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15 Mar Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change [Bert Wessling ] 15 Mar Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change [Tim Jones ] 15 Mar Re: Calleta Silk Moth in Beeville [James Adams ] 14 Mar Re: Calleta Silk Moth in Beeville [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 14 Mar Calleta Silk Moth in Beeville [Jimmy Jackson ] 13 Mar Falcate Orangetips at High Island [Donald Verser ] 13 Mar Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change [Bert Wessling ] 13 Mar UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change [Mike Quinn ] 13 Mar largest exhibit of live, exotic butterflies in North Texas [Mike Quinn ] 13 Mar First reports of monarch butterfly migration: Mexico and Texas [Cindy Journey North ] 13 Mar Common Streaky-Skipper at Estero [John Yochum ] 11 Mar flying in Falcon Heights [Berry Nall ] 11 Mar Beeville breaking out [Jimmy Jackson ] 10 Mar Dione moneta in Mission [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 10 Mar First Malachite in a bit at NABA-NBC in Mission ["David T. Dauphin" ] 10 Mar Re: Resaca is picking up! [Katherine Miller ] 10 Mar Re: Help on ID of Duskywings [] 10 Mar Re: Flying in Austin, TX March 9, 2010 [] 9 Mar Re: Flying in Austin, TX March 9, 2010 [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 9 Mar Re: Bentsen Butterfly Walk [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 9 Mar Help on ID of Duskywings [Dan Hardy ] 9 Mar Flying in Center Point [Tom Collins ] 9 Mar Re: Flying in Austin, TX March 9, 2010 [] 9 Mar Bentsen Butterfly Walk [Rick Snider ] 8 Mar Re: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. [] 8 Mar Re: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 8 Mar Re: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 8 Mar Austin Butterfly Forum, Monday March 22 [ABF Announce ] 8 Mar Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. [] 5 Mar Re: RFI: Extent of Freeze in SoTX [Berry Nall ] 5 Mar Re: Flying in Mission [Mike Rickard ] 5 Mar Re: RFI: Extent of Freeze in SoTX [Bert Wessling ] 5 Mar Re: RFI: Extent of Freeze in SoTX [Bert Wessling ] 5 Mar RFI: Extent of Freeze in SoTX [Mike Quinn ] 5 Mar Re: Fw: Flying in Mission [Mary Beth Stowe ] 4 Mar Fw: Flying in Mission [TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ] 4 Mar Henry's Elfin [Sandy Jespersen ] 4 Mar Re: RGV beetle survey - Feb 27-29 - low diversity, plus comments [Mike Quinn ] 4 Mar Re: RGV beetle survey - Feb 27-29 - low diversity, plus comments [] 4 Mar RGV beetle survey - Feb 27-29 - low diversity, plus comments [Mike Quinn ] 1 Mar Bentsen butterflies for February, 2010 [Rick Snider ] 28 Feb Falcon Heights update [Berry Nall ] 28 Feb flying in Austin 28:ii:10 [] 26 Feb Report on El Rosario and Chincua Reserves [Andy Holman ] 22 Feb Re: Fwd: Status of the population per Monarch Watch - Addendum [Paul Cherubini ] 22 Feb Fwd: Status of the population per Monarch Watch - Addendum [Mike Quinn ] 19 Feb Re: Record snowfall in upper Angangueo - up to 15 *centimeters* high in places [Paul Cherubini ] 19 Feb Re: Record snowfall in upper Angangueo - up to 15 *centimeters* high in places [Mike Quinn ] 18 Feb Kaufman & Henderson Co. 2/19/10 [James McDermott ] 18 Feb flying in Austin 17, 18:ii:10 [] 18 Feb Fwd: Record snowfall in upper Angangueo - up to 15 inches high in places [Mike Quinn ] 15 Feb yellow sulphurs [] 15 Feb Austin Butterfly Forum Meeting, Feb. 22 [ABF Announce ] 15 Feb Re: TX-BUTTERFLY Digest - 11 Feb 2010 to 12 Feb 2010 (#2010-27) [] 14 Feb Re: Butterfles at Resaca: slow but steady [Katherine Miller ] 12 Feb Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede [Alex Grkovich ] 12 Feb Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede [James McDermott ] 12 Feb Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede [Alan Wormington ] 12 Feb Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede [James McDermott ] 12 Feb Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede [Alan Wormington ] 12 Feb Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede [James McDermott ] 12 Feb Re: Angangueo: zona de desastre - short video [Paul Cherubini ] 11 Feb Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede [Alan Wormington ] 12 Feb Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede ["[Bob Rasa]" ] 11 Feb Angangueo: zona de desastre - short video [Mike Quinn ] 10 Feb Military and Civil Defense evict high-risk areas in Ocampo and Angangueo [Mike Quinn ] 9 Feb 10% of the monarchs at El Rosario reportedly killed by rains [Mike Quinn ] 9 Feb Trip to El Rosario postponed [ruth and peter ] 9 Feb Re: favorable report from Sierra Chincua monarch colony [Mike Quinn ] 9 Feb Re: Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX [Mike Quinn ] 9 Feb Re: Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX [Mike Quinn ] 9 Feb Re: Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX [Paul Cherubini ] 9 Feb Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX [ruth and peter ] 8 Feb Re: favorable report from Sierra Chincua monarch colony [Paul Cherubini ] 8 Feb favorable report from Sierra Chincua monarch colony [Mike Quinn ] 7 Feb Monarchs are OK at one of the Monarch Sanctuaries in Mexico [Paul Cherubini ] Subject: Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change From: Bert Wessling <bwessling AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:59:29 -0500 Tim, The chytrid fungus mentioned in the article may have been spread around the world by the exporting of infected amphibians from Africa. I am sorry if that was not clear in the article. Here is an article on the chytrid fungus. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no12/03-0804.htm I thought it ironic that the the golden frog extinction was used as a reason to advocate moving species around when I think it may support the "conclusion" that moving species could have disastrous consequences. I certainly agree with your statement "A single paper in science is rarely definitive". Bert Wessling San Juan On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Tim Jones wrote: > Bert Wessling's conclusion is in no way supported by the articlehe mentions. > A single paper in science is rarely definitive. The issue remains > contentious. > > She could be using the iconic Emperor Penguin as a representativeof > animals threatened by climate change. > > With habitat shrinking worldwide due to the expansion of human numbers, > I can't see how expanding it will increase extinctions. On the other hand, > doing nothing could have disastrous consequences. > > Please explain, Bert. > > Tim Jones > Austin Texas > > > At 3:43 PM -0600 3/13/10, Bert Wessling wrote: > > The one example cited in the article of an animal killed by climate change > the golden toad may have actually been killed by natural El Nino climate > variability and an introduced pathogen. If she has her way there could > be many more animals going the way of the golden toad. > > http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1829872/el_nio_and_pathogen_kil > led_costa_rican_toad/index.html > > Bert Wessling > San Juan > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Mike Quinn wrote: > > > (Pardon the cross posts. Mike Quinn, Austin) > > > > Feb 24, 2010 > > A home from home: saving species from climate change > > > > From the Guardian > > > > Picture an elephant in the wild, making its stately progress across > > the savannah, tall grass bending beneath its feet. Now transplant that > > image to the American prairie. In one of the most startling new ideas > > to emerge about climate change, a leading conservation biologist is > > calling for plants and wildlife facing extinction to be saved simply > > by picking them up and moving them. > > > > > Camille Parmesan, a butterfly biologist at the University of Texas at > > Austin, has been monitoring the effects of rapid climate change on > > species - particularly those threatened because they cannot adapt to > > or escape from rising temperatures - for more than a decade now. But > > her idea for a modern day's Noah's ark remains hugely controversial. > > > > "The idea is that, for certain species at very high risk of extinction > > due to climate change, we should actively pick them up and move them > > to suitable locations that are outside their historic range," she > > tells me in her office at the university campus, near the biology > > laboratory in which she and her husband keep myriad caterpillar > > samples in the cold store. > > > > Her proposals, once confined to a handful of scientists, are now > > getting a broader airing as governments begin to grapple with the > > enormous problem of how to insulate animal and plant life from a > > warming climate. Shortly after appearing in the Atlantic magazine's > > list of "brave thinkers of the age", Parmesan lobbied negotiators, > > environmental activists and scientists at last December's climate > > change summit in Copenhagen to start drawing up plans to move animals > > that are most at risk. > > > > full: > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change From: Tim Jones <deforest AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:47:28 -0500 Bert Wessling's conclusion is in no way supported by the article he mentions. A single paper in science is rarely definitive. The issue remains contentious. She could be using the iconic Emperor Penguin as a representative of animals threatened by climate change. With habitat shrinking worldwide due to the expansion of human numbers, I can't see how expanding it will increase extinctions. On the other hand, doing nothing could have disastrous consequences. Please explain, Bert. Tim Jones Austin Texas At 3:43 PM -0600 3/13/10, Bert Wessling wrote: >The one example cited in the article of an animal killed by climate change >the golden toad may have actually been killed by natural El Nino climate >variability and an introduced pathogen. If she has her way there could >be many more animals going the way of the golden toad. > >http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1829872/el_nio_and_pathogen_killed_costa_rican_toad/index.html > >Bert Wessling >San Juan >On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Mike Quinn wrote: > >> (Pardon the cross posts. Mike Quinn, Austin) >> >> Feb 24, 2010 >> A home from home: saving species from climate change >> >> From the Guardian >> >> Picture an elephant in the wild, making its stately progress across >> the savannah, tall grass bending beneath its feet. Now transplant that >> image to the American prairie. In one of the most startling new ideas >> to emerge about climate change, a leading conservation biologist is >> calling for plants and wildlife facing extinction to be saved simply >> by picking them up and moving them. >> > > Camille Parmesan, a butterfly biologist at the University of Texas at >> Austin, has been monitoring the effects of rapid climate change on >> species - particularly those threatened because they cannot adapt to >> or escape from rising temperatures - for more than a decade now. But >> her idea for a modern day's Noah's ark remains hugely controversial. >> >> "The idea is that, for certain species at very high risk of extinction >> due to climate change, we should actively pick them up and move them >> to suitable locations that are outside their historic range," she >> tells me in her office at the university campus, near the biology >> laboratory in which she and her husband keep myriad caterpillar >> samples in the cold store. >> >> Her proposals, once confined to a handful of scientists, are now >> getting a broader airing as governments begin to grapple with the >> enormous problem of how to insulate animal and plant life from a >> warming climate. Shortly after appearing in the Atlantic magazine's >> list of "brave thinkers of the age", Parmesan lobbied negotiators, >> environmental activists and scientists at last December's climate >> change summit in Copenhagen to start drawing up plans to move animals >> that are most at risk. >> >> full: > > -- ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Calleta Silk Moth in Beeville From: James Adams <jadams AT DALTONSTATE.EDU> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:17:10 +0000 Jimmy, Big round body would be suggestive of a female. But the antennae should be a dead give away. Females have much narrower, barely featherlike antennae. And, if it was in your carport at your lights, it would almost undoubtedly be a female, as males are diurnal. Also be aware that mating does NOT take place at night for this species, so if the female was going to call in males it wouldn't be at night. But, unless it hatched out in your carport and hadn't had a chance to call yet, it would be mated already. I would suggest trying letting it call for a day, and if it DOESN'T do so, then restrain it to get eggs. The larva of this moth is easy to rear and quite spectacular. It will feed on privet, which is typically a real easy plant to get ahold of. james ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Calleta Silk Moth in Beeville From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:12:25 -0700 Jimmy, the females are nocturnal.  The males have more angular FW's, but are diurnal.  If you have a female that's not yet mated, I'd look for males flying to her between 10AM and 2PM, and sometimes late as 5 PM.   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ________________________________ From: Jimmy Jackson To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Sun, March 14, 2010 7:43:44 PM Subject: Calleta Silk Moth in Beeville Today ,  March 14, 2010  I found a Calleta Silk Moth ,  Eupakardia calleta  in my carport on the floor.  Coincidently ,  on March 16,  2007 my daughter who was living here at the time called me to say she had one on their windshield in the same carport .  I came out and took photos of this remarkable looking silk moth.  Most of my photos of Calletas over the years show the same size antenna,  so I don't know if it's a male or female ?  Is there another way to tell ?  Anyway,  the moth is in a cage tonight , on the porch and I'm hoping it's a female who will attract males with her pheromones.  We'll see. Jimmy Jackson Beeville Tx South Central Texas ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Calleta Silk Moth in Beeville From: Jimmy Jackson <greenjay43 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:43:44 -0500 Today , March 14, 2010 I found a Calleta Silk Moth , Eupakardia calleta in my carport on the floor. Coincidently , on March 16, 2007 my daughter who was living here at the time called me to say she had one on their windshield in the same carport . I came out and took photos of this remarkable looking silk moth. Most of my photos of Calletas over the years show the same size antenna, so I don't know if it's a male or female ? Is there another way to tell ? Anyway, the moth is in a cage tonight , on the porch and I'm hoping it's a female who will attract males with her pheromones. We'll see. Jimmy Jackson Beeville Tx South Central Texas ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Falcate Orangetips at High Island From: Donald Verser <donald.verser AT ATT.NET> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:14:41 -0800 Several male Falcate Orangetips were flying today at High Island, Smith Oaks.  