Painted Lady

[Clay Taylor]

All -

    I agree with Rick's comments about the lack of Painted Ladys (Ladies?)
in the Northeast in recent years.  My only encounters with V. cardui in the
past three calendar years were individuals in the fall along the Conn.
coastline, which serves as a line of travel for migrant birds , butterflies
and odes.

    However, I did encounter an adult P.L. in early June while leading a
Conn. Butterfly Assoc. field trip, and there have been reports of numerous
larvae found across the state.  In the past few days, a few CT Summer
Butterfly Counts have reported both Ladies - V. virginensis and V. cardui.
I personally saw 4 Painted as well as 15 American on the New London, CT SBC
on July 15, which equaled my entire 1999 and 2000 sightings for Painted
Lady.

    It looks like we may very well have lots of both Ladies to watch this
summer and fall.

Clay Taylor
Moodus, CT
ctaylor at att.net

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Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: Painted Lady


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> Below is a post I received from Rick Cech, member from NYC commenting on
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> number of Painted Ladies being seen in Florida. Anybody else seeing them
in
> their yards?
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> Buck & Linda:  Hi. A thought on your Painted Ladys  For 2-3 years, we have
> had almost no PL's in the northeast. Drought in Mexican staging areas,
etc.
> This year, huge influx in western US, staritng now to reflect in our area
> (seeing more Painteds than Americans lately). Florida has few PLs
> historically, and maybe some seen this year are related to releases or
> science proijects, but if you're seeing them now, I'd be more inclined to
> link it to a 2001 continental phenomenon than local releases.  Just a
> thought.  Rick
>
> Linda and Buck Cooper
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