There seems to be somewhat of an invasion of Goatweed Leafwings into southcentral Iowa right now. After finding one about a week ago, I saw four different...
Hello, I visited the Rochester Cemetery in Cedar County yesterday afternoon on a trip back from the Chicago area. The shooting stars have begun to bloom!...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
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May 5, 2009 3:25 pm
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This afternoon (May 11, 5:37 p.m.), I saw my first Red Admiral of the season on the Iowa State University campus. It briefly perched in a territorial site,...
Thanks to James Trager for posting this on the iowa-insects list serve. The problem applies to plants and animals. ...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jun 2, 2009 10:32 pm
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The quoted paper. From: IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Leoschke, Mark [DNR] Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:31 PM To:...
MJ Hatfield
mjhatfield@...
Jun 2, 2009 11:15 pm
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Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jun 2, 2009 11:35 pm
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I am starting to see more butterflies and lots of odonates. The latest butterfly forecast is posted: http://www.poweshiekskipper.org/forecasts.htm Harlan...
Harlan, Thanks for the Forecast again, it is very well done. The reports I've heard are that no poweshieks have been seen at Hoffman this year. A South dakota...
July 25th Jasper County (south-central Iowa) Rock Creek State Park manages a site (the former Reichelt Unit of the Stephens State Forest) that has an...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jul 22, 2009 10:59 pm
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Thanks to Dennis Schlicht for e-mailing me this story. http://iowafarmertoday.com/articles/2009/07/23/top_stories/prairie3.txt...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Jul 23, 2009 3:16 pm
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I have a new entry in the butterfly forecasts for central Iowa: http://www.poweshiekskipper.org/forecasts.htm Harlan Ratcliff...
I have posted a new butterfly forecast. Hopefully we will still get some warm weather. http://www.poweshiekskipper.org/forecasts.htm Harlan Ratcliff...
Aaron: How exciting! Congratulations! Dennis Schlicht says that you found them in the central Loess Hills. I was there, and farther north, a lot in late...
ttorwig@...
Sep 27, 2009 11:59 am
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Hello, If anyone has read or is reading this book, I would be interested in hearing your thoughts about it: Nature's Second Chance: Restoring the Ecology of...
Hello, I recently read Locust by Jeffrey Lockwood, an entomologist at the University of Wyoming. It tells the tale of the Rocky Mountain locust, both its life...
Leoschke, Mark [DNR]
Mark.Leoschke@...
Oct 19, 2009 2:00 pm
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... Actually he's professor of natural sciences and humanities. I'd be skeptical about anything written by Jeffrey Lockwood. Consider what he wrote in the New...
I have put a page on my website with photos from our trip to Florida. We traveled through South Carolina and Georgia on the way down. Hope you enjoy. ...