Hello, Bee orchids, found in Europe, fool male bees and wasps into pollinating their flowers by looking and smelling like the appropiate female bee or wasp....
Mark Leoschke
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Jan 12, 2006 4:32 pm
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Hello, I am reading a new book about the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew west of London and was intrigued by the idea of stag beetle loggeries (male stag...
Mark Leoschke
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Jan 17, 2006 11:28 pm
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Hello Iowa Lepidopterists, Iowa's own Jerry Selby has a USFWS status assessment and conservation guidelines report on the web about the Poweshiek Skipperling...
Mark Leoschke
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Feb 2, 2006 9:51 pm
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Today one of the faculty members at work described the butterfly her husband saw last week. He was concerned for its well-being. A Mourning Cloak during the...
Hello Linda and group, Mourning cloaks overwinter as adults and come out on warm days in the winter. Considering all the warm weather we have had until...
Mark Leoschke
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Feb 6, 2006 11:05 pm
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Hi All I'm not surprised at the Mourning Cloak. They like nice sunny days even in January! The last butterfly I saw was November 20th - a Milbert's ...
Check this link to the Des Moines Register at the end of the email. Steve ... Thanks to Bill for forwarding this article from today's (Sunday's) Register. ...
Hello, I am currently reading "Return to Wild America" by Scott Weidensaul and among other things he briefly decribes how the Peterson field guide series ...
nutrush
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Feb 26, 2006 9:49 pm
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Hello, Is anyone out there reading an interesting natural history book (or one they have read in the past) that they would like to recommend? I am always ...
nutrush
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Feb 28, 2006 12:49 am
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I am about halfway through Thomas Eisner's For Love of Insects, and it is pretty good. I would also recommend anything by Bernd Heinrich--The Mind of the...
While not necessarily natural history, these books do dovetail the human condition with our natural environment and provide some wonderful kernels of wisdom. ...
Hello, This is a web page about the on going all species inventory taking place in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. A number of species new to...
Mark Leoschke
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Mar 1, 2006 2:53 pm
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Hello, Lloyd Crim asked me to compile a list of the books people recommended in response to my e-mail asking for titles of interesting books on natural...
Mark Leoschke
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Mar 9, 2006 3:42 pm
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I saw my first dragonfly of the year today. I still haven't seen any butterflies, but I haven't really had a chance to get in the woods. I think the dragonfly...
Not to outdo Harlan, but we had our first dragonflies of the season yesterday, 4/4, at Riverton Wildlife Management Area in Fremont County. We saw as many as...
Loren Padelford
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Apr 6, 2006 2:11 am
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I'm jealous! Nothing here yet... aj _____ From: IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Loren Padelford Sent: Wednesday,...
I got this from Kurt Mead yesterday. In addition to the GLOM event, there will also be a kick-off for the Minnesota Odonata Survey coming up this summer. Ann...
I saw my first butterflies of the year today near Stone City in Jones County, a Milbert's Tortoiseshell and a Mourning Cloak. Welcome back, spring! Chris...
Hi all, I read Harlan's posting about seeing the first dragonfly of the season (Anax junius I would imagine) when I got home from the NAI / IAN meetings in...
Marcia M. Hummel
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Apr 10, 2006 9:00 pm
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Hi again, Anax junius is rapidly progressing northward. Yesterday (4/11/06) is was at Pilot Knob St. Park in Hancock Co. and observed a mating pair of Anax...
Marcia M. Hummel
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Apr 13, 2006 2:09 am
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Guess I need to try again on the photo since it didn't seem to go with the message. Steve...
Marcia M. Hummel
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Apr 13, 2006 2:15 am
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I finally saw my first butterflies of the season. I saw a cabbage white on Wednesday in Council Bluffs and I saw a black swallowtail yesterday at our place in...
Today in Iowa City I was surprised to see a Monarch fly by, as well as a Black Swallowtail and several Cabbage Whites. My previous early record for Monarch...
Everyone, This message is to announce the 2006 season of the Vanessa Migration Project. In a way similar to Journey North's Monarch tracking, we are mapping...
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