Don Verser ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change From: Bert Wessling <bwessling AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:43:04 -0600 The one example cited in the article of an animal killed by climate change the golden toad may have actually been killed by natural El Nino climate variability and an introduced pathogen. If she has her way there could be many more animals going the way of the golden toad. http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1829872/el_nio_and_pathogen_killed_costa_rican_toad/index.html Bert Wessling San Juan On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Mike Quinn wrote: > (Pardon the cross posts. Mike Quinn, Austin) > > Feb 24, 2010 > A home from home: saving species from climate change > > From the Guardian > > Picture an elephant in the wild, making its stately progress across > the savannah, tall grass bending beneath its feet. Now transplant that > image to the American prairie. In one of the most startling new ideas > to emerge about climate change, a leading conservation biologist is > calling for plants and wildlife facing extinction to be saved simply > by picking them up and moving them. > > Camille Parmesan, a butterfly biologist at the University of Texas at > Austin, has been monitoring the effects of rapid climate change on > species – particularly those threatened because they cannot adapt to > or escape from rising temperatures – for more than a decade now. But > her idea for a modern day's Noah's ark remains hugely controversial. > > "The idea is that, for certain species at very high risk of extinction > due to climate change, we should actively pick them up and move them > to suitable locations that are outside their historic range," she > tells me in her office at the university campus, near the biology > laboratory in which she and her husband keep myriad caterpillar > samples in the cold store. > > Her proposals, once confined to a handful of scientists, are now > getting a broader airing as governments begin to grapple with the > enormous problem of how to insulate animal and plant life from a > warming climate. Shortly after appearing in the Atlantic magazine's > list of "brave thinkers of the age", Parmesan lobbied negotiators, > environmental activists and scientists at last December's climate > change summit in Copenhagen to start drawing up plans to move animals > that are most at risk. > > full: > > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: UT butterfly biologist advocates moving species in response to climate change From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:23:27 -0600 (Pardon the cross posts. Mike Quinn, Austin) Feb 24, 2010 A home from home: saving species from climate change From the Guardian Picture an elephant in the wild, making its stately progress across the savannah, tall grass bending beneath its feet. Now transplant that image to the American prairie. In one of the most startling new ideas to emerge about climate change, a leading conservation biologist is calling for plants and wildlife facing extinction to be saved simply by picking them up and moving them. Camille Parmesan, a butterfly biologist at the University of Texas at Austin, has been monitoring the effects of rapid climate change on species – particularly those threatened because they cannot adapt to or escape from rising temperatures – for more than a decade now. But her idea for a modern day's Noah's ark remains hugely controversial. "The idea is that, for certain species at very high risk of extinction due to climate change, we should actively pick them up and move them to suitable locations that are outside their historic range," she tells me in her office at the university campus, near the biology laboratory in which she and her husband keep myriad caterpillar samples in the cold store. Her proposals, once confined to a handful of scientists, are now getting a broader airing as governments begin to grapple with the enormous problem of how to insulate animal and plant life from a warming climate. Shortly after appearing in the Atlantic magazine's list of "brave thinkers of the age", Parmesan lobbied negotiators, environmental activists and scientists at last December's climate change summit in Copenhagen to start drawing up plans to move animals that are most at risk. full: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: largest exhibit of live, exotic butterflies in North Texas From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:29:09 -0600 Fort Worth Business Press Exotic butterflies land in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden BY BETTY DILLARD March 01, 2010 A female Scarlet Mormon, her lacy wings gently wavering, floated onto a palm frond. Dale Clark gingerly plucked the butterfly from her perch for presentation. “And here is the star of our show today,” he said. Clark, aka “The Butterfly Guy,” is a lepidopterist and one of the coordinators of “Butterflies in the Garden,” the largest exhibit of live, exotic butterflies in North Texas currently showing in the conservatory of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. The fourth live butterfly exhibit at the Botanic Garden since 2002, the show is open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will run through April 4. Proceeds from the event will support public education and environmental projects of the Fort Worth Botanical Society and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), which are hosting the exhibit with the Fort Worth Botanic Garden and the Fort Worth Garden Club. “Butterflies are universal. They appeal to children and adults alike,” said Steve Huddleston, senior horticulturist of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden and co-coordinator of the show. “Adults become like children in their fascination and excitement. I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t like butterflies.” During the month-long exhibit, about 12,000 butterflies from the United States, Southeast Asia, Africa and North, Central and South America will fill the conservatory. Each week, about 2,400 butterflies will be released into the conservatory. Among the more than 100 species are the crowd-pleasing iridescent Blue Morpho, the Small Postman and the Tiger Longwing from Central America; the Striped Blue Crow from Asia; and the Emerald Swallowtail from the Philippines. The last butterfly exhibit in 2008 attracted 36,000 visitors, Huddleston said, while 61,000 people passed through the conservatory in 2005. According to Patricia Harrison, assistant director and head of education at BRIT and co-coordinator of the show, the exhibit is booked again with students from area schools, where the curriculum is tied into the exhibit. full: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: First reports of monarch butterfly migration: Mexico and Texas From: Cindy Journey North <Cindy_JourneyNorth AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:17:47 -0600 Here come the monarchs! This migration report arrived recently from Queretaro, 60 miles north of the monarch overwintering region: "My students and I have observed monarchs flying overhead. We've seen groups of 5 or 6 butterflies--up to mass groupings of several hundred." Early sightings have also been reported from Texas in Mission, Austin, San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Monarch migration season is about to begin in Texas. We are tracking the migration online for the 17th year and would greatly appreciate your help. Will you please report your monarch observations per instructions below? Thanks for your help! Cindy Schmid Journey North ************************************************************* How to Report Reply to this message or use this web-based form: http://www.learner.org/cgi-bin/jnorth/jn-sightings This year's maps: Monarchs: First adult (also first egg and/or first larva) http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/monarch_spring2010.html Milkweed: First sighting http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/milkweed_spring2010.html Spring Monarch Migration Map Archives http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/MigrationMaps.html ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Common Streaky-Skipper at Estero From: John Yochum <John.Yochum AT TPWD.STATE.TX.US> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:17:47 -0600 The day was warm and sunny, a welcome change from last week when the Butterfly Walk was cancelled due to wet and rainy weather. Today we started with eighteen of us edging down the sidewalk eagerly getting on every one of the few butterflies up and about. It wasn't fifteen minutes into the walk when a participant showed us an excellent photo he had just taken of a Common Streaky-Skipper! The rest of us did re-find the bug (on the entry sidewalk by the big green transformer) and got brief and relatively unsatisfying looks. Hopefully the photo will be forwarded and published to the web soon. Also flying were several Orange Satyr-Moths (Heterusia atalantata) which Mike Quinn's excellent site (texasento.com) lists as an "uncommon diurnal moth" that flies from October through December with a US distribution of only Starr, Hidalgo and Cameron counties in the US, unless I'm misunderstanding. The list I kept (which included ZERO Lyside/Cloudless/Large Orange Sulphurs!): Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne) only one! Potrillo Skipper (Cabares potrillo) several, mostly on Green Jay Trail Mazans Scallopwings (Staphylus mazans) several, mostly on Green Jay Trail Funereal Duskywings (Erynnis funeralis) several, in the parking lot and on the entry sidewalk White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) many, perhaps the only common butterfly of the day Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira) Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) COMMON STREAKY-SKIPPER (Celotes nessus) Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) one! Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima) Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) Whirlabout (Polites vibex) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon) Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa) Fatal Metalmarks (Calephelis nemesis) I saw five myself. Queen (Danaus gilippus) only one! Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) only one! Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) I saw five. Elada Checkerspot (Texola elada) Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes vesta) Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana) Five. White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) only two! Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) many, on the Green Jay Trail mostly Hermes Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes) We do try to keep the Butterfly Walks posted to the web at http://bijou36.tripod.com/id44.html , http://bijou36.tripod.com/id38.html , and http://bijou36.tripod.com/id27.html (starting with the most recent). Unless someone on the list can point out otherwise, our Park Butterfly List shows this Streaky-Skipper as a Park FIRST (the Park opened in 2006). Please do report rare butterflies you may find here-we are definitely interested! John Yochum Park Ranger IV Estero Llano Grande State Park Weslaco TX 956-565-3919 Camp Out (We'll supply the tents!), March 13 Breakfast with the Birds, March 27 8am Night Hike, March 30 Tuesday Bird Walks Wed/Sat/Sun 8:30am Butterfly/Dragonfly Walks Fri 1:30pm ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: flying in Falcon Heights From: Berry Nall <lb AT THENALLS.NET> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:15:57 -0600 I had a couple of interesting sightings this week: 3/11-Tiny Checkerspot, *Dymasia dymas*, nectaring in the yard along with numerous Eladas. 3/9- Mexican Military Helicopter, *Marina mexicana*, circling overhead, seen and reported by numerous individuals. Although this supposedly is a first U.S. record, I guess I can't count it as such: since it would not accidentally stray this far from its well-documented range, it must be considered an introduced species. Alas, the tranquility of border life is becoming a distant memory. Berry Nall Falcon Heights, Starr Co, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Beeville breaking out From: Jimmy Jackson <greenjay43 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:55:55 -0600 With warmer temps and lighter winds the bugs have finally broken loose here in Beeville. The last three days have been a record for big species with the following appearing at my black light: Antheraea polyphemus , Polyphemus Moth , male 1 Automeris IO , IO MOth , male 1 Ceretomia undulosa , Waved Sphinx 1 Hyles lineata , White-lined Sphinx 2 Other smaller moths Ethmia delliella Pygarctia murina Xerociris wilsonii a few melipotis species Iridopsis defectaria Plus many UID species. Lots of Crane Flies , Giant Water Beetles, hundreds of small mosquito like flies, a few crickets, ....... Jimmy Jackson Beeville, Tx ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Dione moneta in Mission From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:38:17 -0800 Managed to snag Dione moneta in the yard today.  Rather small, and most likely survived the winter as a pupa.  My Passiflora suffered no freeze damage in it's insulated places.  In all, added 6 more species today. (=46)  Watch out for the nettles, which are doing well, and often mixed in with horsemints.  Once you discover that, it's too late...  One of my hands is still on fire after 8 hours.  Asterocampa leilia is around today, too.  NO clyton; which is a "180" from last spring.  Clyton was abundant last March, and leilia (and celtis antonia) never showed up till mid-Sep. lat year.   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey Mission ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: First Malachite in a bit at NABA-NBC in Mission From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:18 -0600 A Malachite, Mexican Bluewing and several of the common butterflies have been seen at the NABA's National Butterfly Center in the past few days. Not a lot of blossoms as the Center is in the midst of cutting back the plants--normal for this time of year at all LRGV Gardens. The new +$M building construction is underway along with the planning of the huge new gardens. We have seen numerous species of butterflies, throughout the Lower Rio Grande Valley as the plants are recovering from earlier freezes. Anacuas are beginning to burst forth in bloom. Jan Dauphin Mission, TX To view my photos or for Valley wildlife info., go to http://www.thedauphins.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Resaca is picking up! From: Katherine Miller <Katherine.Miller AT TPWD.STATE.TX.US> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:32:54 -0600 Now that the rains seem to have ceased for the time being, and the weather is sunny and warm, Resaca de la Palma State Park has lots of flowers! The staff and volunteers have been spotting Phaon Crescents, Clouded Skippers, Laviana White-Skipper, Gulf Fritillaries, and Fatal and Rounded Metalmarks. This has delighted our park host since he is great with a camera and finds butterflies much more cooperative than birds. Portions of anacua, lantana, mistflower, turk's cap, verbena, vervain, and frogfruit are all blooming, so I'm eager to watch the gardens and trails for more butterflies. Feel free to join us Sundays at 1:30 PM for our butterfly walks! Katherine Miller Natural Resource Specialist Resaca de la Palma State Park World Birding Center 1000 New Carmen Blvd. Brownsville, Texas 78521 (956) 350-2920 Mailing address: P. O. Box 714 Olmito, Texas 78575 www.worldbirdingcenter.org Spring Schedule: Bird Walks Tuesdays and Saturdays 8:30 AM Nature Walks Thursdays 8:30 AM Night Walks Fridays 7:00 PM Butterfly Walks Sundays 1:30 PM ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Help on ID of Duskywings From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:29:55 -0600 Quoting TX-BUTTERFLY automatic digest system : > 4. Help on ID of Duskywings I suspect these are within the seasonal variation of *juvenalis* but only examination of the male valvae can show for sure. We have had such unusual weather recently that we can expect to find a lot of latent, normally hidden variation to be unmasked in many species. As a rule of thumb - when in doubt take a specimen for future study. ...............Chris Durden > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:33:18 -0800 > From: Dan Hardy > Subject: Help on ID of Duskywings > > I found these Duskywings at Zilker Park in Austin today. First I > watched a male perched, then went back and he was mated. I thought > they were Juvenal's, but at home, looking at my photos, the > underside hindwing apical area spots do not look as white and > sharply defined as they should be. What do you think? > http://picasaweb.google.com/dhh787/ZiilkerBotanicalGardenAustinMarch92010HoraceSVsJuvenalSDuskywing?feat=directlink > > Dan Hardy > > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Flying in Austin, TX March 9, 2010 From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:17:00 -0600 Quoting TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY : > OK, this is interesting...  You mentioned Callophrys henrici "cf. > yahwehus."  Now, this is something Ronnie described from GA and SC, > of course.  I don't know if I'd discussed this previously with > y'all, but I know we have discussed "enigmatic" C. henrici in the > past in regard to it's occurrence in TX.  Now, *yahwehus* looks like > the brown morph of C. h. turneri in ETX.  It occurs from NW of > Houston, south to DeWitt Co., and west to Austin, at least...  > Typical turneri occurs across ETX, and seems to blend with solatus > westward from Tyler. > c------------------------- Yes this "cf. *yahwehus*" is the dark brown morph you are talking about. The greenish morph is very rare here and I have previously regarded it as just an aberrant *turneri*. I don't think it is by any means "typical" *turneri*. Typical *turneri* is a much browner, less mottled insect from SE Kansas. Years ago ('70's) Clench looked at my material and agreed that our brown redbud-feeding elfins from Austin and the Llano uplift are good *turneri*. What you have illustrated as "*turneri*" from East Central and East Texas is, I think, something else. I have not seen what I would call blending with *solatus* but maybe I have seen too many clean dry country *solatus* between here and Mexico. I may be stuffing your blend individuals in with *turneri* and not recognizing them. ----------------------------c > What I found in 2008 was that C. h. turneri actually has a green and > brown morph.  (See BOA under C. h. turneri.)  I photoed a specimen > of a brown morph in SETX.  What I found was, that in ETX, C. h. > turneri always exhibits a greenish tint, more like certain specimens > of C. h. margaretae from CFL, and not only does this show the Gulf > Coast "cline," this greenish tint also seems to occur where redbuds > (Cercis canadensis) occur.  > > In spring 2008, I set out to prove or disprove this theory.   Far as > I know, I was right...  Redbud blossoms, a known larval host, > always produced greenish proginy.  As I travelled north and west of > Houston, the Cercis didn't occur, though Yaupon did.  In the > Buffalo area there was no Cercis.  We got into post oak-juniper > habitat, and nothing but brown morphs were found.  They are tailed, > as "yahwehus" and "turneri."   Around College Station, I found both > green and brown forms; and the nearest Cercis was about 5 miles to > the south.  Most of these forms were greenish-brownish, showing > some sort of blend.  > > It makes me wonder exactly WHAT the extreme SETX pops are, say > Hardin or Jasper Co.'s, especially, but I can't say that > CTX specimens can't be anything but what you suggest- "cf. > yahwehus."  Either "yahwehus" is a morph, or not a good ssp., or we > have another good old-fashioned mystery on our hands.  I wonder if > green morphs might be found in Lost Pines?  