Hello, This passage is from a book by Phillip Hoose "The Race to Save the Lord God BIrd" (It is about the ivory-billed woodpecker, copyright 2004, when the...
Mark Leoschke
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Jun 5, 2005 11:13 pm
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Restoring Fire program on Iowa Public Television Sunday, June 12 and Monday, June 13 To prevent catastrophic conflagration, some experts say fire must be ...
I found the following butterflies this morning on a short stop at the Croton Unit of Shimek State Forest in Lee County: Black Swallowtail 1 Giant Swallowtail 5...
Hello, Some of you may have had trouble opening the attachment on the e-mail I sent out a little while ago. This version of the attachment should work better....
Mark Leoschke
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Jun 13, 2005 2:24 pm
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Hello, Some of you have been to or at least heard of the wonderful Crossman Prairie State Preserve in Howard County, Iowa. This prairie was donated to The...
Mark Leoschke
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Jun 15, 2005 2:29 pm
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This is an announcement for an Iowa butterfly event. There is a fairly short notice on this thing, but I hope some of you can attend. We will conduct a survey...
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Ray C and searched the Rathbun wildlife area north of Promise city for a couple of hours this evening. We found 2 Prothonotary warblers, Pileated woodpecker...
Tom Johnson
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Jun 23, 2005 3:45 am
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Return-path: <Scott.Sauer@...> Received: from DMZDSMGW05.iowa.gov [165.206.254.73] by idnr4.dnr.state.ia.us; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 13:55:38 -0500 ...
Mark Leoschke
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Jun 25, 2005 2:50 am
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This is a reminder of the butterfly event Saturday. We will be looking for the Poweshiek skipper in the Grinnell/Poweshiek County area. Meet at 8:00 am at...
Sorry I don't have a reference to look this up. Can anyone tell me what kind of mostly-cream-colored caterpillar feeds on the seed pods of prairie larkspur,...
Cindy, Can't tell you the caterpillar but I found Heliothis phloxiphaga in the drying drawer with prairie larkspur pods and seeds. I'll send you my jpg of the...
MJ Hatfield
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Jul 2, 2005 1:19 am
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Cindy, Most of the caterpillars/moths I am finding are "pests" eating lots of different plants so if you really want to know what the caterpillar is you'll...
MJ Hatfield
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Jul 2, 2005 1:35 am
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I saw a regal fritillary today near my house southeast of Ames, the first I've seen this year. I wasn't able to confirm the sex, but assume it was a ...
Yes, they are always exciting, don't apologize. Isn't it great that they lighten our souls. Dennis...
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Jul 3, 2005 2:43 am
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This weekend I did my annual butterfly count at Shimek State Forest in Lee and Van Buren counties. The 31 species and 353 butterflies (seen in 8 hours) are...
Hello Iowa Entomologists, Yesterday Mary Jane Hatfield, Jessica Bockenstedt and I saw at least 3 regal fritillaries on the Liska-Stanek Prairie State Preserve...
Mark Leoschke
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Jul 6, 2005 3:45 pm
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Hi All! I sponsoring a new web site called butterfliesnbugs.com. Please visit the website and offer your comments. The web site needs an article on...
What shape is that prairie in? We found serious problems where we went and nothing is being done. Stinson is the worst. Dennis...
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Jul 8, 2005 1:27 am
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On the 5th and 6th, Frank Olsen and I surveyed 7 State Preserve prairies looking for O. poweshiek, A. arogos, H. dakota and H. ottoe. One poweshiek was found...
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Jul 10, 2005 2:26 pm
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Dennis, Thanks for the update.. Wondering which preserves had best numbers of Regals? Thanks Ty Smedes ... From: IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com...
Someone pointed out to us at the Poweshiek foray that the new Iowan magazine has 2 butterfly articles. One on Regals with 2 of the 4 photos not regals!! On...
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Jul 12, 2005 1:27 am
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One of the Iowan "Regal" photos is mine, but I did give the editor of the Iowan a "heads-up" about the other two that weren't. I also emailed the other...
Now I'm curious. I hope to pick up a copy of THE IOWAN and see for myself, but meanwhile, could someone please tell us which butterfly species was (or were)...
In a message dated 7/12/2005 12:38:27 PM Central Daylight Time, Grantridge@... writes: Great Spangled Fritillary....
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Jul 12, 2005 9:54 pm
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I think the other two Fritillaries in the Iowan were Great Spangled... Ty ... From: IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com] Sent:...
Yesterday several Iowa City Bird Club members joined me for our annual butterfly count in Johnson County. We visited Kent Park, Hawkeye Wildlife area, and...