Banded hairstreak

[Dale Roberts/Bill Yule]

   Ain't it the truth.  We worry so much about whether or not the adults
have enough to drink we forget the youngsters need that solid food. :>\

                                 Bill Yule
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lemmon" <lemmon at SNET.Net>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: Banded hairstreak


> Perhaps we don't have enough larval food plants around.  In my yard, I
have
> about 30 developing Red Admirals on a 7 foot wide -7 foot tall patch of
> stinging nettles, Monarch caterpillars on butterfly weed, and numerous
> fritillaries, as violets even grow in our lawn which we cut 3'' high as
well
> as most flower beds.
>
> Carol
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale Roberts/Bill Yule" <droberts03 at SNET.Net>
> To: <Avocetfm at aol.com>; <jhimmel at mindspring.com>;
<ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:39 AM
> Subject: Re: Banded hairstreak
>
>
> > Frank and all,
> >        Besides what appears to be a population explosion of Great
Spangled
> > Fritillaries (Spereria cybele) I'd agree that the common roadside
> butterfly
> > fauna seems thin right now along the south central part of the state. I
> > don't know if many species happen to be between broods (Pearl Crescent?)
> or
> > if there is another cause but Hairstreaks seem conspicuous by their
> absence
> > as well as Skippers.  Also, for me, a lack of Swallowtails now and very
> few
> > Anglewings.  Last year when we had significant invasions of the
migratory
> > Vannessas (Red Admirals and Painted Ladies) there seemed to be
butterflies
> > everywhere so many a little psych effect is occurring giving some of us
> the
> > feeling of "where are the butterflies?"  Then again maybe the numbers
> really
> > are way down.  Good reason to do "counts".   However when I do get the
> > chance to get out and off the beaten track, into the fields and back in
> the
> > woods the numbers of butterflies seem more within normal ranges, at
least
> in
> > terms of MY short butterfly career.
> >      Of course herbicides and insecticides are always something to
> consider
> > and it may well be that some communities' insecticidal over-reaction to
> the
> > West Nile Virus scare have depleated some populations.  An interesting
> > question that has been discussed with some "vigor" on some of the
national
> > lep listserves.
> >
> >                                Bill Yule----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Avocetfm at aol.com>
> > To: <jhimmel at mindspring.com>; <ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 5:54 AM
> > Subject: Re: Banded hairstreak
> >
> >
> > > >From Frank & Linda Mantlik (Avocetfm at aol.com)
> > > On 7/7/02, we had a Banded Hairstreak in our Stratford perennial
garden.
> > > Also a question:  I have been seeing very very few butterflies about
in
> sw
> > CT
> > > shoreline areas for weeks now.  Is any one else experiencing this
> paucity
> > as
> > > well?  It makes me wonder if past spraying for mosquitoes has reduced
> > > populations (though there are tons of bees and wasps in our garden).
> > >
> >
>