Queen Butterflies in Washington, DC

[Hilton, Rob]

Michael and all, 

To the best of my recollection three days after the even, the Queen
landed on Polygonum plants.  In the excitement of watching this
unexpected butterfly, I don't know if actual nectaring occured.  Come to
think of it, I am not positive which species of plant it landed on when
I first focused my binoculars on it.  There certainly was a lot of
Polygonum but there were other plant species too, and I concentrated on
watching the insect, not the plant(s).  

Best, 

Rob Hilton
rhilton at csa.com
Silver Spring, Md. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Gochfeld [mailto:gochfeld at eohsi.rutgers.edu]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 5:41 AM
To: Hilton, Rob
Cc: LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: Re: Queen Butterflies in Washington, DC


The sighting of the Queen in Washington DC is of course exciting, but I
was
intrigued by the mention of
Queen and Monarch butterflies nectaring at Polygonums.  I wonder how
common
this is.  [big snip]

 
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