Painted Lady

[Ron Gatrelle]

ALL - Just got back from the North Carolina mountains where I ran into
about 8 Painted Ladies (V. cardui) in a meadow. All very fresh.
Ron

They were in Macon County.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Clay Taylor" <CTaylor at swarovskioptik.com>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: Painted Lady


> 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 -----
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> 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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