Happy New Year! Basically any butterfly species that (1) is basically capable of developing any time of year when temperatures are warm enough, (2) have...
paul opler
paulevi@...
Jan 1, 2004 7:25 pm
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Hi Ray-- Around 4 years ago, my New Year's Day butterfly was a Red Admiral--in front near my Baby Tears. Not around today but only around 60 out....... So...
Happy New Year! Thanks to Ken Davenport for updating many of my early records, including a few from early January 2003 from various sources. There are no...
Hi all, One of my Giant swallowtail- P.(H.) cresphontes chrysalids eclosed today! Does that count in the record-keeping scheme? It was in my outdoor enclosure...
I am interested in knowing who here has had experience recently with the Ursine Yucca Giant Skipper (Megathymus ursus), either subspecies (ursus or violae). I...
To my knowledge, there are six reliable year-round Southern California leps: Painted Lady Red Admiral Marine Blue Mourning Cloak Cabbage White Gulf Fritillary ...
Greetings and Happy New Year! After a night of subtropical rain a few butterflies showed up in the yard yesterday. Painted Lady Vanessa...
JimJoanJoy@...
Jan 2, 2004 4:36 pm
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Kilian Roever is one of the Megathymid experts. Unfortunately, he does not have email. His phone number in Phoenix is 602-973-4297. He is on the road a lot and...
Stanley A. Gorodenski
stan_gorodenski@...
Jan 3, 2004 3:43 am
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I talk to Roever quite regularly as it is, last time being Monday night. He has given me a specific site for ursus violae, but has claimed to me that there are...
Hey Jim... saw your post on the New Year's butterflies. If you can find me some of the specific people who have taken ursus ursus in the Dragoons, that would...
Richard, Ray and others: Regarding: counting an emergence from reared pupae under most circumstances: I think a record to be counted as EARLY or LATE needs to...
Last November and the beginning of December we drove down to western Mexico. We spent one day in Casa Aduana, near Alamos, then continued to Mazatlan where we...
Okay. I had no way of knowing you had already been in contact with Kilian from your original message. You cited Jim Brock with regard to sites he suggested,...
Stanley A. Gorodenski
stan_gorodenski@...
Jan 3, 2004 8:56 pm
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Thank you for trying to be of assistance to me. I can probably squeeze some more info out of Kil, but if you have any collecting friends in the Tucson area who...
Dear Lepsters, Those of you who receive American Butterflies will profit from these corrections posted to TX-BUTTERFLY. Best, RAB Robert A. Behrstock ...
I spent New Year's day as Ray Stanford suggested, out looking for early butterfly records. I chose to do so in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in San Diego...
Hi Paul and aul, Thanks for taking the time to spend what must have been a nice day in the field at this unpredictable season. I am familiar with both wet and...
Thanks Paul. Nice to hear that there are leps flying in Anza Borrego. Here
in San Diego County, it's been feeling awfully crisp and wintery (40 degrees
here...
The Natural Science Collaborative needs speakers for the Palm Desert Library Nature Series. We have dates open in March and April. Topic needed: Butterflies...
JRivera528@...
Jan 6, 2004 4:37 am
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Hi all, Interesting you've seen leda January and February in Anza-Borrego. We've not seen it before May--which may be the second brood of the year! We also...
Our January meeting is on the 20th at the Tucson Botanical Gardens and will feature Karen Hillson, new editor of BUTTERFLY GARDENER who will present "Totally...
On January 22 at 7:00 Priscilla Brodkin talks about butterflies making “The Neotropical Connection” between the Sky Islands of southeastern Arizona and ...
Hi all, Several of you in the fall were reporting butterfly sightings at various locations throughout the southwest which I found very interesting, especially...
Hello to all interested folk, Ken Davenport sent me an advance copy of the Zone 3 Season Summary report, which includes a record for the Giant Swallowtail,...
Ray: The highest mountains in SBA are not publicly accessible. I agree that several of the species you mention should occur. For example there are several...
Lethaby, Nick
nlethaby@...
Jan 8, 2004 12:45 am
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Nick, Thanks for the fast reply! I had forgotten who asked me about Santa Barbara County butterflies last spring, so I sent the memo out to the group and am ...