Scott Swengel gave me permission to post this new article link and his introductory note. Tim Orwig Boston Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce a new...
We did our annual Waubonsie State Park Butterfly Count (Fremont) on 7/25. The area counted includes Forney Lake and Waubonsie State Park. We found 37...
Hello, I am leading a NAPC pre-conference field trip to Wolter's Prairie Preserve in Butler County and a prairie in the Sweet Marsh Wildlife Management Area in...
Hello, I saw at least 10 regal fritillaries (Speyeria idalia) including a mated pair at Rolling Thunder Prairie (County Conservation Board) and at least 3 at...
Here is the latest installment of my butterfly forecast: http://www.poweshiekskipper.org/forecasts.htm Hopefully we will get some good butterfly weather in a...
Iowa Butterfliers, There has been a strong Red Admiral migration underway from Iowa to southern Ontario and upper New York State. I saw two flying NNE and NNW...
I thought I might try something out on you guys and probably on the Native Plant listserve as well. I am going to stick my neck out and attempt to create a...
Hello, I recently found this book on the shelves of the new book room in the Iowa State University library and browsed it. I think it is well worth reading,...
It's spring again, and time for the 2010 season of the Vanessa Migration Project. In a way similar to Journey North's Monarch tracking, we are mapping...
Hello, Catalpa sphinx (Ceratomia catalpae) feeds exclusively on species of catalpa (trees native to the southeast USA). Both the catalpa sphinx and the trees...
I saw my first butterfly of the year yesterday afternoon! It was a mourning cloak. It was flying along the woodland edge at the back of my yard in West Ames....
Hello, I recently read All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures by Roger Tory Peterson, a collection of some of his columns for a bird magazine....
Registration Deadline: March 1, 2010 The 2010 Day of Insect Registration deadline is fast approaching. Registration is filling up nicely with participants...
Hello, Dr. Robert F. Betz was a professor at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago who was trained as a biochemist. Dr. Betz developed an interest...
