the way it was in suburban habitats

[Bob Parcelles,Jr.]

Paul,

My experience is that Roger is a pretty truthful observer. However,
It is still antedotal as opposed to science. we get a lot of that.

Bob Parcelles, Jr.
Miami Blue Preservation and Restoration project
--- Paul Cherubini <monarch at saber.net> wrote:
> Patrick Foley wrote:
> 
> > Do you have any documentation for your claim that there has been
> no downward
> > trend in butterfly numbers in the Bay Area? 
> 
> No, I just stated an opinion that I did not feel there has not been
> "a huge drop"
> like Richard Worth believed.
> 
> I think it is curious that when lepidopterists are especially
> motivated to find butterflies in suburban habitats (such as when
> trying
> to document species occurrence in hopes of blocking land
> development
> plans) they may have remarkably good luck. 
> 
> For example, I came across the following impressive species
> occurrence list for a park threatened by development in Ann Arbor, 
> Michigan:
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Roger Kuhlman
> Northeast Area Park,  Ann Arbor, Michigan Butterfly Sightings in
> 2001
> 
> Species                   Scientific      Total  Last
> Cabbage White              Pieris rapae    472  10/23
> Baltimore            Euphydryas phaeton    194   7/6
> Clouded Sulphur        Colias philodice    188  12/3
> Pearl Crescent         Phyciodes tharos    153  9/10
> Red Admiral            Vanessa atalanta    145  10/23
> Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae    123  10/3
> Alfalfa Butterfly      Colias eurytheme    123  12/3
> Little Wood Satyr        Megisto cymela     69  7/20
> European Skipper     Thymelicus lineola     49   7/6
> Black Swallowtail     Papilio polyxenes     43  8/14
> Monarch                Danaus plexippus     41  10/12
> Wood Nymph       Cercyonis pegala alope     40  8/14
> Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus    40  9/10
> Painted Lady            Vanessa carduii     34  8/24
> Viceroy             Limenitis archippus     33  9/10
> Eastern-tailed Blue     Everes comyntas     32  10/3
> White Colias             Colias species     32  10/23
> Eyed Brown           Satyrodes eurydice     31  7/31
> Hobomok's Skipper        Poanes hobomok     30  6/13
> Mulberry Wing          Poanes massasoit     21  7/31
> American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis  20  7/20
> Black Dash            Euphyes conspicua     13  7/31
> Delaware Skipper       Anatrytone logan     12  7/20
> Least Skipper       Ancyloxypha numitor     11  8/24
> Spring Azure           Celastrina ladon     10  5/17
> Peck's Skipper          Polites peckius     10  10/3
> Appalachian Eyed Brown Satyrodes appalachia  8  7/31
> Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis      7  8/14
> Tiger Swallowtail       Papilio glaucus      6  8/14
> Summer Azure        Celastrina neglecta      5  7/31
> Tawny Edged Skipper Polites themistocles     5  8/14
> Mourning Cloak        Nymphalis antiopa      4  7/6
> Juvenal's Duskywing   Erynnis juvenalis      3  6/13
> Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele    3  8/24
> Eastern Comma           Polygonia comma      3  10/23
> Fiery Skipper        Hylephilia phyleus      2  10/3
> Long Dash                Polites mystic      2  6/22
> Northern Broken Dash Wallengrenia egeremet   2  7/31
> Northern Pearly Eye     Enodia anthedon      2  7/6
> Dun Skipper             Euphyes vestris      1  7/1
> Horace Duskywing       Erynnis horatius      1  7/31
> Acadian Hairstreak     Satyrium acadica      1  7/20
> Buckeye                  Junonia coenia      1  10/23
> Red-spotted Purple   Limenitis arthemis      1  7/20
> Sleepy Duskywing          Erynnis brizo      1  5/17
> Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia      1  7/20
> Little Glassywing        Pompeius verna      1  7/1
> 
> Total Species  46           Total Butterflies 2029
> 
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Pinellas Park, FL
RJP Associates, C2M-BWPTi
rjparcelles at yahoo.com
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