field notes-Bauer Park-Madison

Clay Taylor CTaylor at swarovskioptik.com
Wed Jun 6 10:33:42 EDT 2001


All -

Bill's comment about "strikingly marked" makes me think a VERY fresh
"Pocahontas" form female Hobomok - that violet tinge wears off in a day or
so, and the upper forewing spots are usually big and bright.

BTW, sitting outside having lunch yesterday at SONA in Cranston, RI, there
were Red Admirals passing by about one every 5 minutes - all were heading
North.

Clay Taylor

----- Original Message -----
From: "bill and Dale" <droberts03 at snet.net>
To: <BrianRFG at aol.com>; "butterfly ct" <ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: field notes-Bauer Park-Madison


> Brian,
>    The Admirals were zipping through, some stopping for a bit. The
American
> Ladies were stopping to nectar. I did not consider Dusted because the
violet
> tinged frosted margin was pronounced, I didn't notice a white "eyebrow",
and it
> seemed too small for Dusted. But of course I could be mistaken. Skippers
are
> not my strong suit and the time would be right (I'd seen several Dusted
only a
> couple days earlier) and the field is full of Little Blue Stem. I'll be
> interested to see the photos because this butterfly was STRIKINGLY marked.
>                                                        Bill Yule
>
> BrianRFG at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hi Bill,
> >     Could you tell me please if the Red Admirals and American Ladies
were
> > just hanging around or were they moving through (or some of each)?
> >     The Clouded Skipper looks a lot like a Dusted Skipper. Did you
consider
> > that?
> >     Brian Cassie
>


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