Impressive 4th of July counts of "Endangered" migrant monarchs.
Roger Kuhlman
rkuhlman at hotmail.com
Tue Jul 11 09:55:16 EDT 2006
Maybe that is true concerning the release of Painted Ladies but what about
Queens (Danaus gilippus) in the northern part of eastern United States? I
have found two Queens in southeast Michigan over the past five years. One of
these Queens I learned was a result of a wedding release but the second
could have been a wild vagrant but I will never know. It was only by
accident that I found out the first Queen was a releasee.
Roger Kuhlman
Ann Arbor, Michigan
>Roger Kuhlman wrote:
>
> > all three Vanessa species have been extremely scarce.
> > [in SE Michigan]. In fact no one who reports sightings
> > for the GreaterWashtenaw County Butterfly Survey has
> > spotted a Painted Lady yet this year.
>
>Charles V Covell Jr. wrote:
>
> > We held our 24th July 4th count in Oldham Co., KY
> > on Sat. July 1. We recorded 38 species and 1,264
> > individuals. Not one _Vanessa_ of any of the 3
> > expected species was seen this year!
>
>Likewise in a recent 4th of July census count posting on
>okleps at yahoogroups.com, 96 monarch sightings
>were recorded in northeast Oklahoma, but no Painted
>Ladies.
>
>But hey fellows, do you realize what this lack of Painted
>Lady sightings this summer in the Midwest during your
>4th of July census field trips has inadvertently demonstrated?
>In my view, it demonstrates that ongoing commercial and
>school releases of Painted Ladies aren't interfering with
>your census counts and ability to document the ups and
>downs of Painted Lady abundance in any substantial way.
>
>Paul Cherubini
>El Dorado, Calif.
>
>
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