Queen in Michigan

[Alan Wormington]

Re Queen in Michigan:

Michigan Butterflies & Skippers (Nielsen 1999) gives two records for the
state -- August 28, 1995 and September 15, 1991.

During the very same week in 1991 we recorded both Brazilian Skipper and
Ocola Skipper here at Point Pelee, Ontario (Lake Erie) indicating a
natural occurrence of Queen in Michigan.

Alan Wormington
Leamington, Ontario

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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:39:39 -0400 "Grkovich, Alex"
<agrkovich at tmpeng.com> writes:
> Roger,
> 
> A Queen COULD wander into southern Michigan; I wouldn't discount the
> possibility...After all, they DO wander (not migrate, of course) far 
> up
> the Great Plains (to Minnesota, I think, isn't it?) in late summer...
> 
> Check the Butts of Canada book...they cite a record of Mexican
> Fritillary in Saskatchewan (or was it Manitoba?)...
> 
> Alex  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu 
> [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu]
> On Behalf Of Roger Kuhlman
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:55 AM
> To: LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: Re: Impressive 4th of July counts of "Endangered" migrant
> monarchs.
> 
> 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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