vanessa sp. sightings

Tue Jul 11 21:21:28 EDT 2006

Actually, Nymphalis antiopa (Mourning Cloak) has had a big emergence here in eastern Mass. during the past week...Several have been seen in our garden...also I have seen at least a couple Polygonia interrogationis around...

We'll see how N. milberti is doing in northern New Hampshire in the coming weeks...Large irruptions of the species have occurred there in recent years; I have seen them, in early August, more numerous in the subalpine zone of Mt. Washington, NH than Boloria titania montinus (at least in my opinion, and in the areas I surveyed)...

Some years, Nymphalis j-album is also common there, as is P. gracilis...This is, of course, in the Scott Bog region...

There was also an apparent large emergence of Nymphalis polychloros (Large Tortoiseshell) in the Pindos Mtns. area of central Greece last month when I was there...

Alex 

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From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu on behalf of Gaïa Nature
Sent: Tue 7/11/2006 5:36 PM
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Subject: vanessa sp. sightings 

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

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Canton de Granby

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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
	>
	>-----Original Message-----
	>From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu]
	>On Behalf Of Paul Cherubini
	>Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:42 PM
	>To: Leps-L
	>Subject: Impressive 4th of July counts of "Endangered" migrant monarchs.
	>
	>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:
	>
	>Here's an example from Algonquin Provincial Park which is a huge
	>wilderness park in the northern section of southern
	>Ontario:
	>
	>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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