That would be interesting. c---------------------------------------------- What I have found in Bastrop and Fayette Counties are redbud-associated dark browns flying separately or with yaupon-associated dark mottled browns "cf. *yahwehus*". I have not found what I would consider "green" there although the dark browns are a cold tone that some may see as greenish in hue. Yes the tails are longer in both but tend to be fatter and kinked in "cf. *yahwehus*". Someone current with the technology could possibly sort this out at the DNA level. I have not tried any fine work with the genitalia in series. I would probably pull a Johnson on this but someone should give it a try. ----------------------------------------------Chris Durden >   > Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC > Texas Lepidoptera Survey > 8517 Burkhart Rd. > Houston, TX  77055 > > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Flying in Austin, TX March 9, 2010 From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:52:43 -0800 OK, this is interesting...  You mentioned Callophrys henrici "cf. yahwehus."  Now, this is something Ronnie described from GA and SC, of course.  I don't know if I'd discussed this previously with y'all, but I know we have discussed "enigmatic" C. henrici in the past in regard to it's occurrence in TX.  Now, *yahwehus* looks like the brown morph of C. h. turneri in ETX.  It occurs from NW of Houston, south to DeWitt Co., and west to Austin, at least...  Typical turneri occurs across ETX, and seems to blend with solatus westward from Tyler. What I found in 2008 was that C. h. turneri actually has a green and brown morph.  (See BOA under C. h. turneri.)  I photoed a specimen of a brown morph in SETX.  What I found was, that in ETX, C. h. turneri always exhibits a greenish tint, more like certain specimens of C. h. margaretae from CFL, and not only does this show the Gulf Coast "cline," this greenish tint also seems to occur where redbuds (Cercis canadensis) occur.  In spring 2008, I set out to prove or disprove this theory.   Far as I know, I was right...  Redbud blossoms, a known larval host, always produced greenish proginy.  As I travelled north and west of Houston, the Cercis didn't occur, though Yaupon did.  In the Buffalo area there was no Cercis.  We got into post oak-juniper habitat, and nothing but brown morphs were found.  They are tailed, as "yahwehus" and "turneri."   Around College Station, I found both green and brown forms; and the nearest Cercis was about 5 miles to the south.  Most of these forms were greenish-brownish, showing some sort of blend.  It makes me wonder exactly WHAT the extreme SETX pops are, say Hardin or Jasper Co.'s, especially, but I can't say that CTX specimens can't be anything but what you suggest- "cf. yahwehus."  Either "yahwehus" is a morph, or not a good ssp., or we have another good old-fashioned mystery on our hands.  I wonder if green morphs might be found in Lost Pines?  That would be interesting.   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ________________________________ From: "drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU" To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 8:32:35 PM Subject: Re: [leps-talk] Flying in Austin, TX March 9, 2010 TX.Travis.029 Austin, lower Barton Cr. DurdenCJ 10068A -------------------------- *Erynnis horatius* - "Horace's Duskywing" - 01f - at fls. elbowbush *Pyrgus (communis)* sp. - Checkered Skipper - one seen *Atlides halesus* - "Great Purple Hairstreak" - 16f - at fls. elbowbush *Strymon melinus* - Gray Hairstreak - 02f, 07f - dark spring form *Deciduphagus (henrici) cf. yahwehus* - "Henry's Elfin" - 10m, 11f - "yaupon" at fls. elbowbush *Mitoura (gryneus) castalis* - "Juniper Hairstreak" - 03m, 04f, 05m, 06m, 12m, 13f, 15f - at fls. elbowbush *Libytheana (carinenta) larvata* - "American Snout" - 08m, 09m, 17m - at fls. elbowbush *Anaea aidea* - Tropical Leafwing - two seen *Vanessa atalanta* - Red Admiral - several seen *Abaeis nicippe* - Sleepy Orange - many seen *Colias eurytheme* f. *amphidusa* - Orange Sulphur - 14m *Zerene cesonia* - Dogface - one seen *Psychomorpha epimenis* - Grapevine Epimenis - two seen at fls. elbowbush -------------------------- 64/81dF sunny & breezy ========================== It was such a nice day that I was on the trail too after 2PM with most leps seen on the old trail through the "cactus patch". The surprise for me was that all the male Juniper Hairstreaks were an almost exact match for var. *discoidalis* as figured by Holland PL XXIX fig. 29. The extensive discal color must have resulted from our unusual weather while these individuals were in the pupa. This is the first time I have seen this. Spent some time helping a photographer with tips on how to improve her technique on capturing butterfly pictures. Adding the two lists we get a rather rich showing for this early in the year. ..............Chris Durden Quoting dempwolf0 : > Today was a beautiful sunny spring day (in the upper 70's).  I  walked the Barton Creek Greenbelt over lunch.  Dan Hardy had the  same idea as I did - we met up while looking at the butterflies on  elbowbush.  We noted 15 species, including C. henrici and A. midea.  Spring has arrived in Austin! > > Vanessa virginiensis (American Lady) > Libytheana bachmanii (American Snout) > Abaeis nicippe (Sleepy Orange) > Zerene cesonia (Southern Dogface) > Strymon melinus (Grey hairstreak) > Anaea andria (Goatweed leavwing) > Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin) > Pyrgus species > Battus philenor (Pipevine swallowtail) > Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral) > Danaus gillipus (Queen) > Anthocharis midea (Falcate orangetip) > Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulphur) > Agraulis vanillae (Gulf Fritillary) > Erynnis horatius (Horace's Duskywing) > > Bill Dempwolf > > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Bentsen Butterfly Walk From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:08:15 -0800 It got rather warm today.  I added 5 more species, and tried not to overdo it with the sudden jump to sunshine and 85F, compared to 60's, 70's, clouds, and gale-force winds previously...  Now they say 90F tomorrow.  Unbelieveable...  Planted more seeds.  I haven't got a lot of exercise the last 3 months, as I've done lots of photos for MPG lately, (check out the TLS pages) and maybe the heaviest thing I've been toting in Houston was firewood...  In the interrim, added the following in Mission: Papilio cresphontes Phoebis agarithe Anteos clorinde (!) Myscelia ethusa Phyciodes graphica vesta Most confusing for me today was "free with park admission."  I have no idea what that means...  I think it means "it ain't free."   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ________________________________ From: Rick Snider To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 5:32:55 PM Subject: Bentsen Butterfly Walk Today, Tues Mar 9,  Ranger Carol Navarro, Rick and May Snider, Mike and Ginny Rickard and 7 visitors had another enjoyable butterfly walk. After a few days of high temperatures, and occasional sun, the numbers of butterflies have increased. We had 27 species including a Monarch and Nysa Roadside Skipper. Our Anaqua trees are blooming, wonderfully fragrant, and alive with bees. There are so many trees in bloom we could only look at a few of them and  we no doubt missed some butterflies. It seems that spring may have finally arrived after a long cold cloudy winter. Our butterfly walks have changed from Wednesdays to Tuesdays at 1:30 PM. and they are free with park admission. Come and join us. Black Swallowtail Giant Swallowtail Checkered White Southern Dogface Little Yellow Dainty Sulphur Gray Hairstreak Dusky-blue Groundstreak Fatal Metalmark American Snout Gulf Fritillary Bordered Patch Vesta Crescent Phaon Crescent Red Admiral Monarch Queen Funereal Duskywing White/Common Checkered-Skipper Tropical Checkered-Skipper Laviana White-Skipper Common Sootywing Clouded Skipper Southern Skipperling Fiery Skipper Nysa Roadside-Skipper Celia's Roadside-Skipper Rick Snider Volunteer Host Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Help on ID of Duskywings From: Dan Hardy <dhh787 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:33:18 -0800 I found these Duskywings at Zilker Park in Austin today. First I watched a male perched, then went back and he was mated. I thought they were Juvenal's, but at home, looking at my photos, the underside hindwing apical area spots do not look as white and sharply defined as they should be. What do you think? http://picasaweb.google.com/dhh787/ZiilkerBotanicalGardenAustinMarch92010HoraceSVsJuvenalSDuskywing?feat=directlink Dan Hardy ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Flying in Center Point From: Tom Collins <towhee AT HCTC.NET> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:46:49 -0600 For the first time in a few years I am seeing good numbers of Black Swallowtails - most are feeding at the Anemones (Windflower) that have popped up all over the ranch - a new high number for me. Had a FOS Henry's Elfin today. Agarita's are coming in bloom and looks to be an early nectar source as well. No milkweed yet, but should be showing soon. Pipevine Swallowtail - 1 Black Swallowtail - 4 Southern Dogface - 1 Sleepy Orange - 2 Little Yellow - 1 Dainty Sulphur - 4 Henry's Elfin - 1 American Snout - 1 Variegated Fritillary - 1 American Lady - 1 Tom Collins Center Point (between Comfort and Kerrville) ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Flying in Austin, TX March 9, 2010 From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:32:35 -0600 TX.Travis.029 Austin, lower Barton Cr. DurdenCJ 10068A -------------------------- *Erynnis horatius* - "Horace's Duskywing" - 01f - at fls. elbowbush *Pyrgus (communis)* sp. - Checkered Skipper - one seen *Atlides halesus* - "Great Purple Hairstreak" - 16f - at fls. elbowbush *Strymon melinus* - Gray Hairstreak - 02f, 07f - dark spring form *Deciduphagus (henrici) cf. yahwehus* - "Henry's Elfin" - 10m, 11f - "yaupon" at fls. elbowbush *Mitoura (gryneus) castalis* - "Juniper Hairstreak" - 03m, 04f, 05m, 06m, 12m, 13f, 15f - at fls. elbowbush *Libytheana (carinenta) larvata* - "American Snout" - 08m, 09m, 17m - at fls. elbowbush *Anaea aidea* - Tropical Leafwing - two seen *Vanessa atalanta* - Red Admiral - several seen *Abaeis nicippe* - Sleepy Orange - many seen *Colias eurytheme* f. *amphidusa* - Orange Sulphur - 14m *Zerene cesonia* - Dogface - one seen *Psychomorpha epimenis* - Grapevine Epimenis - two seen at fls. elbowbush -------------------------- 64/81dF sunny & breezy ========================== It was such a nice day that I was on the trail too after 2PM with most leps seen on the old trail through the "cactus patch". The surprise for me was that all the male Juniper Hairstreaks were an almost exact match for var. *discoidalis* as figured by Holland PL XXIX fig. 29. The extensive discal color must have resulted from our unusual weather while these individuals were in the pupa. This is the first time I have seen this. Spent some time helping a photographer with tips on how to improve her technique on capturing butterfly pictures. Adding the two lists we get a rather rich showing for this early in the year. ..............Chris Durden Quoting dempwolf0 : > Today was a beautiful sunny spring day (in the upper 70's). I > walked the Barton Creek Greenbelt over lunch. Dan Hardy had the > same idea as I did - we met up while looking at the butterflies on > elbowbush. We noted 15 species, including C. henrici and A. midea. > Spring has arrived in Austin! > > Vanessa virginiensis (American Lady) > Libytheana bachmanii (American Snout) > Abaeis nicippe (Sleepy Orange) > Zerene cesonia (Southern Dogface) > Strymon melinus (Grey hairstreak) > Anaea andria (Goatweed leavwing) > Callophrys henrici (Henry's elfin) > Pyrgus species > Battus philenor (Pipevine swallowtail) > Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral) > Danaus gillipus (Queen) > Anthocharis midea (Falcate orangetip) > Colias eurytheme (Orange Sulphur) > Agraulis vanillae (Gulf Fritillary) > Erynnis horatius (Horace's Duskywing) > > Bill Dempwolf > > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bentsen Butterfly Walk From: Rick Snider <ricksnid AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:32:55 -0600 Today, Tues Mar 9, Ranger Carol Navarro, Rick and May Snider, Mike and Ginny Rickard and 7 visitors had another enjoyable butterfly walk. After a few days of high temperatures, and occasional sun, the numbers of butterflies have increased. We had 27 species including a Monarch and Nysa Roadside Skipper. Our Anaqua trees are blooming, wonderfully fragrant, and alive with bees. There are so many trees in bloom we could only look at a few of them and we no doubt missed some butterflies. It seems that spring may have finally arrived after a long cold cloudy winter. Our butterfly walks have changed from Wednesdays to Tuesdays at 1:30 PM. and they are free with park admission. Come and join us. Black Swallowtail Giant Swallowtail Checkered White Southern Dogface Little Yellow Dainty Sulphur Gray Hairstreak Dusky-blue Groundstreak Fatal Metalmark American Snout Gulf Fritillary Bordered Patch Vesta Crescent Phaon Crescent Red Admiral Monarch Queen Funereal Duskywing White/Common Checkered-Skipper Tropical Checkered-Skipper Laviana White-Skipper Common Sootywing Clouded Skipper Southern Skipperling Fiery Skipper Nysa Roadside-Skipper Celia's Roadside-Skipper Rick Snider Volunteer Host Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:44:26 -0600 and a happy new year to you too Charles Spring has finally sprung! .........Chris Durden Quoting TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY : > Another little-known fact: > > A "Deciduphagus" is one-tenth the size of a "duphagus." >   > Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC > Texas Lepidoptera Survey > 8517 Burkhart Rd. > Houston, TX  77055 > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU" > To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 9:36:37 AM > Subject: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. > > Last Thursday 4:iii:10, *Callophrys (Deciduphagus) (henrici) > solatus* - Sooty "Henry's" Elfin was out on the summit at Cottonwood > Shores. They were not *C. (D.) henrici turneri* that I would have > expected there but there was plenty of foodplant - Texas/Black > Persimmon nearby for "Sooty". I did not have a chance to collect. > See BOA for the color and pattern differences for these two > butterflies that fly together in Central Texas. By the way "Henry's" > Elfin is a gross misnomer as that species was named for a member of > the Brooklyn Entomological Society named Mr. Henric. > ..........Chris Durden > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 20:29:02 -0800 Then again, you can find deca-doodles about Monarchs on the Google-plexippus...   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ________________________________ From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 7:38:57 PM Subject: Re: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. A "Deciduphagus" is one-tenth the size of a Another little-known fact: A "Deciduphagus" is one-tenth the size of a "duphagus."   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ________________________________ From: "drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU" To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 9:36:37 AM Subject: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. Last Thursday 4:iii:10, *Callophrys (Deciduphagus) (henrici) solatus* - Sooty "Henry's" Elfin was out on the summit at Cottonwood Shores. They were not *C. (D.) henrici turneri* that I would have expected there but there was plenty of foodplant - Texas/Black Persimmon nearby for "Sooty". I did not have a chance to collect. See BOA for the color and pattern differences for these two butterflies that fly together in Central Texas. By the way "Henry's" Elfin is a gross misnomer as that species was named for a member of the Brooklyn Entomological Society named Mr. Henric. ..........Chris Durden ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:38:57 -0800 A "Deciduphagus" is one-tenth the size of a Another little-known fact: A "Deciduphagus" is one-tenth the size of a "duphagus."   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ________________________________ From: "drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU" To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 9:36:37 AM Subject: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. Last Thursday 4:iii:10, *Callophrys (Deciduphagus) (henrici) solatus* - Sooty "Henry's" Elfin was out on the summit at Cottonwood Shores. They were not *C. (D.) henrici turneri* that I would have expected there but there was plenty of foodplant - Texas/Black Persimmon nearby for "Sooty". I did not have a chance to collect. See BOA for the color and pattern differences for these two butterflies that fly together in Central Texas. By the way "Henry's" Elfin is a gross misnomer as that species was named for a member of the Brooklyn Entomological Society named Mr. Henric. ..........Chris Durden ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Austin Butterfly Forum, Monday March 22 From: ABF Announce <abfannounce AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:51:44 -0700 *Austin Butterfly Forum Club Meeting: Monday March 22, 2010. * ** *Zilker Botanical Garden Center, 2220 Barton Springs Rd. 7:00 p.m.* ** *Mon March 22 - Club Meeting: Dr. Pat Richardson: **Rainbow Soil: the complexity beneath our feet!