Frank Olsen, Jerry Selby and I were on Anderson and Cayler prairies Monday and Tuesday. The weather was perfect. The were very few butterflies of any sort and...
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Jul 1, 2004 11:35 pm
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I spent a couple of hours photographing butterflies today at the Medora Prairie (owned by TNC) in Warren County. The diversity wasn’t really high—I only...
Is there anyone on this list pretty good at Id'ing caterpillars? Please email me privately. Thanks. MJ Hatfield...
MJ Hatfield
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Jul 3, 2004 1:19 pm
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In case anyone is interested, there seem to be a couple of properties for sale--old pasture land--near this Medora prairie I have mentioned. They are listed...
I also saw this land for sale, and wished it could be purchased by conservation buyers or given some other protection. There are four pieces of protected ...
I have a Peterson First guide called Caterpillars. It may help. There are a couple of breeders around the country that can id cats easily. Kathleen Ziemer ...
OK, I'm a little slow. I finally saw my first painted lady caterpillar (at least I assume that is what it is) on a native thistle. And while searching for...
MJ Hatfield
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Jul 5, 2004 12:53 pm
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OK, I'm a little slow. I finally saw my first painted lady caterpillar (at least I assume that is what it is) on a native thistle. And while searching for...
MJ Hatfield
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Jul 5, 2004 12:59 pm
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MJ, I would agree with you on the no scientific name. I'm surprised that ISU would not include scientific names or at least some kind of a notation about what...
Michael S. Hummel
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Jul 5, 2004 1:19 pm
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Frank, Jerry Selby and I were back on the NW Iowa prairies (Cayler, Anderson and Freda Hafner) this week. The recheck was just as bad as last week. First, ...
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Jul 10, 2004 7:25 pm
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Dennis: I haven't been out much this year, but when I went to the Medora prairie a couple of weeks ago I only saw a couple of individual skippers, and did not ...
Dennis and others, Along the HWY 60 RR ROW, during our surveys we saw four Oarisma poweshiek (July 11) split between two survey locations as well as a few more...
Jessica Davis Skibbe
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Jul 12, 2004 12:52 pm
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Harlan, We have only seen, P. mystic, A. logan. P. origenes and P. themistocles. Mystic on the prairies the other on pastures and unmanaged areas. I do thing ...
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Jul 13, 2004 1:56 pm
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Does the possibility exist, that last year's wide range spraying of the soybean aphids throughout the state could have possibly contributed to low numbers of...
Thank you Bruce! I was reluctant to say anything since I caught some flack last year for "complaining" about poison from the sky. (Even as I had 2 friends...
MJ Hatfield
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Jul 16, 2004 2:40 pm
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My experiences this spring and summer have been pretty discouraging also. I've had very little butterfly activity in my yard this year compared to previous...
I'm curious, have our dragonfly enthusiasts noticed any apparent population declines this year similar to what butterfly watchers have been reporting? Chris...
I was just commenting this week that gomphids have been terribly hard to come by for me. I am honestly not sure just what has created the effect, but...
Does anyone have any data/info from 1993? Or possibly another year with a cool spring? Did we see similar lack of numbers or delayed sightings of either...
Jerry Selby did. I believe he found P. origenes and themistolces on one part of it. Dennis...
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Jul 17, 2004 11:51 pm
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I went to Hoffman Prairie and Union Hills wildlife management areas in Cerro Gordo county yesterday, hoping to photograph the Poweshiek skipper. I did not...
On Saturday six enthusiastic butterfly watchers joined me on our annual Iowa City butterfly count. We visited Kent Park, Hawkeye Wildlife Area, Lake Macbride,...
Bob and I often talked about how weather and stream conditions affected ode numbers during the season. There seems to be little doubt that floods have an ...
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Jul 20, 2004 9:00 pm
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While canoeing on the marsh at Banner State Park (yesterday am), I noticed quite a number of Viceroys flying amongst the cattails... I didn't see them...
Ty-- Many marshes are prime Viceroy habitat. River floodplains and sandbars are even better. Consider that their larvae feed on willows and it makes sense. ...
Mike Overton
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Jul 21, 2004 4:20 pm
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There are a good number of young willows (in the shallows) around the edge of the marsh... There was probably a new hatch, since I saw so many... Thanks Mike...
I have some photos of a spreadwing damselfly that I am having trouble ID-ing. Anyone want to give it a shot? I have a photo plus some close-up scans of the...
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