It was an interesting day for butterflies in Clarke and Decatur counties. In Decatur, I observed, but was unable to catch, a Goatweed Leafwing. This is only...
Hey All! It's another beautiful summer day in Iowa and this is email is to let you know what's going on with ButterfliZ of Iowa. I am at the Iowa State Fair at...
Thanks to all our field trip leaders! All field trips are scheduled for Saturdays and begin at 10 a.m. unless otherwise noted. They take place rain or shine,...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Aug 13, 2008 6:24 pm
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Butterfly Forecast for Central Iowa August 16-31 Make sure you find time to enjoy the butterflies now, because soon they will be gone. We are at the peak of...
Saturday, September 6th Kossuth County (north-central Iowa) We will be looking at two prairie remnants on the Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge. Both are...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Aug 20, 2008 10:52 pm
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Thanks to all our field trip leaders! All field trips are scheduled for Saturdays and begin at 10 a.m. unless otherwise noted. They take place rain or shine,...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Aug 25, 2008 10:53 pm
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Hello Iowa Botanists, Slender ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes lacera) was blooming by the dozens yesterday afternoon in an old field (former crop ground) at the...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Aug 28, 2008 9:01 pm
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http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/melolon.html...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Aug 28, 2008 11:01 pm
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Butterfly Forecast for Central Iowa September 1-15, 2008 Right now the bull thistles are in bloom and are great places to look for butterflies. If you want to...
I have posted a series of butterfly and moth photos from this summer at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/abrees/sets/72157607133964958/ If anyone comes across any...
Wow! Aaron, what amazinig pictures. The Red-Spotted's and the ones on the droppings! Did you notice that the fake eye had been eaten on the Banded Hairstreak. ...
Butterfly Forecast for Central Iowa September 16-30 Cold wet fall-like weather and the blooming of aster species of flowers tell us what we don’t really want...
My husband noticed small winged insects rising up from one small spot in our prairie reconstruction yesterday afternoon, and when we investigated, we saw ...
Cindy, A friend at work also notices this phenomena and said her ants were swarming about the same time, and another girl at work was able to witness it...
Lloyd Crim
lcrim@...
Sep 18, 2008 1:38 am
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Thanks, Lloyd! On another topic, today I released a female praying mantis I'd been keeping in an aquarium and feeding for a few days. I released her onto...
Hi All, Is there anyone available in the DSM area the week of Sept 29 to do 2 classroom sessions for 2nd and 3rd graders at a downtown DSM school? I'm out of...
MJ Hatfield
mjhatfield@...
Sep 22, 2008 12:53 pm
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I'm available that week. Please email me privately at kathleen@... Ziemer ButterfliZ of Iowa kathleen@... 515-280-1555 "Let Your...
While birding in central Iowa over the weekend, I stopped at one of my favorite butterfly spots in Clarke County and saw the following: 2 Cabbage Whites 4...
Hopefully I have added an album and a photograph to the IA-Btrfly site. I would like an opinion on it. I have been cutting and splitting firewood and decided...
Thanks Cindy, So if the pesticides take out the soybean aphids and the beneficials, do they also take out the vast majority of insects that don't fall into...
MJ Hatfield
mjhatfield@...
Sep 25, 2008 11:36 pm
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... The article presented no direct evidence the pesticides take out both. Only speculation from an assistant level (beginner) Iowa State professor that they...
So the article suggests that the aphids might be so bad because the "beneficial" insects--i.e. predators on aphids are gone. The predators might be gone (note...
I don't know what's going on with the aphid predators. But I do take the concerns of ISU entomologists very seriously. And I did find this on a University...
... I have never seen a single post on this forum about a butterfly census conducted along the margin of a corn or soybean field. So if no Iowa lepidopterists...
The loss of biological diversity is mainly to specialist groups--butterflies with one generation per year, for example, rather than those with mulitple ...
... A troubling side effect of the tendency of lepodopterists suspect pesticide use whenever a butterfly is having a problem is that it distracts enthusiasts...
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