* * * Soil mesofauna --- macroscopic invertebrates such as nematodes and arthropods play an essential role in cycling nutrients and dispersing bacteria and fungi in soil and plants. Join Dr. Patricia Richardson for a discussion of nature's incredible biological complexity beneath our feet. Learn how to manage toward that biodiversity and perhaps even create land that will inspire a rainbow! The presentation will include video footage of colorful, charismatic mesofauna in action. You don’t want to miss this amazing presentation! *Upcoming events:* *Sat and Sun, March 27-28 - Zilker Garden Festival*, Zilker Botanical Garden. *Mon April 26: Meeting “Photographing Butterflies”*, Zilker Botanical Garden Center , 7:00pm. *May 1: Butterfly Workshop.* Zilker Botanical Center. More information to follow. *Mon May 24: Meeting; TBA. * For details on these events and upcoming meetings and field trips, see http://www.austinbutterflies.org/Calendar. Peg Wallace ABF Publicity ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Sooty "Henry's" Elfin in Burnet Co. From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:36:37 -0600 Last Thursday 4:iii:10, *Callophrys (Deciduphagus) (henrici) solatus* - Sooty "Henry's" Elfin was out on the summit at Cottonwood Shores. They were not *C. (D.) henrici turneri* that I would have expected there but there was plenty of foodplant - Texas/Black Persimmon nearby for "Sooty". I did not have a chance to collect. See BOA for the color and pattern differences for these two butterflies that fly together in Central Texas. By the way "Henry's" Elfin is a gross misnomer as that species was named for a member of the Brooklyn Entomological Society named Mr. Henric. ..........Chris Durden ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: RFI: Extent of Freeze in SoTX From: Berry Nall <lb AT THENALLS.NET> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:44:22 -0600 Bert Wessling gave the objective data for the coldest days. On the subjective side: our lime tree is over 10 years old, and our bougainvilleas older; these all lost their leaves completely for the first time since they were planted. So also many other plants that I thought were cold hardy for our area. It is too early to tell whether some of the more sensitive plants survived. Certainly, more vegetation was killed than in any winter in recent memory. On the bright side, the winter was wet (relatively) as well as cold, so there is good soil moisture. As Charles Bordelon reported, lots of plants are starting to bud right now. There are a large number of annual wildflowers already in bloom. Berry Nall Falcon Heights, Starr County, TX On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:47:06 -0600, Mike Quinn wrote: >This is a tangentially lep-related query... > >So what was the extent of the freeze down there? Lowest temp., >duration, when, etc.? > >Thanks, Mike Quinn, Austin > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Flying in Mission From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:27:03 -0800 So far this year, Ginny and I have seen 65 species in about 48 hours of field time, and from Charles' list and a few other reports, another 10+ species could be added to that total. Granted that many of the species are represented by a very low number of individuals, conditions are not too bad. We await Spring. Mike Rickard Mission, TX ________________________________ From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 10:23:11 PM Subject: Fw: Flying in Mission Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX 77055 ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY To: TXBUTTERFLY Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 9:38:23 PM Subject: Flying in Mission WARNING: THIS IS A LEP-RELATED POST!!! While a normal year may yield 52 species in a week, or even a day this time of year, numbers are way down. I was suprised to see how devestating the freeze actually was down here. Lots of plants were burnt beyond recognition, but rebirth has begun at or near ground level for a number of these. Many cold-weather herbaceous plants are doing quite well, and I have some Salvia and Lantana blooming well in the yard. There are tons of Bidens that have already sprouted from seed, too. The make-shift garden is underway, and I guess we'll see what we see... I've spent only a mere 8 hours actually looking for butterflies this past week (2/26-3/3), but I've been busy with other details getting prepared for another season. So far: Phocides palaemon lilea Urbanus procne Pholisora catullus Erynnis funeralis E. tristus tatius Eantis tamenund Pyrgus communis P. albescens P. oileus P. philetas Heliopetes macaira H. laviana Copaeodes minimus Nastra julia Cymaenes trebius Lerodea eufala L. arabus Lerema accius Hylephila phyleus Wallengrinia otho Atalopedes campestris huron Papilio polyxenes asterius Kricogonia lyside Pyrisitia lisa Colias eurytheme Pontia protodice Calephelis perditalis C. nemesis australis Libytheana carinenta larvata Danaus plexippus Agraulis vanillae incarnata Vanessa atalanta rubria Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix Anthanassa texana Anaea aidea =35 spp.; pretty typical stuff, mostly in the yard... I expect numbers to improve over the next 2 weeks as we start to experience more average weather conditions. Many species have been seen by others elsewhere already, but this was all I saw in the little time I've had. If we added them all up, I bet it would come close to the average of 52. Hardly any moths so far... I just noticed Callophrys henrici reported in Fort Bend Co. Knudson saw one Sunday in Houston. It's about time... Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey Mission, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: RFI: Extent of Freeze in SoTX From: Bert Wessling <bwessling AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:48:14 -0600 Sorrry forot to sign that Bert Wessling San Juan On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Mike Quinn wrote: > This is a tangentially lep-related query... > > So what was the extent of the freeze down there? Lowest temp., > duration, when, etc.? > > Thanks, Mike Quinn, Austin > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > To: TXBUTTERFLY > Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 > > I was suprised to see how devestating the freeze actually was down > here. Lots of plants were burnt beyond recognition, but rebirth has > begun at or near ground level for a number of these. Many > cold-weather herbaceous plants are doing quite well, and I have some > Salvia and Lantana blooming well in the yard. There are tons of > Bidens that have already sprouted from seed, too. > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: RFI: Extent of Freeze in SoTX From: Bert Wessling <bwessling AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:38:57 -0600 Hi Mike, It was a hard freeze with lowest temps on the morning of January 9th from 18 at Falcon Dam to 32 atSPI, 19 at SANWR. The 10th Temps form 19 at Zapata to 35 at McAllen, 20 at SANWR. Durations were up to 131/2 hours on the 9th and 111/2 on the 10th Below is a link to the NWS Event Data Page http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bro/?n=2010event_januaryfreezes On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Mike Quinn wrote: > This is a tangentially lep-related query... > > So what was the extent of the freeze down there? Lowest temp., > duration, when, etc.? > > Thanks, Mike Quinn, Austin > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > To: TXBUTTERFLY > Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 > > I was suprised to see how devestating the freeze actually was down > here. Lots of plants were burnt beyond recognition, but rebirth has > begun at or near ground level for a number of these. Many > cold-weather herbaceous plants are doing quite well, and I have some > Salvia and Lantana blooming well in the yard. There are tons of > Bidens that have already sprouted from seed, too. > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: RFI: Extent of Freeze in SoTX From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:47:06 -0600 This is a tangentially lep-related query... So what was the extent of the freeze down there? Lowest temp., duration, when, etc.? Thanks, Mike Quinn, Austin ----- Forwarded Message ---- To: TXBUTTERFLY Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 I was suprised to see how devestating the freeze actually was down here.  Lots of plants were burnt beyond recognition, but rebirth has begun at or near ground level for a number of these.  Many cold-weather herbaceous plants are doing quite well, and I have some Salvia and Lantana blooming well in the yard.  There are tons of Bidens that have already sprouted from seed, too. ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Fw: Flying in Mission From: Mary Beth Stowe <MiriamEagl AT AOL.COM> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 07:46:00 EST In a message dated 3/4/2010 10:33:17 P.M. Central Standard Time, texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET writes: Hardly any moths so far... A very cool Io Moth was found by Raul Sr. at Valley Nature Center this past week; it had just emerged from its cocoon (pics later)! Mary Beth Stowe McAllen, TX _www.miriameaglemon.com_ (http://www.miriameaglemon.com/) ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Fw: Flying in Mission From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY <texaslepsurvey AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 20:23:11 -0800   Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey 8517 Burkhart Rd. Houston, TX  77055 ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: TEXAS LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY To: TXBUTTERFLY Sent: Thu, March 4, 2010 9:38:23 PM Subject: Flying in Mission WARNING:  THIS IS A LEP-RELATED POST!!! While a normal year may yield 52 species in a week, or even a day this time of year, numbers are way down.  I was suprised to see how devestating the freeze actually was down here.  Lots of plants were burnt beyond recognition, but rebirth has begun at or near ground level for a number of these.  Many cold-weather herbaceous plants are doing quite well, and I have some Salvia and Lantana blooming well in the yard.  There are tons of Bidens that have already sprouted from seed, too.  The make-shift garden is underway, and I guess we'll see what we see...  I've spent only a mere 8 hours actually looking for butterflies this past week (2/26-3/3), but I've been busy with other details getting prepared for another season.  So far: Phocides palaemon lilea Urbanus procne Pholisora catullus Erynnis funeralis E. tristus tatius Eantis tamenund Pyrgus communis P. albescens P. oileus P. philetas Heliopetes macaira H. laviana Copaeodes minimus Nastra julia Cymaenes trebius Lerodea eufala L. arabus Lerema accius Hylephila phyleus Wallengrinia otho Atalopedes campestris huron Papilio polyxenes asterius Kricogonia lyside Pyrisitia lisa Colias eurytheme Pontia protodice Calephelis perditalis C. nemesis australis Libytheana carinenta larvata Danaus plexippus Agraulis vanillae incarnata Vanessa atalanta rubria Chlosyne lacinia adjutrix Anthanassa texana Anaea aidea =35 spp.; pretty typical stuff, mostly in the yard...  I expect numbers to improve over the next 2 weeks as we start to experience more average weather conditions.  Many species have been seen by others elsewhere already, but this was all I saw in the little time I've had.  If we added them all up, I bet it would come close to the average of 52.  Hardly any moths so far... I just noticed Callophrys henrici reported in Fort Bend Co.   Knudson saw one Sunday in Houston.  It's about time...    Charles Bordelon, VP/EIC Texas Lepidoptera Survey Mission, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Henry's Elfin From: Sandy Jespersen <jespera AT CONSOLIDATED.NET> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 19:04:49 -0600 It visited our yard this morning. The first one we have seen. Rich and Sandy Jespersen Near Brazos Bend State Park Ft. Bend County ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: RGV beetle survey - Feb 27-29 - low diversity, plus comments From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:59:39 -0600 We did arrive around 1800 as I recall. Thanks, Mike ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Date: Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:08 PM Based on my observations the winter texans are everywhere in the valley.  Yall must have been there after the big rush at around 1600-1700 hrs at Luby's.  Or it may have been Bingo night at all of the RV parks. ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: RGV beetle survey - Feb 27-29 - low diversity, plus comments From: parides1 AT AOL.COM Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:08:03 -0500 One other non-lep observation. Ed and I supped at Luby's Saturday vening in Mission. We only saw maybe five Winter Texans. Have they eclined that much?? Is it due to the Mexico-access issue, the "great" ecession or due to the general decline in numbers of that emographic? Based on my observations the winter texans are everywhere in the valley. Yall must have been there after the big rush at around 1600-1700 hrs at Luby's. Or it may have been Bingo night at all of the RV parks. Hit the Sharyland HEB in the morning and its all Jayhawkers and Hoosiers wearing their name tags denoting their RV park and city of origin. There is even a new RV park somewhere called "Bibleville". Seems like alot more Canadian plates around this year as well. The RV parks are at capacity. Yeah +1 on the Huisache starting to bloom out west as well and low Lep diversity. Saludos, Charlie ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: RGV beetle survey - Feb 27-29 - low diversity, plus comments From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:39:44 -0600 Am recently back from a TAMU and personally funded trip to the Rio Grande Valley w/ Ed Riley. The vegetation was in fine condition but like others are reporting for the leps, the beetle diversity was still low. The Huisache trees were *just* starting to bloom at a few location. Note, we didn't spend as much time surveying as we normally would due to the low diversity plus the increased time needed to get traps up and running after the winter dormancy. At the SPG, the border fence is now on both sides of the entrance road but there are apparently no plans for a gate beyond the existing swing-pipe gate. From what I heard, there will be similar (or refuge-wide?) gaps in the border fence at Santa Ana and Bentsen. One surprising rumor I head was that Audubon may be considering selling their sanctuary, but I believe Jimmy Paz, the former SPG manager, indicated that Audubon just wants to sign a MOU with the FWS for the latter agency to provide some maintenance services for the sanctuary. One other non-lep observation. Ed and I supped at Luby's Saturday evening in Mission. We only saw maybe five Winter Texans. Have they declined that much?? Is it due to the Mexico-access issue, the "great" recession or due to the general decline in numbers of that demographic? Here's the beetles we found (not including some common spp previously photographed): Laguna Atascosa NWR - Feb 27 http://picasaweb.google.com/entomike/LagunaFeb2010# Sabal Palm Grove Audubon Sanctuary - Feb 27 http://picasaweb.google.com/entomike/PalmGroveFeb2010# Santa Ana NWR - Feb 28 http://picasaweb.google.com/entomike/SantaAnaFeb2010# Spp. not previously photographed: Xyletinus fasciatus White 1962 http://bugguide.net/node/view/374503 Stator subaeneus (Schaeffer 1907) http://bugguide.net/node/view/374479 Hypogena tricornis http://bugguide.net/node/view/374388 Melyrodes basalis (LeConte 1852) http://bugguide.net/node/view/374482 Cephaloscymnus occidentalis Horn, 1895 http://bugguide.net/node/view/374365 Sibinia ruidula Clark 1978 http://bugguide.net/node/view/374556 Undescribed/undetermined/new US record spp. Hyperaspis (Brachiacantha?) sp. http://bugguide.net/node/view/374476/bgimage Syphrea sp. http://bugguide.net/node/view/374466 undet. hydnocerine genus http://bugguide.net/node/view/374433/bgimage Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Bentsen butterflies for February, 2010 From: Rick Snider <ricksnid AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:00:13 -0600 43 butterfly species were recorded at Bentsen in the month of Feb 2010. Last Feb 2009 we had 101 species. Even with the low numbers there were some nice surprises: Olive-clouded Skipper, Nysa Roadside-Skipper, and a beautiful fresh Mournful Duskywing. The Ocote bush is long finished blooming but a few flowers on the Azureums filled the gap and they should continue well into March. The number beside each species is the highest daily count during the month. * * *Swallowtails * Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) 2 Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) 2 *Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae) * Checkered White (Pontia protodice) 2 Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) 4 Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) 1 Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) 3 Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) 2 Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) 1 Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) 1 *Gossamer-wing Butterflies (Family Lycaenidae) * Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) 4 Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon) 2 Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola) 1 *Metalmarks (Family Riodinidae) * Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis) 4 *Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae) * American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) 6 Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) 2 Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) 4 Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes graphica) 