Hello Iowa entomologists, This web page has good photos and portions of cicada calls. I tried one of the calls and it works great. Mark ...
Mark Leoschke
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Jun 2, 2003 9:30 pm
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I don't know about what you guys have seen, but it seems to me the last couple of weeks have been very slow for butterflies. Until today. Tonight I saw a...
Note/Dragonfly Hide & Seek MAGGIE VILLIGER: Most animals can hide pretty well if they’re standing still. But a new study shows that dragonflies can hide even...
Harlan-- The tibial spines on butterflies' legs serve at least two functions. First, they often are adorned internally (at the joint) and externally with sense...
Mike Overton
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Jun 7, 2003 4:51 am
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I haven't been seeing very many butterflies either, mostly just the occasional Monarch or Red Admiral. Today I saw several new species for the year, at ...
Hello Iowa Entomologists, I saw what was apparently a snowberry clearwing (hawkmoth) at the Bays Branch Wildlife Management Area in Guthrie County yesterday...
Mark Leoschke
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Jun 10, 2003 1:54 pm
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Mark, If this is the only clearwinged hawkmoth in the state then students in my environmental science class have been collecting it fairly regularly for the...
Michael S Hummel
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Jun 10, 2003 3:04 pm
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In a message dated 06/10/2003 9:56:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I've seen the snowberry a number of times in the Loess Hills. Tim Orwig...
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Jun 10, 2003 11:22 pm
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I've seen the Snowberry Clearwing on a regular basis in eastern Iowa, and have even been lucky enough to get some good photos -- what a cool moth! I believe...
Hi! Both Snowberry Clearwing and Hummingbird Clearwing appear every summer here in my yard in Council Bluffs, Loess Hills, Western Pottawattamie Co. One ...
janetgreer@...
Jun 11, 2003 3:06 am
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We have been conducting butterfly surveys in remnant prairies in Northwest Iowa for the past week and have seen very few bflies. Mostly painted ladies. Two...
Jessica Davis Skibbe
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Jun 11, 2003 12:51 pm
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We had a somewhat beat-up polyphemus moth by one of our lights this morning. That is a pretty neat moth--quite large and colorful. I have been seeing lots of...
Harlan-- Keep track of your Azure sightings and get photos or even better specimens if possible. The whole complex is due for a major revision. Odds are pretty...
Mike Overton
moverton@...
Jun 12, 2003 12:43 am
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Doing a program for the girls scouts today -- saw 3 Tiger Swallowtails, 4 Monarchs - 2 Painted ladies -- numerous whites and sulphurs. Many blues also. ...
I went on a field trip this morning with the Des Moines Audubon Society, to Brenton Slough and Beaver Bottoms--both private property, both near Granger. Most...
I finally got out to look for some critters yesterday and it was a very good day with a lifer to boot. Staying strictly in Warren County and visiting only...
The warm, sunny weather brought out a lot of butterflies today. Best day of the year by far, with 18 species at Lake Macbride in Johnson County: Eastern Tiger...
Talked to Aaron Brees this evening (he of no computer these days) and he had a great day in southern Iowa today. Last July Aaron discovered the first state...
As AJ mentioned, there were a lot of odes flying in Wayne County yesterday. The area of Rathbun W.A. that I visited has several large oxbows, plus access to...
I visited Rathbun W.A. in Wayne County again today in an attempt to capture the mystery blue-eyed darners I found on my last trip. I was able to find several...
Had a good afternoon of butterfly watching at Kent Park in Johnson County today with 19 species (list below). It was hard not to notice all the dragonflies...
Chris -- Nice list of butterflies. I saw some cool ones down in Wayne County but don't know what all they were. Needed one of you guys along. To answer your...
Hey Ann - I'm close -- next time you go a-wondering, give me a call and I'll help with the butterflies! Kathleen Ziemer ButterfliZ of Iowa www.butterfliz.com ...
It has also been slow for dragonflies but it seems to be picking up. jim ... From: credwards@... [mailto:credwards@...] Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003...
Jessica, Great news, what was the location? It hasn't been seen for 2 years. Has the site been burned? Regards, Dennis...
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Jun 23, 2003 12:47 pm
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1. Here's a web site for Iowa inverts. Check it out. http://www.zool.iastate.edu/~c_drewes/ 2. Firefly survey: I read an interesting article today, about a...
There's an interesting article by Brian Cassie in the latest issue of American Butterflies about butterfly name pronunciations. Here are a few from the Iowa...
I made it back to Wayne County to try to catch my mystery darner again. I was unable to catch one of the brightly colored patrolling males. However, I did...
All-- Don't believe everything you read. Fritillary is based on the Latin word fritillus (a dice box decorated with spots). In Latin when a single consonant...
Mike Overton
moverton@...
Jun 27, 2003 2:00 am
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I was planning to spend an hour or two this morning watching butterflies, but I had such good luck that I just kept going all day. I visited a lot of my ...
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