Hello Botanists and Entomologists, I was browsing in the library of the Chicago Botanic Garden last Friday and found this recently published book from the...
Mark Leoschke
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Jan 8, 2003 7:45 pm
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Does anyone know about the differences among fiery skippers in Iowa? I have seen a couple of different kinds--one has the broad yellow triangle shape with...
Harlan-- Sexual dimorphism is the answer. Females are much darker than males. Fiery Skippers are remarkably uniform across their extensive range. Only two ...
Mike Overton
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Jan 18, 2003 2:47 am
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Mark Leoschke
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Jan 22, 2003 9:04 pm
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Nice to see the article about Iowa's butterflies (written by Dennis Schlicht with photos by Jim Messina) in the winter 2003 Iowa Natural Heritage magazine....
MJ Hatfield
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Jan 24, 2003 12:59 pm
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Hi everyone- I have been trying to send some butterfly data to Frank Olson the last few days and it won't go through with the e-mail address I have for him....
I have two items that might be of interest to the rest of you, and a question someone might help me with. 1. The Iowan magazine is planning an issue with a...
RE: #2. Allens and I have swapped dates so I will be doing something on dragonflies on March 18th rather than April. RE: #3. Was it maybe Reid Allen who...
I've done a few dragonfly images using this technique and it works pretty well. There are several dragonfly sites (Roy Beckemeyer, Dennis Paulson, and...
Michael S Hummel
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Jan 29, 2003 1:47 am
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I've done a few of these as well but it all depends on your purposes I guess. For pure identification purposes, the scans are great. However, I'm trying to...
Would never have guessed that damselfly color changes with temperature. Do you suppose there is some survival advantage in that? Damian Pieper, President,...
Thought we would chip in the discussion of photographing insects. We use slide film and either 300mm tele-macro or 100mm macro lenses. For dragonflies and...
LL & RD Scarth
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Jan 30, 2003 12:13 am
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I suspect it's really more a matter of biology. When I was in Phoenix in early November, I saw a dragonfly on the stucco across the pool from my son's...
Sorry, bad typing! Make that "and it was". I looked at it through binoculars and the body was all green. A warm Common Green Darner has a green thorax and a...
Linda & Bob - your unidentified dragonfly is a Sympetrum corruptum. The common name is variegated meadowhawk. Where did you photograph it. It is probably...
Michael S Hummel
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Jan 30, 2003 1:27 am
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Steve The dragonfly was photographed at Fort Niobrara NWR in Nebraska. Linda & Bob Scarth ... From: Michael S Hummel [mailto:mshummel@...] Sent:...
LL & RD Scarth
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Jan 30, 2003 2:26 am
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Temporary color change is fairly common throughout the animal kingdom in response to environmental factors, but I don't think it is that common in the insects....
Dragonfly color is more like skin color than butterfly scales and bird feathers. The color fades rather quickly when the insect is dead. Only by leaving the...
Hello, The Iowa DNR has a new web page and web address: www.iowadnr.com Mark...
Mark Leoschke
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Jan 30, 2003 9:15 pm
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Yippee! After looking every where I could think of for a used copy of Charles Covell's "A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North American" and after waiting on...
MJ Hatfield
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Feb 4, 2003 1:33 am
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Did you try <A HREF="www.half.com">www.half.com</A> Dennis...
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Feb 4, 2003 1:36 pm
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Hey gang-- Hot off the press, by former Iowan Gary Marrone. It has GLORIOUS pictures, like the Missouri book, and a workmanlike text with a complete county ...
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Feb 5, 2003 1:27 am
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Here are a couple of sites of interest. Some of you will get multiples but there are folks on only one or two of the lists. ...
LL & RD Scarth
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Feb 7, 2003 2:57 am
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As Frank Olsen and I were going through butterfly records for the data base today, it became appeared that Mark Leoschke had quite a summer. He certainly saw...