3 Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) 1 Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) 1 Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) 1 White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) 1 Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) 2 Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia) 3 Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) 1 Hermes Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes) 1 *Skippers (Family Hesperiidae) * Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne) 1 White-patched Skipper (Chiomara georgina) 1 Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis) 1 Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) 1 White/Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens/communis) 10 Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) 1 Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) 2 Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira) 1 Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus) 1 Julia's Skipper (Nastra julia) 1 Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) 5 Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima) 5 Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) 4 Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) 1 Nysa Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes nysa) 1 Celia's Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes celia) 2 Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) 3 Olive-clouded Skipper (Lerodea dysaules) 1 Rick Snider Host Volunteer Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Falcon Heights update From: Berry Nall <lb AT THENALLS.NET> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:11:55 -0600 Hi, I recorded 28 species for the month of February - exactly half the number found last year. The list includes Common Streaky-Skipper (3)and Great Purple Hairstreak (2), and Theona Checkerspot caterpillars (many). Recently the most common species has been, curiously, Elada Checkerspot. Most of the butterflies are found nectaring on low-growing wildflowers. Berry Nall Falcon Heights, Starr Co, TX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: flying in Austin 28:ii:10 From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:57:04 -0600 TX.Travis.033 Austin, E fk Johnson Cr. Only the same pair of *Libytheana (carinenta) larvata* - snouts that have been hanging around the yard for days. Nothing was attracted to the banana trap. 39/66 dF Sunny > .............Chris Durden > > > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Report on El Rosario and Chincua Reserves From: Andy Holman <aholman AT PRODIGY.NET> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:40:43 -0600 I was able to visit Chincua on 22 February and El Rosario on 23 February. As these were my first visits to both areas, I do not have a reference point to compare size and monarch activity. On both days we arrived at about 1 PM in sunny conditions. There was some flight movement at Chincua but nothing in comparison to El Rosario the next day. The monarchs at El Rosario were found at the top of the concrete walk where the regular trail begins so were very accessible. Many monarchs were in the air and many were also noticeable in the drive through Angangeuo ( a very sobering experiens as cleanup is still in process and there are many water blasted buildings and homes). There were many thousands of monarchs on the ground drinking water at a seepage area. They would fly back to the trees when clouds obscured the sun and then come back and cover the seepage when the sun returned. There was also noticeable mating activity which was also observed in reduced numbers at Chincua. The road out of Angangueo was closed when we departed so we had to take a longer detour to leave. It is therefore best to check ahead for driving conditions but El Rosario is again open. Andy Holman Milwaukee, Wisconsin ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Fwd: Status of the population per Monarch Watch - Addendum From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT SABER.NET> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:45:31 -0800 We heard worrisome statements like that back in 2002 too after a severe mortality event in January: http://www.MonarchWatch.org/news/021102.html "Unfortunately, it appears that the conditions (i.e., soil moisture, predators, etc.) in Texas and the Midwest will not be as favorable this coming breeding season. If the population is as low or lower than that of last spring, it could take the monarchs more than one season to rebound from the freeze of 2002." However, normal numbers of monarchs returned to the Sanctuaries 10 months later (in the fall of 2002): http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/storm.jpg I personally suspect that a portion of the huge numbers of fall migrants that passed through far west Texas last fall ended up overwintering west of the traditional mountains in Michoacan they usually go to, hence were not surveyed and counted by the WWF colony census people last December. Paul Cherubini ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Fwd: Status of the population per Monarch Watch - Addendum From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:52:18 -0600 FYI, Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chip Taylor Date: Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 4:08 PM Subject: [DPLEX-L:38657] Status of the population - Addendum To: dplex-l AT listproc.cc.ku.edu A version of the below will soon be added to the recent Status of the Monarch Population recently posted to the Blog - it is not for the weak of heart. Status of the monarch population - Addendum Unable to wait for an official report on the numbers of monarchs that has survived the onslaughts the repeated storms at the overwintering sites, I have been soliciting reports from those that lead tours and tourists that have visited the monarch colonies in recent days. The reports are fragmentary but none have been positive and it's keeping me up nights. It seems certain the returning population will be less than a 1 hectare equivalent, perhaps 0.6 hectares or even much less. The returning numbers make a difference because, even though monarchs have a relatively high reproductive rate, there is a limit in how much recovery we might expect in one year. Let's look at what happened again after the 80% loss in the winter of 2002. The returning population the following spring was probably close to 1.4 hectares and the following winter the population was 7.64 hectares, a 5.45-fold increase. This five fold increase is the highest seen from one year to the next in the 16 years we have good data on the sizes of the overwintering colonies. But, even if we suppose that monarchs are capable of a 10-fold increase in one year, once the returning population drops significantly below 0.6 hectares, the chances of a recovery in one year diminish substantially. A returning population of 0.6, with favorable conditions, might get us back to overwintering numbers of 5-6 hectares but a returning population of 0.3 would only get back to 2-3 hectares - again with favorable conditions. In both cases, these numbers would be below the long time average of 7.44 hectares. Given that we have yet to see a 10-fold increase in monarch numbers in one year, my thinking now is that it will take monarchs at least two, and perhaps more, years to recover from the effects of the last breeding season and the winter of 2009-2010. All of us interested in monarchs are going to have to work especially hard to keep this migration going. -- Monarch Watch monarch AT ku.edu http://www.MonarchWatch.org/ Dplex-L: send message "info Dplex-L" to Listproc AT ku.edu 1-888-TAGGING (toll-free!) -or- 1-785-864 4441 University of Kansas 1200 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence, KS 66045-7534 Create, Conserve and Protect Monarch Habitats ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Record snowfall in upper Angangueo - up to 15 *centimeters* high in places From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT SABER.NET> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:58:14 -0800 http://www.quadratin.com.mx/noticias/nota,63205/ No detriment to the monarch by snowfall 02-19-2010 Ricardo Rangel / Quadratín Ocampo Mich. .- February 19, 2010 .- Ejido authorities believe that colonies of the monarch butterfly population were not affected in by the snow that have occurred over the past two days in the area where hibernate. This was made known to Homer Gomez, former commissioner of the ejido of El Rosario, and the current ejido authority, same as they said. "It is false that has been handled in some media regarding thousands of butterflies that have died because of the snow that has been in effect snow fell in the mountains where the butterfly hibernates, but in the upper of the mountains, butterflies, feeling the temperature drop took refuge in the lower and crouched in the branches of trees, even the butterfly right now is two hundred yards from the entrance to the sanctuary. " Similarly, respondents added that tourism is being received at the shrines, which despite what happened in the area, and a lesser amount, he has continued to attend and are expected to continue to do so. ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Record snowfall in upper Angangueo - up to 15 *centimeters* high in places From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:14:57 -0600 Berry Nall pointed out the error in units. The original text says "15 centímetros" (15 centimeters = 5.9 inches, which is still a lot). Sorry for not confirming what did seem like an extraordinary amount of snow... Mike ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Quinn Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 5:39 PM Subject: Fwd: Record snowfall in upper Angangueo - up to 15 inches high in places To: TXBL , TXENTO Originally posted to the Monarch Watch listserve. Mike Quinn, Austin La Cronica de Hoy Record snowfall in upper Angangueo Notimex in Morelia | National Thursday, February 18, 2010 | Posted 4 hours ago A snowfall that reached up to 15 inches high in places, was recorded on Thursday in the upper town of Angangueo, said civil protection director of the entity, Pedro Carlos Mandujano. The official said it was in the area of the Sierra Chincua and Valle de las Papas, which recorded the meteorological phenomenon. He added that as a result of the phenomenon, temperatures in the area are below freezing. Full text in Spanish: http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=488865 ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Kaufman & Henderson Co. 2/19/10 From: James McDermott <jamesryan04 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:36:02 -0600 Temps 64d, 8M south of Athens, Henderson Co., TX: Polygonia interrogationis Anaea andria Becker, Kaufman Co., TX: Colias eurytheme Vanessa virginiensis James McDermott ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: flying in Austin 17, 18:ii:10 From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:09:27 -0600 TX.Travis.033 Austin, E Johnson Cr. DurdenCJ 10048A -------------------------- *Polygonia interrogationis* - Question Mark - 01m, 02m in banana trap -------------------------- 33.3/65.8 df - sunny ========================== TX.Travis.029 Austin, lr. Barton Cr. DurdenCJ 10049A ------------------- *Mitoura gryneus* - Olive Hairstreak - 02f *Libytheana (carinenta) larvata* - Southwestern Snout - v *Polygonia interrogationis* - Question Mark - v *Vanessa atalanta* - Red Admiral - 01f, several seen *Agraulis vanillae* - Gulf Fritillary - v *Abaeis nicippe* - Sleepy Orange - 03m *Colias eurytheme* f. *amphidusa* - Orange Sulphur - v two ------------------- 35.8/66.4 dF - sunny, breezy Elbow Bush/*Forestiera* flowering =================== I was looking for elfins without success. .............Chris Durden ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Fwd: Record snowfall in upper Angangueo - up to 15 inches high in places From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:39:48 -0600 Originally posted to the Monarch Watch listserve. Mike Quinn, Austin La Cronica de Hoy Record snowfall in upper Angangueo Notimex in Morelia | National Thursday, February 18, 2010 | Posted 4 hours ago A snowfall that reached up to 15 inches high in places, was recorded on Thursday in the upper town of Angangueo, said civil protection director of the entity, Pedro Carlos Mandujano. The official said it was in the area of the Sierra Chincua and Valle de las Papas, which recorded the meteorological phenomenon. He added that as a result of the phenomenon, temperatures in the area are below freezing. Full text in Spanish: http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=488865 ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: yellow sulphurs From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:22:59 -0600 James, Your top figured male and the female from south-central South Dakota are what I have for years been calling *Colias (philodice) hagenii* Edwards, 1884 after comparing material from Carbon Co. MT with two syntypes from the Judith Mts. MT, in Carnegie Museum. The faint orange flush usually present in the female forewing is diagnostic as are the peripheral dark pattern details. In 1973, Brown "fixed" the type locality of *hagenii* by designating a lectotype from "northeastern corner of South Park, Park Co., Colorado". I have material from that area too and it is very similar. Pelham sinks this taxon *hagenii* as a synonym of *C. philodice eriphyle* Edwards, 1876 the type locality of which is however across the Rockies in southern British Columbia. He may be correct but I have no personal familiarity with typical *eriphyle*. The figures of *eriphyle* in Butterflies of British Columbia do look like *hagenii*. Norbert Kondla could help with this. Characteristic *hagenii* is a northern plains taxon. In southern Montana *C. (philodice)* near *vitabunda* flies with it but *eurytheme* is absent. In central Colorado *C. eurytheme* flies with it but *philodice* is absent. I think *hagenii* is probably (apart from the usual low level genetic leakage characteristic of *Colias*) specifically distinct from both *eurytheme* and *philodice*. - - - The Cook's Slough sulphur sure looks like yellow *C. eurytheme*. This is a rare variant that I have photographed & collected on Barton Creek (Austin) once and have seen one other specimen in the 19th Century Heiligbrodt Collection from Bastrop Co. Apparently similar specimens occur across the southeastern states but are not common. There is apparently no known extant type material for *Colias philodice* Godart, 1819. The OD gives range as North America particularly in Virginia. Klots, 1951 restricts the type locality to Virginia without however designating a neotype. Because there is no type specimen that can be examined, there is at present no way of determining if the name *C. philodice* refers to a yellow variant of *C. eurytheme* or to what we think of as "typical" philodice from BosNyWash localities which for convenience I shall call "classic-*philodice*". This "classic-*philodice* is clearly distinct from southern yellow-*eurytheme*. It ranges north to the Laurentians where more and more individuals are encountered that look like *C. philodice vitabunda* Hovanitz, 1943 (type locality - "McKinley National Park", Alaska). This problem will persist until the name *C. philodice* has a designated Neotype. ...............Chris Durden ========================= Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:06:58 -0800 From: James McDermott Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede Alan, all, " Philodice would never show any orange tendencies on the underside of the forewing." This is not always true (I have a female specimen with orange). Both species are highly variable. I have yet to see a reliable method of separating them in the field. The UV test seems solid, but I still take it with a grain of salt. Generally the dorsal overtone is slightly off-color yellow in philodice, even when compard to "yellow" eurytheme. http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/Colias.jpg Based on UV test Top; C. philodice, SD Middle; C. eurytheme, TX Bottom, C. eurytheme, TX For what it's worth... James McDermott ========================== Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:55:51 -0800 From: James McDermott Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede Alan, I have a female specimen with orange, which is obviously not pictured. Let me know if you are interested in the photo. I have identified the top specimen as philodice using the ultra-violet reflection test. I also collected a number of other males (of lesser quality) from the same site in South Dakota. The test labels these philodice as well, which I believe is accurate. Not to mention, I saw several hundred "philodice" on that day-- without a single normal "eurytheme" to be found. I'm not sure if Leroy Koehn is on TX-B. He said hybrids are "extremely rare". James ========================== Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:48:10 -0800 From: James McDermott Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede Alan, Here is the photo of my female philodice from Lyman Co., SD. I do have several pale female eurytheme from Texas, but nothing even close to this. http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/philodicefemale2.jpg White albino males of both species are about as rare as melanic individuals. I've only seen one specimen of eurytheme, in the hands of Jason Cole. James ============================= ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Austin Butterfly Forum Meeting, Feb. 22 From: ABF Announce <abfannounce AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:31:17 -0600 *Austin Butterfly Forum Club Meeting: Monday February 22, 2010. * ** *Zilker Botanical Garden Center, 2220 Barton Springs Rd. 7:00 p.m.