Everyone: The taxonomic arrangement to be used in the annual Season Summaries and by the USGS state and county lists will be Euphydryas anicia bernadetta....
Ken, I would like to make sure that everybody understands a little more about what was actually published in Papilio 12. I will give some details. The...
Richard and all, Your Cloudless Sulphur is a new LATE date, eclipsing 29 Dec 2006! Your West Coast Lady is not a LATE date, because I got one on 31 Dec 1964...
Hi All, On Saturday, December 29, I participated in a Christmas Bird Count on the Carrizo Plain National Monument in far eastern San Luis Obispo County, CA. I...
All: Please forgive the crossposting, but I would like to reach as many of you as possible. I wrote a column for the LEPSOC News for some years, and in 1999 I...
All: Re yesterday's post. I have had several requests for pictures of the eye patterns, so I took a very amateur picture this AM of the head capsule of a...
I have read articles that discuss this in the journals but being on the road I do not have access to reference them. I did find this article that might be what...
Everyone: Following heavy winds on January 1st that brought in warmer air (overnight lows recently have been freezing or below), I On January 2nd, I found a...
Hi All, Nymphallis antiopa have been out here at the Nature Center for over a week. They over winter as adults so what is the deal? Richard James Long Beach,...
JUST realized this is a "hot topic" so if you will just email me your opinions so that a debate is not started - I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!! *********...
Hi Danielle, I handle most of my caterpillar-raising indoors; but I think your caterpillars will survive cold, wind, and rain; unless the cold dips to well...
Hi all, The mourning cloaks have been out at El Dorado Nature Center off and on before the new year and after. The director spotted one on Mon. 12/31/07 and I...
Hi Danielle, I think it's best to assume that the caterpillars have more to fear from a lack of rain - in other words, they're singing in the rain. Todd is...
Hey Mark! What's going on? I've got Anthocharis emerging already; but I probably won't be able to rear cats until March. I hope the Mojave Desert gets...
It is an artifact of the calendar. The earliest possible date for anything is 1 January, and the latest is 31 December, even in the southern hemisphere where...
When I was in Japan, I did not like the rain. Now I live in SoCal, I'm loving it! I drove through Camp Pendelton area in San Diego yesterday. The burnt field...
Hi Ray and all, That then would be Mourning Cloak chasing Monarch on Dec 31. They tend to share a mutual area here at El Dorado nature Center in Long Beach, CA...
Ray Stanford wrote, in part: "The earliest possible date for anything is 1 January, and the latest is 31 December, even in the southern hemisphere where that...
John: You bring up a good point. I think the idea behind early records is earliest eclosure; but that philosophy gets thrown out the window when dealing with...
Thanks, John - This is correct, and is the way our records have been kept since the 1940s. See Ken Davenport's latest version of "Early and late dates for ...
John: Actually, the idea below would create more confusion. Flight periods vary geographically and from locality to locality and elevationally. Some species...
Hello guys, Here is a reply I got from person in charge of the butterfly release. I'm quoting the e-mail without permission so I will delete out personal...
I though you all might be interested in this book. I have no idea how accurate - it is, but if Dennis Paulson likes it, it should be worth checking out. Hank...
James, There is no mention of Phoebis agarithe from the Hawaiian Islands in the following book (only pierid reported is rapae): Jamieson, D. & J. Denny. 2001....
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