the way it was in suburban habitats

[Grkovich, Alex]

The species is now abundant in the northeast.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robert Kriegel [SMTP:kriegelr at msu.edu]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 23, 2002 1:49 PM
> To:	leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject:	Re: the way it was in suburban habitats
> 
> I stand corrected on my previous post.  Roger Kuhlman provided a voucher
> of
> Erynnis baptisiae from Northeast Area Park in Ann Arbor to one of our
> Michigan Lepidoptera Survey cooperators.  That record has not yet been
> incorporated it into the database so I was unaware of its existence.
> 
> In this park and several other areas in Southeast Michigan Roger's group
> has found this butterfly in association with Crown Vetch.  When the
> Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources originally listed the special as
> threatened they were only aware of it feeding on wild indigo.
> Unfortunately, now that it is listed it will take vouchers from a
> substantial number of localities to get its listing changed.
> 
> Bob Kriegel 
> Bath, MI
> 
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