* *Mon Feb. 22 - Club Meeting: Phyllis Dolich; **Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder: **How Homeowner Associations Enforce Landscaping Requirements Detrimental to Wildlife(and what you can do about it). * **Zilker Botanical Garden Center , 7:00pm. Phyllis Dolich will chronicle her battle with her local Homeowner’s Association regarding the native habitat plantings on her property in Sun City. Phyllis will explain how to preserve native plants as part of a natural landscape, and will explain the importance of these plants for attracting butterflies and other wildlife. She will also share her maintenance plan for her property. This plan was accepted by the local boards, and allows Phyllis to maintain her property as habitat, using native plants. *Upcoming events:* *Mon March 22 - Club Meeting: Dr. Pat Richardson **from the University of Texas at Austin will discuss Soil Organisms. *Zilker Botanical Garden Center, 7:00pm. *Sat and Sun, March 27-28 - Zilker Garden Festival*, Zilker Botanical Garden. *Mon April 26: Meeting “Photographing Butterflies”*, Zilker Botanical Garden Center , 7:00pm. *Mon May 24: Meeting; TBA. * ** For details on these events and upcoming meetings and field trips, see http://www.austinbutterflies.org/Calendar. Peg Wallace ABF Publicity ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: TX-BUTTERFLY Digest - 11 Feb 2010 to 12 Feb 2010 (#2010-27) From: drdn AT MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:27:30 -0600 James, Thanks for posting the picture of the female from south central SD. For years I have been calling these things *Colias (philodice) hagenii* Edwards, 1884, based n comparison with a couple of syntypes (at Carnegie Museum) from the Judith Mts. MT. Subsequently (1973) Brown designated as lectotype, a specimen from "northeastern Corner of South Park, Park Co., Colorado". That is fine, I have seen several from there too and they are very similar. I have also taken long series from Carbon Co., MT and have a good handle on the extent of variation. Pelham synonymizes *C. philodice hagenii* with *C. philodice eriphyle* Edwards, 1876. This may well be correct but I cannot vouch for it. Norbert Kondla could provide a well informed opinion on this. Type locality of *C. eriphyle* is in southern BC, west of the Rockies. There is a good possibility that *C. (p.) hagenii* is not conspecific with eastern *C. p. philodice* or with northern *C. p. vitabunda*. In South Park it does fly with *C. eurytheme* but in southern Montana the *eurytheme* is absent. Unfortunately yellow sulphurs are neglected, specimens not taken, so it is hard to work out the ranges of these possibly cryptic entities. I would call the Cook's Slough sulphur - *C. eurytheme* var. yellow. In central Texas I have photographed and collected only one on Barton Creek and I have seen one other from Bastrop in the Heiligbrodt Collection. I have no clear idea of the southern or western edge of the range of true *C. philodice*. I think it may fluctuate wildly with seasonal variation and cultivation practices by highway departments and agriculture. ..........Chris Durden > 2. Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede (6) > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:06:58 -0800 > From: James McDermott > Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede > Alan, all, > " Philodice would never show any orange tendencies on the underside of the > forewing." > This is not always true (I have a female specimen with orange). Both species > are highly variable. I have yet to see a reliable method of separating them > in the field. The UV test seems solid, but I still take it with a grain of > salt. Generally the dorsal overtone is slightly off-color yellow in > philodice, even when compard to "yellow" eurytheme. > http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/Colias.jpg > Based on UV test > Top; C. philodice, SD > Middle; C. eurytheme, TX > Bottom, C. eurytheme, TX > For what it's worth... > James McDermott > ================================= > Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:48:10 -0800 > From: James McDermott > Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede > Alan, > Here is the photo of my female philodice from Lyman Co., SD. I do have > several pale female eurytheme from Texas, but nothing even close to this. > http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/philodicefemale2.jpg > White albino males of both species are about as rare as melanic individuals. > I've only seen one specimen of eurytheme, in the hands of Jason Cole. > James > ================================== ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Butterfles at Resaca: slow but steady From: Katherine Miller <Katherine.Miller AT TPWD.STATE.TX.US> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:32:26 -0600 No one joined me for the butterfly walk today, so I took my time strolling down Ebony Trail to the resaca. Mistflowers, scarlet sage and Drummond's betony are blooming, one of which pulled in a Clouded Skipper. Along the trail I spotted several Mexican Bluewings, and back at the gardens several Little Yellows were flitting about. The front gardens are blooming as well, with mistflower, lantana, and shrubby blue sage. A gentleman described two butterflies he'd seen to me: one fit Painted Lady and the other probably a Large Orange Sulphur. While over in the Arroyo Colorado area this morning, I spotted a Pipevine Swallowtail. Spring is coming to the valley, so hopefully we should see more at Resaca in the coming weeks! Katherine Miller Natural Resource Specialist Resaca de la Palma State Park World Birding Center 1000 New Carmen Blvd. Brownsville, Texas 78521 (956) 350-2920 Mailing address: P. O. Box 714 Olmito, Texas 78575 www.worldbirdingcenter.org Winter Schedule: Bird Walks Tuesdays and Saturdays 8:30 AM Resaca Rides Wednesdays 8:30 AM Nature Walks Thursdays 8:30 AM Night Walks Fridays 7:00 PM Butterfly Walks Sundays 1:30 PM ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede From: Alex Grkovich <agrkovich2003 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:32:51 -0800 Although I'm not claiming to know the ID, from the wingshape (FW and HW), and from some other features, it seems to me that this could be philodice...Philodice in the fall (and winter) does feature much pinkish suffusion on the body parts...But unfortunately, this specimen should have been vouchered...(as I'm sure everyone realizes...) Alex Peabody, MA ________________________________ From: James McDermott To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 6:48:10 PM Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede Alan, Here is the photo of my female philodice from Lyman Co., SD. I do have several pale female eurytheme from Texas, but nothing even close to this. http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/philodicefemale2.jpg White albino males of both species are about as rare as melanic individuals. I've only seen one specimen of eurytheme, in the hands of Jason Cole. James On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Alan Wormington wrote: > James and all, > > I have never seen a philodice that showed any orange at all, so that must > be a very unusual specimen.  But the fact that the photographed sulphur > in Texas is showing orange at the base of the underside of the forewing > still makes it a eurytheme. > > Of interest, a few years ago I had a *white* philodice male here at Point > Pelee, which as you well know is extremely rare for a male.  After > looking for 40+ years, I was overdue! > > cheers, > > Alan > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:55:51 -0800 James McDermott > writes: > > Alan, > > > > I have a female specimen with orange, which is obviously not > > pictured. Let > > me know if you are interested in the photo. > > > > I have identified the top specimen as philodice using the > > ultra-violet > > reflection test. I also collected a number of other males (of lesser > > quality) from the same site in South Dakota. The test labels these > > philodice > > as well, which I believe is accurate. Not to mention, I saw several > > hundred > > "philodice" on that day-- without a single normal "eurytheme" to be > > found. > > > > I'm not sure if Leroy Koehn is on TX-B. He said hybrids are > > "extremely > > rare". > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Alan Wormington > > wrote: > > > > > James, > > > > > > I'm a bit confused by this.  Of your three specimens, I see no > > orange at > > > the bases of their forewings, especially the upper one which you > > are > > > calling philodice (where instead the base of the forewing is > > tending > > > towards being white). > > > > > > The other two are what I think are called the *ariadne* form of > > eurytheme > > > (largely without orange coloration). > > > > > > Getting back to that upper specimen, the black border sure looks > > broad > > > for philodice, and those "eye" spots on the underside are rather > > bold and > > > look more like eurytheme. > > > > > > I wonder if anyone knows for sure if these two species actually > > > hybridize, as has been suggested in the literature? > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:06:58 -0800 James McDermott > > > writes: > > > > Alan, all, > > > > > > > > " Philodice would never show any orange tendencies on the > > underside > > > > of the > > > > forewing." > > > > > > > > This is not always true (I have a female specimen with orange). > > Both > > > > species > > > > are highly variable. I have yet to see a reliable method of > > > > separating them > > > > in the field. The UV test seems solid, but I still take it with > > a > > > > grain of > > > > salt. Generally the dorsal overtone is slightly off-color yellow > > in > > > > philodice, even when compard to "yellow" eurytheme. > > > > > > > > http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/Colias.jpg > > > > Based on UV test > > > > > > > > Top; C. philodice, SD > > > > Middle; C. eurytheme, TX > > > > Bottom, C. eurytheme, TX > > > > > > > > For what it's worth... > > > > > > > > James McDermott > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Alan Wormington > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Bob and all, > > > > > > > > > > Without a doubt, I would call this an Orange Sulphur > > (eurytheme). > > > > > > > > > > In winter they can have very little orange, sometimes almost > > none. > > > >  But > > > > > on this individual I can just make out a tendency of orange > > colour > > > > toward > > > > > the base of the forewing.  Philodice would never show any > > orange > > > > > tendencies on the underside of the forewing. > > > > > > > > > > Also, the "eye" spots on this individual are too big and bold > > for > > > > > philodice. > > > > > > > > > > By the way, I once saw a philodice at Sabal Palm, and went > > back to > > > > the > > > > > Visitor Centre to get a net to collect it, but when I returned > > I > > > > could > > > > > not find it.  But Bordelon wouldn't buy any of this, so the > > record > > > > was > > > > > never published.  Time of year was February. > > > > > > > > > > Alan Wormington > > > > > Leamington, Ontario > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:54:41 +0000 "[Bob Rasa]" > > > > > > > > > writes: > > > > > > I posted this bug on bugguide and got two answers so far: > > C. > > > > > > philodice, Clouded Sulphur  and  Colias eurtheme, The > > Alfalfa > > > > > > Butterfly or Orange Sulphur. > > > > > > On the 8th of February I had this lone butterfly at Cook's > > > > Slough > > > > > > Nature Park in Uvalde County...hopefully this cold front can > > get > > > > out > > > > > > of the way and we can get both birds and butterflies > > > > in...staging in > > > > > > Valley... > > > > > > Have a great weekend...thanks in advance for id help... > > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/121881008/original > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob Rasa > > > > > > Uvalde County Reporting > > > > > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET > > TX-BUTTERFLY > > > > > > DIGEST to > > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > > > > >              --- Alan Wormington > > > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET > > TX-BUTTERFLY > > > > DIGEST to > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > > >              --- Alan Wormington > > > > > > ====================================== > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > > DIGEST to > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > > DIGEST to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" >              --- Alan Wormington > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede From: James McDermott <jamesryan04 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:48:10 -0800 Alan, Here is the photo of my female philodice from Lyman Co., SD. I do have several pale female eurytheme from Texas, but nothing even close to this. http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/philodicefemale2.jpg White albino males of both species are about as rare as melanic individuals. I've only seen one specimen of eurytheme, in the hands of Jason Cole. James On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Alan Wormington wrote: > James and all, > > I have never seen a philodice that showed any orange at all, so that must > be a very unusual specimen. But the fact that the photographed sulphur > in Texas is showing orange at the base of the underside of the forewing > still makes it a eurytheme. > > Of interest, a few years ago I had a *white* philodice male here at Point > Pelee, which as you well know is extremely rare for a male. After > looking for 40+ years, I was overdue! > > cheers, > > Alan > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:55:51 -0800 James McDermott > writes: > > Alan, > > > > I have a female specimen with orange, which is obviously not > > pictured. Let > > me know if you are interested in the photo. > > > > I have identified the top specimen as philodice using the > > ultra-violet > > reflection test. I also collected a number of other males (of lesser > > quality) from the same site in South Dakota. The test labels these > > philodice > > as well, which I believe is accurate. Not to mention, I saw several > > hundred > > "philodice" on that day-- without a single normal "eurytheme" to be > > found. > > > > I'm not sure if Leroy Koehn is on TX-B. He said hybrids are > > "extremely > > rare". > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Alan Wormington > > wrote: > > > > > James, > > > > > > I'm a bit confused by this. Of your three specimens, I see no > > orange at > > > the bases of their forewings, especially the upper one which you > > are > > > calling philodice (where instead the base of the forewing is > > tending > > > towards being white). > > > > > > The other two are what I think are called the *ariadne* form of > > eurytheme > > > (largely without orange coloration). > > > > > > Getting back to that upper specimen, the black border sure looks > > broad > > > for philodice, and those "eye" spots on the underside are rather > > bold and > > > look more like eurytheme. > > > > > > I wonder if anyone knows for sure if these two species actually > > > hybridize, as has been suggested in the literature? > > > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:06:58 -0800 James McDermott > > > writes: > > > > Alan, all, > > > > > > > > " Philodice would never show any orange tendencies on the > > underside > > > > of the > > > > forewing." > > > > > > > > This is not always true (I have a female specimen with orange). > > Both > > > > species > > > > are highly variable. I have yet to see a reliable method of > > > > separating them > > > > in the field. The UV test seems solid, but I still take it with > > a > > > > grain of > > > > salt. Generally the dorsal overtone is slightly off-color yellow > > in > > > > philodice, even when compard to "yellow" eurytheme. > > > > > > > > http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/Colias.jpg > > > > Based on UV test > > > > > > > > Top; C. philodice, SD > > > > Middle; C. eurytheme, TX > > > > Bottom, C. eurytheme, TX > > > > > > > > For what it's worth... > > > > > > > > James McDermott > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Alan Wormington > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Bob and all, > > > > > > > > > > Without a doubt, I would call this an Orange Sulphur > > (eurytheme). > > > > > > > > > > In winter they can have very little orange, sometimes almost > > none. > > > > But > > > > > on this individual I can just make out a tendency of orange > > colour > > > > toward > > > > > the base of the forewing. Philodice would never show any > > orange > > > > > tendencies on the underside of the forewing. > > > > > > > > > > Also, the "eye" spots on this individual are too big and bold > > for > > > > > philodice. > > > > > > > > > > By the way, I once saw a philodice at Sabal Palm, and went > > back to > > > > the > > > > > Visitor Centre to get a net to collect it, but when I returned > > I > > > > could > > > > > not find it. But Bordelon wouldn't buy any of this, so the > > record > > > > was > > > > > never published. Time of year was February. > > > > > > > > > > Alan Wormington > > > > > Leamington, Ontario > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:54:41 +0000 "[Bob Rasa]" > > > > > > > > > writes: > > > > > > I posted this bug on bugguide and got two answers so far: > > C. > > > > > > philodice, Clouded Sulphur and Colias eurtheme, The > > Alfalfa > > > > > > Butterfly or Orange Sulphur. > > > > > > On the 8th of February I had this lone butterfly at Cook's > > > > Slough > > > > > > Nature Park in Uvalde County...hopefully this cold front can > > get > > > > out > > > > > > of the way and we can get both birds and butterflies > > > > in...staging in > > > > > > Valley... > > > > > > Have a great weekend...thanks in advance for id help... > > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/121881008/original > > > > > > > > > > > > Bob Rasa > > > > > > Uvalde County Reporting > > > > > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET > > TX-BUTTERFLY > > > > > > DIGEST to > > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > > > > > --- Alan Wormington > > > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET > > TX-BUTTERFLY > > > > DIGEST to > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > > > --- Alan Wormington > > > > > > ====================================== > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > > DIGEST to > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > > DIGEST to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > --- Alan Wormington > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede From: Alan Wormington <wormington AT JUNO.