Regal Fritillary in NE Kansas

[Jim Mason]

I saw my first Regal of the year Saturday at our farm in Osage County
Kansas.  It was a male who was patrolling a milkweed patch and stopping to
nectar occasionally.  The Butterfly Milkweed was in full bloom and the
Common Milkweed was just beginning to flower.

We have had Variegated and Great Spangled Fritillaries also within the last
two weeks.  Conditions there are very dry.  All the ponds are low.

Jim Mason, Naturalist
jmason at ink.org
(316) 683-5499 x103
Great Plains Nature Center
6232 E. 29th St. N.
Wichita, KS 67220-2200
http://www.gpnc.org