[Ctleps-l] American Lady - Stratford - 4/12

Glenn Williams gswilliams9 at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 13 20:43:49 EDT 2016


I am raising some Painted Lady caterpillars in my classroom that were purchased from a science supply company.  Though I would certainly never release them into the wild, I wonder how many teachers would do just that out of ignorance and the desire to set them free.  I'm not say that the observed American Lady butterflies aren't wild, but I imagine a lot of classrooms in Connecticut are/have raised butterflies this year.
A number of years ago, I had a fairly rare dragonfly in my classroom (the species escapes me at the moment).  After a little sleuthing, it appeared that the dragonfly emerged from a freshwater tank I had, probably derived from store purchased elodea.
Glenn WilliamsMystic

      From: Frank Mantlik <mantlik at sbcglobal.net>
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 Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 10:56 AM
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4/12,  Stratford, Long Beach Blvd., McKinney NWR railroad trail - AMERICAN LADY , my first of year. It seemed VERY early for this species in CT. Is that the case?
Photo here:https://www.flickr.com/photos/avocetfm/26408577135/in/dateposted-public/


Frank MantlikStratford
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