Hi all, On Tuesday I was doing some dragonfly collecting at Kiowa Marsh in Sac Co. I needed some live specimens for a Summer Reading Program I was doing on...
Hello, I led a fen field trip at Little Cedar Wildlife (that is the full name, no Area at the end. It is located northeast of Charles City and owned by the...
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Jun 8, 2008 3:31 pm
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This afternoon I found a male Pipevine Swallowtail in Decatur County. This was an Iowa first for me and appears to be a new county record. A photo is in the...
How do I access the photo? ... From: IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Aaron Brees Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 7:56 PM ...
Butterfly Forecast for Central Iowa June 15 2008 to June 30 2008 Weather can have big effect on butterfly populations, especially the abnormally cold spring...
Saturday, June 21, is Buffalo Day at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. Celebrate a day on the prairie and please join us for a butterfly count from...
Today I did my annual 4th of July Butterfly Count at Shimek State Forest in Lee County. Species diversity was slightly below average, but the 1088 individuals...
Butterfly Forecast for Central Iowa July 1-15 Once again, the unusual weather has been impacting the butterflies. There have not been as many butterflies in...
I have been working with the Big Sky Institute to get the moth info that Frank Olsen, Keith Summerville and myself had collected into their database. After...
Hello, I drove up to Butler County yesterday to search for my holy grail butterfly, the Baltimore checkerspot. I did not have much hope of finding the beast...
mark leoschke
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Jul 4, 2008 4:56 pm
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Mark, was that on the mitigation site? How cool. Well I tried to call you at work to ask how it went but your post says it all.  Terri Abbett ... From:...
Mark, How do you get to the site? I would love a chance to see and photograph this species. James O Durbin 1460 Douglas Court Marion, Ia 52302 319-377-7194 ...
Chad, The recent strand about Dinesen Praire reminded me of your previous note where you bring up the Vogel study. I finally got through the “Butterflies...
Today I did my annual butterfly count at Yellow River State Forest and Effigy Mounds National Monument in Allamakee County. I found 29 species and 571...
Butterfly Forecast for Central Iowa July 16-31, 2008 Butterflies emerge at different times of the summer. Some Iowa butterflies go through one generation a...
I can not thank you enough for your help. Janet Greer In a message dated 7/14/2008 8:49:49 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bugs@... writes: Butterfly...
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The eastern tailed-blues were out in large numbers today--much higher numbers than yesterday. Look for small blue butterflies flying close to the grass. You...
Here are some thoughts on insects and our emotions. I admit I made some major jumps in logic. I also admit that this is probably too political to be an...
Hi Harlan, I enjoyed your piece and agree with a lot of your points, but I'm not buying the connection between our society's disconnect with nature and the...
I saw my first Variegated Fritillary of the summer today, fluttering around some violets on a small patch of lawn outside my workplace in Iowa City. Chris...
I know. I kind of got into a rant and couldn't quit. ... From: IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Chris Edwards Sent:...
For what it's worth, I couldn't access the crackpot theory, but that may be because my computer got into a snit, possibly combined with dialup access ...
My weeks work:Monday July 14Cedar Bend (Bremer Co) Park (spent about 1 hour)Many flying monarchs, found 1st and 2nd instar cat, about 6 eggs. Milkweed looks...
In the past week or so, I have seen/photographed two Common Wood-Nymphs with yellow patches around the eyespots on the forewings at a location in Decatur...
I've seen a few Common Wood-Nymphs with yellow patches on the forewings - I think it may have been at Shimek State Forest in Lee County. And speaking of...
Aaron, I've seen a few with yellow as well. As I mentioned in the Iowa book it is more of an eastern trait and the sub sp. is called "alope". I think it is...
I came across an old (2004) Iowa newspaper article on European paper wasps, which talked about how they are bound to colonize Iowa as they have other states....