BUGS: Lycaena dione

[Ron Gatrelle]

In Iowa (back in the old days before the sterilization -and paving- of
rural road ways 50's and 60's) dione was a common component of rural
"ditches" and right of ways.

Of course then there was that neat area near Iowa City - Johnson's
Prairie - which I understand the state made into a lake. What was there?
idella, cybele, aphrodite, C. gorgone, E. bimacula illinois, dion, S.
eurydice fumosa, B. selene nebraskensis (I reared this one  from there), S.
titus ssp, M. gryneus, coppers = dione, americana, hyllus, helloides,  just
off the top of my head, and lots more. Then S.acadica is southwest Iowa...
the swarms of O. powesheik... lots of memories. Ron

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Dana" <robert.dana at dnr.state.mn.us>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: BUGS: Lycaena dione


> Just for the record--dione does occur in native prairie in MN. I spent
several years on a research project in a prairie in SW MN and saw it there
often, including one oviposition occurrence (on a Rumex growing in a dry
(at the time) drainageway. But it does not seem to have any attachment to
native prairie per se.
>
> *************************************************************
> Robert Dana, Ph.D.
> MN DNR
> Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program
> 500 Lafayette Rd, Box 25
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651 297-2367
> Email: robert.dana at dnr.state.mn.us
> *************************************************************
>
> >>> "Daniel Glaeske, MD" <glaeske.md at sk.sympatico.ca> 6/7/01 7:54:46 PM
>>>
>
> Norbert
>
> I have seen dione in both wet and dry habitats here in southern
> Saskatchewan.  I do tend to see it more often in wetter areas, slough
> edges, gully bottoms with a rich swade of grass, and moist meadows,
> usually where Rumex is common.  All my sightings are late June to late
> July.  However, I saw several out in the badlands south of Wood Mountain
> where I could not see a Rumex in sight.
>
> In Minnesota, I only found it very wet areas, never on the prairie (what
> little there was).
>
> Daniel Glaeske,
> St. Victor, SK
> Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX wrote:
>
> > I am at the moment reviewing a report on this butterfly and the report
> > alleges that this species is not found in drier habitats with Rumex but
is
> > to be expected only in wet habitats.  This is not entirely consistent
with
> > my observations.  Has anyone else found Lycaena dione in non-wet
habitats
> > with Rumex ?? Details appreciated if you have. Thank you.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
> > Forest Ecosystem Specialist
> > Ministry of Water, Lands and Air Protection
> > 845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 1H3
> > Phone 250-365-8610
> > Mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
> > http://www.env.gov.bc.ca
> >
> >
> >
>
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