The second annual training for new individuals interested in participating in the Iowa Butterfly Survey Network (IBSN) will be held in Ames, Iowa at Reiman...
Had our first butterfly of the spring here in NW Iowa. A Mourning Cloak was found sunning in the garden this morning. Bruce Morrison, S.E. O'Brien County ...
I saw a couple of Polygonia butterflies on Saturday, March 29th at Hitchcock Nature Center (Pottawattamie County). They were so skittish that I got only brief...
Butterfly forecast for Central Iowa 4-15-08 to 4-30-08 The weather has been really bad for butterflies—cold and rainy. There have been some butterflies...
Harlan and others I saw a painted lady in my drive today. It looked kind of pathetic trying to warm itself and feed on a small patch of scilla in bloom. David...
David Edwards
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Saw a Painted Lady and an Eastern Comma in my backyard this afternoon. Frank Olsen...
Great report, Harlan. I too have chased a couple of leafs absolutely certain they were butterflies! Maybe this week we'll both be lucky! Kathleen Ziemer ...
Everyone, This message is to announce the ongoing 2008 season of the Vanessa Migration Project. In a way similar to Journey North's Monarch tracking, we are...
Today on my way back to Lake View from Cedar Rapids I made a stop at Goose Lake on the east edge of Jewel in Hamilton Co. at noon. Along Saratoga Ave. where...
A friend of mine says Tulsa, Oklahoma is swarming with painted ladies and he thinks they are headed this way. Can't be to soon for me! Kathleen Ziemer ...
It finally feels like spring! I saw my first Mourning Cloak of the year in front of my house in Des Moines this afternoon. Thanks for the butterfly forecasts,...
... There havn't been any substantial Painted Lady reports on the Texas or Oklahoma butterfly lists. Is it possible your friend errored in the identification?...
... There havn't been any substantial Painted Lady reports on the Texas or Oklahoma butterfly lists. Is it possible your friend errored in the identification?...
Hi Paul! Glad to see you on this list. I didn't know you were. David Boulken was the one who told me about the painted ladies in Oklahoma. I thought he was...
I saw 4 new species (for the year) this afternoon as listed below. All were single specimens, except I encountered a Painted Lady on two different ridge tops,...
Once the sun came out this afternoon, I saw single Cabbage Whites in Jefferson, Keokuk, and Johnson counties, and several Painted Ladies in Jefferson and...
... Chris, could you tell if the wings of these Painted Ladies were in brilliant orange condition or moderately washed out orange condition? And could you tell...
Paul, None of them looked fresh, so I would say they were moderately faded. I wasn't really paying attention to size but I would say they looked smaller than...
In the last few days I have run across the following species in southcentral Iowa: Common Green Darner (Anax junius)--starting to get common Variegated...
Butterfly Forecast For Central Iowa May 1 2008 to May 15 2008 I finally saw my first butterfly of the year on April 16th. I think it was a painted lady, but I...
In Poweshiek County today I saw my first Spring Azures and Orange Sulphur of the year, along with Red Admiral, Painted Lady, and Cabbage Whites. Chris Edwards ...
Wow! I just got the mail and the was a copy of the May/June Iowan. On page 50 is an article called " In Search of the Powshiek Skipper" featuring Harlan...
Today I saw a large hatch of Eastern Forktails (Ischnura verticalis) at a small pond in Clarke County. This may be a new early date for the species as the...
Aaron, Glad to hear that there is something besides Anax junius appearing. I've seen nothing up in this part of the state except A. junius. I've been expecting...
We found a recently deceased Eastern Black Swallowtail as I left work at Busse Library, Mount Mercy College this evening. The large open entry area is glass...
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