Madison area for several years. I have to confess to enjoying the mayfly emergences, although most people down there did not like them....
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Mark Leoschke
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Jul 12, 2007 3:18 pm
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Hello, The July/August 2007 issue of Audubon magazine has an interesting article on a fly bioblitz in the Smokey Mountains National Park. Mark...
Mark Leoschke
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Jul 12, 2007 3:21 pm
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Below are the results of our ninth annual Iowa City Butterfly Count which was held on Saturday. This year I had help from eight people which is our best...
Hello Harlan, I will leave a copy of Peck's distribution maps of Iowa bryophytes with Daryl Howell to give to you on the August 8th meeting on the Poweshiek...
Mark Leoschke
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Jul 26, 2007 9:35 pm
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Thanks. That would be great. I would like a copy of the book, too. Should I leave the money with Daryl? ... From: IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com...
Hello, I have relatives who live less than 20 miles from Lake Michigan in northern Indiana. There has been a 17 year cicada emergence in their part of the ...
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Jul 28, 2007 5:46 pm
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I have been growing a lot of Bluevine in my backyard as a Monarch food plant again this summer and it has become very heavily infested with aphids. This week...
The Iowa Native Plant Society*s 2007 Field Trips Compiled by Mark J. Leoschke A big thanks to all our field trip leaders! All field trips are scheduled for...
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