Painted Lady

[Joel Lyons]

V cardui "mobbed" our garden beginning this
weekend here (New Orleans).  I only spotted
one in all of 2000.  Right now they number
around 20 at any one time.  We introduced
some wormwood plants about a month ago.

Michael Gochfeld wrote:

> To followup on Clay Taylor: The Raritan Canal Count (central New Jersey)
> logged an equal number of Painted Ladies (V. cardui) and American Ladies
> (V. virginiensis).
>
> Over the years it is apparent that V. cardui is present some years and
> completely absent in others as befits its erratic immigration patterns
> elsewhere. But it has not been superabundant in recent memory, nor even
> as abundant as the Red Admiral has been this month.
>
> I'll post the full count in a day or so.
>
> Mike Gochfeld
>
> Clay Taylor wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <LCooper298 at aol.com>
> > To: <LEPSrUS at listbot.com>
> > 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
> > the
> > > number of Painted Ladies being seen in Florida. Anybody else seeing them
> > in
> > > their yards?
> > >
> > > 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
> > > 558 Sunshine Blvd
> > > Haines City, FL 33844-9540
> > > 863.439.2704
> > > LCooper298 at aol.com
> > >
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