many red admirals in Wichita

[Don Lafontaine]

Yesterday (April 16) was a warm windy day (it was 82 F). As I was driving
from Kingston to Ottawa in eastern Ontario Canada (between 11 am to 1 pm)
red admirals were crossing the highway several a minute for much of the 100
mile trip.

 

Don Lafontaine 

 

From: owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-leps-l at lists.yale.edu] On
Behalf Of Dana, Robert (DNR)
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 10:39 PM
To: Leps-L
Subject: RE: many red admirals in Wichita

 

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

Great Plains Nature Center

6232 E. 29th Street North

Wichita, KS 67220-2200

316-683-5499 x103 - voice

316-688-9555 - fax

www.gpnc.org

 

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