More Admirals

[robert]

Bill,
Dont believe there is any migrating path that butterflies take, just get out
in a boat on Long Island Sound when there is wind from any & all Southern
directions,
S -SE - SW etc. Take a ride along the coast & no matter where you are you
will see Red Admrials coming across the sound , from Norwalk to New Haven.
I would assume this applies to areas both East & West of the above
locations.

Just an added note there were also a good number of RAs, along the R.I.
coast last
week.

Some even stopped for a rest on the boats.

Just wait until the females coming in drop there eggs  all over CT. & the
next brood emerges, they should be every where in great numbers.

I wish I had some of there larva food plant in my yard at this time, years
ago I planted a bed of nettles but nothing came to them , within 2 years
they were taking over my lower property so I had no choice but to kill it
off.

Females coming in are checking every plant in my yard looking for there food
,
maybe I'll go dig some up & keep it in pots for this year.

Bob Muller


----- Original Message -----
From: bill and Dale <droberts03 at snet.net>
To: butterfly ct <ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: More Admirals


> Not to belabor the Red Admiral discussion but a question for those pros
> out there, you know who you are. Many people have responded to my
> question about how high the numbers are for Red Admirals and a possible
> irruption,  however most responses echo Greg's comment that there are
> not great numbers in any one spot but rather one or two in most spots
> that are investigated. So my question is this: Is there any known
> combination of landforms and locale that would serve as a bottleneck
> that would concentrate northerly migrating butterflies in the sense that
> there are known Hawkwatch locations or migrant bird traps? Is there a
> spring butterfly equivilent to Cape May? Where would one go to look for
> a horde of migrating Admirals in CT?
> Also, today in my gardens and pasture,with more than three hours of
> bright sunlight, I had more than 20 Red Admirals by a very conservative
> count allowing for repeats.
>                                  Bill Yule
>