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...
I observed several firsts for the year in the last couple of days: April 17, Hawkeye Wildlife Area, Johnson Co. 1 Red Admiral April 18, Beam Woods, Jones Co. 1...
I saw about half a dozen juniper hairstreaks in a big cedar tree today at our home in Dallas County. I was looking for them, but probably would not have...
Yesterday afternooon I was at the Girl Scout camp near Dayton in Webster Co. and saw the first Sympterum corruptum of the season. It was flying along a dirt...
Marcia M. Hummel
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Apr 24, 2006 12:36 am
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Hi All! I want to conduct a special monarch project and need to know where good milkweed patches are that will have monarchs in late May or June. Any place...
I'm recording the last county records for the Iowa butterfly book. Must send Monday. Does anyone have a monarch record (with data) for Hancock Co. it is the...
dws1108@...
Apr 29, 2006 7:55 pm
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Sorry for the late posting but I retired this week and my mind was elsewhere. Joyce and I camped at Donnelson and birded/butterflied Lacey and Croton unit...
I have heard about a few unusually bad cases of chiggers for this early in the year (including mine), and wonder if this is going to be a great year for ...
I haven't had problems with chiggers yet but it does seem to be a very good year for wood ticks. Harlan Ratcliff ... From: IA-BTRFLY@yahoogroups.com...
We did a late burn this afternoon on a small part of our land to fry some Eurasian bromegrass and reed canarygrass. At one point, the burn moved into an ...
Hello Cindy, Thanks for helping the Polyphemus. There is evidence that large silk moths like this are declining out East due to a biological control agents...
nutrush
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May 7, 2006 2:36 pm
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Frank found half of Doolittle burned today. One butterfly on the half. This conpromises the data from the surveys this summer. People still aren't getting the...
dws1108@...
May 8, 2006 3:50 am
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Thanks, Mark and MJ. It's disturbing to keep finding out how many generalist species have been imported in the name of biocontrol over the past two ...
Hello, There was an interesting show on Nature on PBS last night about how animals and plants can be used as evidence in criminal cases: ...
Mark Leoschke
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May 8, 2006 1:26 pm
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Hello Iowa Entomologists, I highly recommend this book on moths (covers primarily eastern species, a number of which occur in Iowa). I borrowed this book via ...
Mark Leoschke
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May 8, 2006 2:15 pm
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Covell's book is now available at Amazon.com (the old Peterson field guide) and is worth ordering. When I bought it, I also took a chance and ordered a used...
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