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...
Mark Leoschke
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Aug 4, 2007 4:41 pm
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Yesterday at the Hitaga Sand Ridge Prairie Preserve I counted 22 American Coppers (Lycaena phlaeas). Has anyone else been seeing this species this year?...
I saw one at Camp Dodge in the Cantonment Area (think closely cropped grass and a suburban type environment--some trees and buildings but no real habitat) on...
Does anyone know of a checklist or key to Iowa's terrestrial amphipods? I get the impression that the ones you might find under a log on your lawn or in a...
I saw the following butterflies today in several Johnson Co. locations (Hickory Hill Park, Kent Park, Hawkeye Wildlife Area). The recent rains have made...
This short article appeared in the newspaper a few days ago: Forests expanding into higher Rocky Mountain elevations because of global warming threaten to wipe...
We have photographed Parnassius butterflies in meadows above 10,000 feet elevation. When the sun went behind clouds they landed on the grass and flew again...
This Sunday, Sept. 9, Neal Smith NWR will be celebrating Monarch Madness. We will tag migrating Monarchs, followed by a farewell fiesta. The event begins at...
Joyce and I spent the weekend birding the Farmington, Donnellson and Croton areas of Shimak Forest in Lee and Van Buren county. We had a total of 80 species...
Dragonflies And Damselflies of Georgia And the Southeast by Giff Beaton...
nutrush
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Sep 23, 2007 3:18 pm
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This afternoon at the Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area (near Cedar Rapids), I found a Sleepy Orange (Eurema nicippe) butterfly. It was in perfect condition,...
They have been seeing a lot of the sleepy orange butterflies in Wisconsin this year, according the the wisconsinbutterflies.org site. I have looked for them...
This is a little late for the first deadline, but may still work. It is a great conference, and this is as close as it has been for a few years. We would like...
Lloyd Crim
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Oct 3, 2007 3:51 am
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This was on today's Scout Report newsletter: 14. Butterflies and Moths of North America http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ Drawing on the expertise of...
One of my former students came back from ISU today for a visit. She said an article in todays campus paper said the Reiman butterfly house is, or might be...
Here is a link to the story: http://media.www.iowastatedaily.com/media/storage/paper818/news/2007/10/05/N ews/Budget.Cuts.Bump.Butterflies-3014453.shtml or if...
Hello Everyone, Sorry I did not respond to this little faster, but I had a sick kid at home yesterday that kept me away from work. If you followed the link on...
FALCON HEIGHTS, Texas (Oct. 12) - A tiny green butterfly not seen in the United States in more than 70 years likes the new butterfly garden at Falcon State...
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Oct 15, 2007 4:47 pm
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Hi All, Today I observed two species of dragonflies, the dates for both being new late season records. Shortly before noon an Anax junius (common green...
Still have Western Meadow Hawks in good numbers here (NW Iowa) as of yesterday... ...Bruce Morrison, S.E. O'Brien County http://www.morrisons-studio.com ...
On a local TV news program about a week ago, I saw that a monarch release took place in downtown Des Moines as part of the celebration of the installation of a...
Hi Bruce, Wow, that is surprising. I haven't seen any flying in Sac or Ida Counties in a few weeks now. Since the previous late date for the species is...
... 90 minutes ago Bruce and Georgeann Morrison wrote: "We've had several Monarchs here in NW Iowa the past couple days" So thousands of wild monarchs are...
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