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:04:16 -0500 James and all, I have never seen a philodice that showed any orange at all, so that must be a very unusual specimen. But the fact that the photographed sulphur in Texas is showing orange at the base of the underside of the forewing still makes it a eurytheme. Of interest, a few years ago I had a *white* philodice male here at Point Pelee, which as you well know is extremely rare for a male. After looking for 40+ years, I was overdue! cheers, Alan On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:55:51 -0800 James McDermott writes: > Alan, > > I have a female specimen with orange, which is obviously not > pictured. Let > me know if you are interested in the photo. > > I have identified the top specimen as philodice using the > ultra-violet > reflection test. I also collected a number of other males (of lesser > quality) from the same site in South Dakota. The test labels these > philodice > as well, which I believe is accurate. Not to mention, I saw several > hundred > "philodice" on that day-- without a single normal "eurytheme" to be > found. > > I'm not sure if Leroy Koehn is on TX-B. He said hybrids are > "extremely > rare". > > James > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Alan Wormington > wrote: > > > James, > > > > I'm a bit confused by this. Of your three specimens, I see no > orange at > > the bases of their forewings, especially the upper one which you > are > > calling philodice (where instead the base of the forewing is > tending > > towards being white). > > > > The other two are what I think are called the *ariadne* form of > eurytheme > > (largely without orange coloration). > > > > Getting back to that upper specimen, the black border sure looks > broad > > for philodice, and those "eye" spots on the underside are rather > bold and > > look more like eurytheme. > > > > I wonder if anyone knows for sure if these two species actually > > hybridize, as has been suggested in the literature? > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:06:58 -0800 James McDermott > > writes: > > > Alan, all, > > > > > > " Philodice would never show any orange tendencies on the > underside > > > of the > > > forewing." > > > > > > This is not always true (I have a female specimen with orange). > Both > > > species > > > are highly variable. I have yet to see a reliable method of > > > separating them > > > in the field. The UV test seems solid, but I still take it with > a > > > grain of > > > salt. Generally the dorsal overtone is slightly off-color yellow > in > > > philodice, even when compard to "yellow" eurytheme. > > > > > > http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/Colias.jpg > > > Based on UV test > > > > > > Top; C. philodice, SD > > > Middle; C. eurytheme, TX > > > Bottom, C. eurytheme, TX > > > > > > For what it's worth... > > > > > > James McDermott > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Alan Wormington > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Bob and all, > > > > > > > > Without a doubt, I would call this an Orange Sulphur > (eurytheme). > > > > > > > > In winter they can have very little orange, sometimes almost > none. > > > But > > > > on this individual I can just make out a tendency of orange > colour > > > toward > > > > the base of the forewing. Philodice would never show any > orange > > > > tendencies on the underside of the forewing. > > > > > > > > Also, the "eye" spots on this individual are too big and bold > for > > > > philodice. > > > > > > > > By the way, I once saw a philodice at Sabal Palm, and went > back to > > > the > > > > Visitor Centre to get a net to collect it, but when I returned > I > > > could > > > > not find it. But Bordelon wouldn't buy any of this, so the > record > > > was > > > > never published. Time of year was February. > > > > > > > > Alan Wormington > > > > Leamington, Ontario > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:54:41 +0000 "[Bob Rasa]" > > > > > > > writes: > > > > > I posted this bug on bugguide and got two answers so far: > C. > > > > > philodice, Clouded Sulphur and Colias eurtheme, The > Alfalfa > > > > > Butterfly or Orange Sulphur. > > > > > On the 8th of February I had this lone butterfly at Cook's > > > Slough > > > > > Nature Park in Uvalde County...hopefully this cold front can > get > > > out > > > > > of the way and we can get both birds and butterflies > > > in...staging in > > > > > Valley... > > > > > Have a great weekend...thanks in advance for id help... > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/121881008/original > > > > > > > > > > Bob Rasa > > > > > Uvalde County Reporting > > > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET > TX-BUTTERFLY > > > > > DIGEST to > > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > > > > --- Alan Wormington > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET > TX-BUTTERFLY > > > DIGEST to > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > > --- Alan Wormington > > > > ====================================== > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > DIGEST to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" --- Alan Wormington ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede From: James McDermott <jamesryan04 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:55:51 -0800 Alan, I have a female specimen with orange, which is obviously not pictured. Let me know if you are interested in the photo. I have identified the top specimen as philodice using the ultra-violet reflection test. I also collected a number of other males (of lesser quality) from the same site in South Dakota. The test labels these philodice as well, which I believe is accurate. Not to mention, I saw several hundred "philodice" on that day-- without a single normal "eurytheme" to be found. I'm not sure if Leroy Koehn is on TX-B. He said hybrids are "extremely rare". James On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Alan Wormington wrote: > James, > > I'm a bit confused by this. Of your three specimens, I see no orange at > the bases of their forewings, especially the upper one which you are > calling philodice (where instead the base of the forewing is tending > towards being white). > > The other two are what I think are called the *ariadne* form of eurytheme > (largely without orange coloration). > > Getting back to that upper specimen, the black border sure looks broad > for philodice, and those "eye" spots on the underside are rather bold and > look more like eurytheme. > > I wonder if anyone knows for sure if these two species actually > hybridize, as has been suggested in the literature? > > Alan > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:06:58 -0800 James McDermott > writes: > > Alan, all, > > > > " Philodice would never show any orange tendencies on the underside > > of the > > forewing." > > > > This is not always true (I have a female specimen with orange). Both > > species > > are highly variable. I have yet to see a reliable method of > > separating them > > in the field. The UV test seems solid, but I still take it with a > > grain of > > salt. Generally the dorsal overtone is slightly off-color yellow in > > philodice, even when compard to "yellow" eurytheme. > > > > http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/Colias.jpg > > Based on UV test > > > > Top; C. philodice, SD > > Middle; C. eurytheme, TX > > Bottom, C. eurytheme, TX > > > > For what it's worth... > > > > James McDermott > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Alan Wormington > > wrote: > > > > > Bob and all, > > > > > > Without a doubt, I would call this an Orange Sulphur (eurytheme). > > > > > > In winter they can have very little orange, sometimes almost none. > > But > > > on this individual I can just make out a tendency of orange colour > > toward > > > the base of the forewing. Philodice would never show any orange > > > tendencies on the underside of the forewing. > > > > > > Also, the "eye" spots on this individual are too big and bold for > > > philodice. > > > > > > By the way, I once saw a philodice at Sabal Palm, and went back to > > the > > > Visitor Centre to get a net to collect it, but when I returned I > > could > > > not find it. But Bordelon wouldn't buy any of this, so the record > > was > > > never published. Time of year was February. > > > > > > Alan Wormington > > > Leamington, Ontario > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:54:41 +0000 "[Bob Rasa]" > > > > > writes: > > > > I posted this bug on bugguide and got two answers so far: C. > > > > philodice, Clouded Sulphur and Colias eurtheme, The Alfalfa > > > > Butterfly or Orange Sulphur. > > > > On the 8th of February I had this lone butterfly at Cook's > > Slough > > > > Nature Park in Uvalde County...hopefully this cold front can get > > out > > > > of the way and we can get both birds and butterflies > > in...staging in > > > > Valley... > > > > Have a great weekend...thanks in advance for id help... > > > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/121881008/original > > > > > > > > Bob Rasa > > > > Uvalde County Reporting > > > > > > > > ====================================== > > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > > > > DIGEST to > > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > > > --- Alan Wormington > > > > > > ====================================== > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > > DIGEST to > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > --- Alan Wormington > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede From: Alan Wormington <wormington AT JUNO.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:28:48 -0500 James, I'm a bit confused by this. Of your three specimens, I see no orange at the bases of their forewings, especially the upper one which you are calling philodice (where instead the base of the forewing is tending towards being white). The other two are what I think are called the *ariadne* form of eurytheme (largely without orange coloration). Getting back to that upper specimen, the black border sure looks broad for philodice, and those "eye" spots on the underside are rather bold and look more like eurytheme. I wonder if anyone knows for sure if these two species actually hybridize, as has been suggested in the literature? Alan On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:06:58 -0800 James McDermott writes: > Alan, all, > > " Philodice would never show any orange tendencies on the underside > of the > forewing." > > This is not always true (I have a female specimen with orange). Both > species > are highly variable. I have yet to see a reliable method of > separating them > in the field. The UV test seems solid, but I still take it with a > grain of > salt. Generally the dorsal overtone is slightly off-color yellow in > philodice, even when compard to "yellow" eurytheme. > > http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/Colias.jpg > Based on UV test > > Top; C. philodice, SD > Middle; C. eurytheme, TX > Bottom, C. eurytheme, TX > > For what it's worth... > > James McDermott > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Alan Wormington > wrote: > > > Bob and all, > > > > Without a doubt, I would call this an Orange Sulphur (eurytheme). > > > > In winter they can have very little orange, sometimes almost none. > But > > on this individual I can just make out a tendency of orange colour > toward > > the base of the forewing. Philodice would never show any orange > > tendencies on the underside of the forewing. > > > > Also, the "eye" spots on this individual are too big and bold for > > philodice. > > > > By the way, I once saw a philodice at Sabal Palm, and went back to > the > > Visitor Centre to get a net to collect it, but when I returned I > could > > not find it. But Bordelon wouldn't buy any of this, so the record > was > > never published. Time of year was February. > > > > Alan Wormington > > Leamington, Ontario > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:54:41 +0000 "[Bob Rasa]" > > > writes: > > > I posted this bug on bugguide and got two answers so far: C. > > > philodice, Clouded Sulphur and Colias eurtheme, The Alfalfa > > > Butterfly or Orange Sulphur. > > > On the 8th of February I had this lone butterfly at Cook's > Slough > > > Nature Park in Uvalde County...hopefully this cold front can get > out > > > of the way and we can get both birds and butterflies > in...staging in > > > Valley... > > > Have a great weekend...thanks in advance for id help... > > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/121881008/original > > > > > > Bob Rasa > > > Uvalde County Reporting > > > > > > ====================================== > > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > > > DIGEST to > > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > > --- Alan Wormington > > > > ====================================== > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > DIGEST to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" --- Alan Wormington ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede From: James McDermott <jamesryan04 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:06:58 -0800 Alan, all, " Philodice would never show any orange tendencies on the underside of the forewing." This is not always true (I have a female specimen with orange). Both species are highly variable. I have yet to see a reliable method of separating them in the field. The UV test seems solid, but I still take it with a grain of salt. Generally the dorsal overtone is slightly off-color yellow in philodice, even when compard to "yellow" eurytheme. http://www.lepworld.com/tls/images/Colias.jpg Based on UV test Top; C. philodice, SD Middle; C. eurytheme, TX Bottom, C. eurytheme, TX For what it's worth... James McDermott On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Alan Wormington wrote: > Bob and all, > > Without a doubt, I would call this an Orange Sulphur (eurytheme). > > In winter they can have very little orange, sometimes almost none. But > on this individual I can just make out a tendency of orange colour toward > the base of the forewing. Philodice would never show any orange > tendencies on the underside of the forewing. > > Also, the "eye" spots on this individual are too big and bold for > philodice. > > By the way, I once saw a philodice at Sabal Palm, and went back to the > Visitor Centre to get a net to collect it, but when I returned I could > not find it. But Bordelon wouldn't buy any of this, so the record was > never published. Time of year was February. > > Alan Wormington > Leamington, Ontario > > > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:54:41 +0000 "[Bob Rasa]" > writes: > > I posted this bug on bugguide and got two answers so far: C. > > philodice, Clouded Sulphur and Colias eurtheme, The Alfalfa > > Butterfly or Orange Sulphur. > > On the 8th of February I had this lone butterfly at Cook's Slough > > Nature Park in Uvalde County...hopefully this cold front can get out > > of the way and we can get both birds and butterflies in...staging in > > Valley... > > Have a great weekend...thanks in advance for id help... > > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/121881008/original > > > > Bob Rasa > > Uvalde County Reporting > > > > ====================================== > > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > > DIGEST to > > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > > > > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" > --- Alan Wormington > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Angangueo: zona de desastre - short video From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT SABER.NET> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:33:26 -0800 Here is more evidence the overwintering monarchs in Michoacan survived the rain and hail storms. Bonnie Chase, along with Bill Calvert from Texas will be leading a tour group to the colonies in a few weeks and here is what Bonnie wrote to a concerned tour participant: Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:07:01 -0800 From: bchasemail AT yahoo.com Subject: RE: Important Monarch Trip Update To: lesliegilson AT hotmail.com Leslie, Yes...we will definitely be able to see the butterflies. We have been getting good reports from several colonies and are currently re-arranging our itinerary to give you the best viewings. I will be sending out info on a lodging change shortly....we will not be staying in Angangueo. ~Bonnie ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede From: Alan Wormington <wormington AT JUNO.