vanessa sp. sightings

Tue Jul 11 17:36:08 EDT 2006

Apparently, I must be living in a bizzaro area! 

Lots of sightings of V. Atlanta and V. virginiensis up here in the southern
parts of Quebec province of Canada, 

I found larvae of V. Atlanta almost everywhere I see nettles growing and I
also came across a few V. virginiensis larvae a few weeks ago

It is not a very abundant year for Vanessa species but Aglais milberti is
going to literally strip all available nettles out of leaves in the coming
days with so many larvae around! 

I also notice a lot more P. comma and P. interrogationnis than usual 

I also netted a female N. vau album for the first time in my life last week 

I’ve been looking for this specie for ages for breeding and since the specie
is univoltine, I can’t expect any eggs from her until next year (if I can
keep her until then and find a male and get them to pair etc
!) 

Regards, 

Dave

Dave Clermont

Gaïa Nature butterfly farm

180 Giard

Canton de Granby

Quebec, Canada

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On our butterfly walks here at the Arboretum this year, we saw two Panted
Ladies on April 1 and those are the only Vanessa's we've seen this year, so
far.

chris

Superior, AZ

While Monarchs have been doing pretty well in southeast Michigan this
season, all three Vanessa species have been extremely scarce. In fact no one
who reports sightings for the Greater Washtenaw County Butterfly Survey has
spotted a Painted Lady yet this year. Definitely it is the worst year for
Vanessas in the survey's 12 year history.

Roger Kuhlman

>Every time that I have gone out this season (since mid-June anyway), I
>have encountered Monarchs and have seen several mating exercises. I have
>also seen them in our backyard, feeding on the milkweeds there...
>
>Alex
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>Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:42 PM
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>Subject: Impressive 4th of July counts of "Endangered" migrant monarchs.
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>During the past week on the dplex-l there have been multiple posts about
>record or near record 4th of July counts of monarchs from southern
>Ontario, plus favorable reports from neighboring Canadian provinces and
>the upper Midwest USA:
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>Here's an example from Algonquin Provincial Park which is a huge
>wilderness park in the northern section of southern
>Ontario:
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>1995 - 8
>1996 - 5
>1997 - 156 (our previous high)
>1998 - 1
>1999 - 66
>2000 - 42
>2001 - 142
>2002 - 11
>2003 - 52
>2004 - count cancelled due to weather
>2005 - 25
>2006 - 189
>
>Paul Cherubini
>El Dorado, Calif.
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