many red admirals in Wichita

[Dana, Robert (DNR)]

So that's where all the red admirals here in Minnesota must be coming from! We've been seeing them for several weeks now, usually one or two at a time, but on Saturday, a mild, sunny day, they were suddenly everywhere in Minneapolis, where I live. When I walked over to see whether any pollinators were active in my neighbor's cherry tree about a dozen took wing and zoomed around before returning to the blossoms. I'm curious whether some weather event brought a wave in or whether they have been accumulating here over the past several weeks and laying low with the return to more normal cool temps for this time of year. Daily highs for more than a week prior to Saturday had been on the cool side, but Friday brought a pretty good breeze from the southeast.

From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Mason
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 12:22 PM
To: Leps-L
Subject: many red admirals in Wichita

We have scads of red admirals here currently.  Looks like a banner year for them!

Jim Mason, Naturalist
Jim at gpnc.org<mailto:Jim at gpnc.org>
Great Plains Nature Center
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