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:37:52 -0500 Bob and all, Without a doubt, I would call this an Orange Sulphur (eurytheme). In winter they can have very little orange, sometimes almost none. But on this individual I can just make out a tendency of orange colour toward the base of the forewing. Philodice would never show any orange tendencies on the underside of the forewing. Also, the "eye" spots on this individual are too big and bold for philodice. By the way, I once saw a philodice at Sabal Palm, and went back to the Visitor Centre to get a net to collect it, but when I returned I could not find it. But Bordelon wouldn't buy any of this, so the record was never published. Time of year was February. Alan Wormington Leamington, Ontario On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:54:41 +0000 "[Bob Rasa]" writes: > I posted this bug on bugguide and got two answers so far: C. > philodice, Clouded Sulphur and Colias eurtheme, The Alfalfa > Butterfly or Orange Sulphur. > On the 8th of February I had this lone butterfly at Cook's Slough > Nature Park in Uvalde County...hopefully this cold front can get out > of the way and we can get both birds and butterflies in...staging in > Valley... > Have a great weekend...thanks in advance for id help... > http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/121881008/original > > Bob Rasa > Uvalde County Reporting > > ====================================== > To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY > DIGEST to > LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > TX-BUTTERFLY archives: > > "The Early Worm Gets The Bird!" --- Alan Wormington ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Sulphur ID at Cook's Slough neede From: "[Bob Rasa]" <bobolink AT STX.RR.COM> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:54:41 +0000 I posted this bug on bugguide and got two answers so far: C. philodice, Clouded Sulphur and Colias eurtheme, The Alfalfa Butterfly or Orange Sulphur. On the 8th of February I had this lone butterfly at Cook's Slough Nature Park in Uvalde County...hopefully this cold front can get out of the way and we can get both birds and butterflies in...staging in Valley... Have a great weekend...thanks in advance for id help... http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/121881008/original Bob Rasa Uvalde County Reporting ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Angangueo: zona de desastre - short video From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:54:22 -0600 FYI Dramatic video/soundtrack showing hundreds of houses and other buildings buried under mud and stones dragged by the two rivers that surround the city of Angangueo in the heart of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (MBBR)... Angangueo: zona de desastre http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk9SyAunvgU Mike Quinn, Austin ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Military and Civil Defense evict high-risk areas in Ocampo and Angangueo From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:43:59 -0600 FYI, Mike Military evicted Angangueo and Ocampo El Universal Wednesday February 10, 2010 The troops established a cordon to prevent the passage to the affected area for fear of more landslides MORELIA, Mich .- Military and Civil Defense elements evicted state high-risk areas in Ocampo and Angangueo, cities devastated by the rains that hit last week with killing 31 people and more than 70 missing, before the entrance of the cold front today. During the day, military and Civil Defense personnel roamed the streets of Angangueo and Ocampo, urging people to vacate their homes and go to shelters. Full text in Spanish: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/74719.html ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: 10% of the monarchs at El Rosario reportedly killed by rains From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:12:51 -0600 A preliminary picture is emerging of low butterfly mortality at two of this years three main monarch colonies, El Rosario (via the following press article) and Sierra Chincua (via emails posted to the Monarch Watch listserve). By contrast an observation, emailed last week, of a January 2 visit to the third large colony, Cerro Pelon, reported that there were a large number of monarchs on the ground. However, I don't believe it's been confirmed whether or not they were just cold and immobile or what percentage of those on the ground might actually be dead. Unfortunately, the human tragedy taking place in eastern Michoacan continues to grow in severity. Mike Quinn, Austin ----------------------------------------------------- (Snippet of commentary from Monarch Watch on the annual monarch status report prior to the latest storm.) Monarch Population Status January 18, 2010 Only 7 colonies were found and the total area occupied by monarchs at the overwintering sites in December was 1.92 hectares (ha). The three largest colonies (El Capulin (Cerro Pelon) at 0.53ha, El Rosario at 0.50ha, and Cerro Prieto (Chincua) at 0.47ha) constitute 78% of the total area. The totals for both hectares and numbers of colonies are at an all-time low. Monarch Watch commentary on the World Wildlife Fund monarch status report http://www.facebook.com/notes/monarch-watch/monarch-population-status/258267213795 (I think one needs to subscribe to Facebook to access the full commentary on the following WWF report) WWF: Monitoreo de Mariposa Monarca 2009 http://www.wwf.org.mx/wwfmex/descargas/rep-monitoreo-superficie-colonias-mariposa-monarca-2009-2010.pdf or: http://bit.ly/acE7t4 ----------------------------------------------------- (Note: the following is an **approximate** translation of a news article.) They estimate that 10% of the monarchs died from the continuous rains and hailstorms Residents are asked to conduct an inspection to determine the status of the sanctuary. Tuesday February 9, 2010 Enrique Vilchis Cambio de Michoacan Ocampo, Michoacan - Approximately ten percent of the monarch butterfly died of rains that hit the community last week of El Rosario. Now those in charge of the Sanctuary of the Monarch called on the authorities to conduct a study of the damage left by heavy rains in the mountains where the butterfly, before reopening its doors to tourists, for the safety of all, they said. During a tour of the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary community of Rosario, the charge of the place said that the rains which lasted four days, left a mortality of about ten percent. They noted that the majority of Lepidoptera are alive and are hovering throughout the Sanctuary, in these days of sun. It is important to say that the Monarch is at the bottom of the mountain, at the gates of the sanctuary, formed a mat of these insects on the steps, can be seen by thousands. In relation to the dead butterflies, said the commissioners, only the butterflies that fell to the ground with hail died, because this phenomenon kills them, adding that most were able to survive storms. full text in Spanish: http://www.cambiodemichoacan.com.mx/vernota.php?id=118024 ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Trip to El Rosario postponed From: ruth and peter <theruleof80 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:56:35 -0800 The tour operator has postponed our trip to El Rosario for a week; we will be there on Tuesday, Feb. 23rd.   The tour operator made this decision based on phone conversations with their local guides in the El Rosario area.  While the road may be open this coming Monday, there is a concern as the weather forecast is for rain in that area this coming weekend and week.   I will report back to this site after our trip concludes. ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: favorable report from Sierra Chincua monarch colony From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:15:40 -0600 Conversion of forest lands to farm lands (below the colonies, but above Angangueo) didn't help matters... Mike Image of steep hillside showing a mix of forest and farmland immediately above Angangueo: http://www.texasento.net/ER1.jpg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Cherubini Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:25 PM Subject: Re: favorable report from Sierra Chincua monarch colony To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu Mike Quinn wrote: > Short (21 sec) video showing some of the damage to Angangueo > (the town below the Sierra Chincua and El Rosario monarch colonies). > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7U33C7B8k The city of Angangueo, Michoacan is located in a narrow valley surrounded by towering mountains: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/angan.jpg So it's not hard to understand why the Angangueo is vulnerable raging floodwater during torrential rain events. Paul Cherubini ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:02:31 -0600 PS: from the same source: Meanwhile, the director of the Local Board Road, Alfredo Torres Robledo, reported that over 700 kilometers of rural roads damaged in the eastern part of Michoacán, and six bridges collapsed, including one which is the main access to Tuzantla , and one that is in Angangueo, leaving 60 families isolated from the community's turmoil. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Quinn Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:54 AM Subject: Re: Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX To: TXBL Ruth, Looks few if any tourists will be staying in Angangueo this year. Please take some photographs and let us know what you observe. Thanks, Mike La Jornada 9 February 2010, p. 27 Copándaro, Mich., 8 February. The number of people affected by the rains of last week exceeded all expectations, as 80 percent of residential Angangueo and 40 percent of Tuxpan are uninhabitable, said Gov. Leonel Godoy Rangel. He added that in the municipalities of Ocampo, Jungapeo, Hidalgo, and Tiquicheo Tuzantla and rural communities, serious damage, but gave no details. Full text in Spanish: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/02/09/index.php?section=estados&article=027n1est ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:54:43 -0600 Ruth, Looks few if any tourists will be staying in Angangueo this year. Please take some photographs and let us know what you observe. Thanks, Mike La Jornada 9 February 2010, p. 27 Copándaro, Mich., 8 February. The number of people affected by the rains of last week exceeded all expectations, as 80 percent of residential Angangueo and 40 percent of Tuxpan are uninhabitable, said Gov. Leonel Godoy Rangel. He added that in the municipalities of Ocampo, Jungapeo, Hidalgo, and Tiquicheo Tuzantla and rural communities, serious damage, but gave no details. Full text in Spanish: http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/02/09/index.php?section=estados&article=027n1est ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ruth and peter Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:50 AM Subject: Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu Hi, I have been following the stories of the flooding in Michoacan near the monarch sancuarios. I am scheduled to go on a tour of a migratory area on Tuesday, Feb. 16th.  The tour originates from our home in Ajijic, Mexico.  In checking with the tour company, they say that at least one of the areas is open to the public.  The tour group will be staying in Morelia, with a day trip to the monarch area. Can anyone confirm which monarch viewing areas are open to the public?   Is it safe to travel to that area at this time (actually a week from today)? Thank you and if there is anything I can do, or any info you would like me to gather, or share, please let me know, assuming I make the trip. Ruth Donnalley Ajijic, MX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT SABER.NET> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:21:46 -0800 The Chincua sanctuary is supposed to be open now and the El Rosario sanctuary is supposed to open Monday, Feb 15. if the road is repaired by then. The Cerro Pelon colony is reached by a long horseback ride starting from the base of the mountain so my guess is that it is open. Paul Cherubini ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Which Monarch sanctuaries are open now in MX From: ruth and peter <theruleof80 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:50:03 -0800 Hi,   I have been following the stories of the flooding in Michoacan near the monarch sancuarios.   I am scheduled to go on a tour of a migratory area on Tuesday, Feb. 16th.  The tour originates from our home in Ajijic, Mexico.  In checking with the tour company, they say that at least one of the areas is open to the public.  The tour group will be staying in Morelia, with a day trip to the monarch area.   Can anyone confirm which monarch viewing areas are open to the public?   Is it safe to travel to that area at this time (actually a week from today)?   Thank you and if there is anything I can do, or any info you would like me to gather, or share, please let me know, assuming I make the trip.   Ruth Donnalley Ajijic, MX ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Re: favorable report from Sierra Chincua monarch colony From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT SABER.NET> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:25:08 -0800 Mike Quinn wrote: > Short (21 sec) video showing some of the damage to Angangueo > (the town below the Sierra Chincua and El Rosario monarch colonies). > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7U33C7B8k The city of Angangueo, Michoacan is located in a narrow valley surrounded by towering mountains: http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu87/4ALC/angan.jpg So it's not hard to understand why the Angangueo is vulnerable raging floodwater during torrential rain events. Paul Cherubini ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: favorable report from Sierra Chincua monarch colony From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:03:53 -0600 Jose Luis Alvarez reports that the monarchs at Sierra Chincua are "doing well". The town below is not fairing as well... Short (21 sec) video showing some of the damage to Angangueo (the town below the Sierra Chincua and El Rosario monarch colonies). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA7U33C7B8k Mike Quinn, Austin *From:* jose luis alvarez *To:* Donald Davis *Sent:* Sun, February 7, 2010 9:16:32 AM *Subject:* Re: [DPLEX-L:38438] News update from Michoacan Dear Don, as of this morning the news is rather encouraging it is a beautiful sunny day and as I said before a new beginning for all ,you can now drive into the Hotels Don Bruno and Las Margaritas, the road to Chincua is only partially damage it will be fixed this week .The Ejidatarios from Cerro Prieto who own and run the the monarchs overwintering sites at Chincua are all doing well and so are the Butterflies, no damage to there community at all, there are no home less, all the people that lost there homes on the way out of town the area is call Catingon are in shelters and have food and beds and are warm etc. As far as I know as of today all the schools are in working conditions and none have been destroyed by the rain or mud slides. Chincua will be Open to the public on Monday. the Mexican Army is fixing the roads and helping people that need help retrieving things from there homes , things are very well organized the Governor of Michoacan was there and the President of Mexico. they have sent in the Army to clear up the roads and to repave . Also to help the locals in what ever is necessary. I spoke to Carmelo this morning he is the Comisariado at Chincua he said that all is going well and that the Army is also working at El Rosario that heavy equipment to fix the road is coming in at this very moment , they plan on reopening El Rosario at the end of next week if the road is fixed. The Mexican TV stations are there today and will give Info to all on how things are coming along . So there will be no more miss information on the the actual situation. What is being done the progress on roads and homes Also how the butterflies are and what if need must be done to bring things back to normal. I hope I was clear and did not forget any thing or any one as to give a clear picture of what is going on at this very moment. Be well,and my best to all, JL ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: Subject: Monarchs are OK at one of the Monarch Sanctuaries in Mexico From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT SABER.NET> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 16:53:32 -0800 From: jose luis alvarez To: Donald Davis Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 9:16:32 AM Subject: Re: [DPLEX-L:38438] News update from Michoacan Excerpts: "The Ejidatarios from Cerro Prieto who own and run the the monarchs overwintering sites at Chincua are all doing well and so are the Butterflies, Chincua will be Open to the public on Monday." "I spoke to Carmelo this morning he is the Comisariado at Chincua he said that all is going well and that the Army is also working at El Rosario that heavy equipment to fix the road is coming in at this very moment, they plan on reopening El Rosario at the end of next week if the road is fixed." ====================================== To unsubscribe, send the message SIGNOFF TX-BUTTERFLY to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU To change to the daily digest, send the message SET TX-BUTTERFLY DIGEST to LISTSERV AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU TX-BUTTERFLY archives: