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14 May First Juniper Budworm adult of season [Chuck Sexton ] 14 May Tiny Checkerspot - Dymasia dymas in Mission, Hidalgo Co. ["David T. Dauphin" ] 13 May Re: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 [Mike Quinn ] 13 May Re: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 [Ron Votaw ] 13 May Re: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 [Ron Votaw ] 12 May Re: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 [Mike Quinn ] 12 May Re: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 [Mike Rickard ] 12 May Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 [Mike Quinn ] 11 May Re: Nueces Co. [James McDermott ] 10 May Nueces Co. [James McDermott ] 10 May Pipevine Swallowtail saga [Mary Ludwick ] 9 May Re: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae [Ann T Vacek ] 8 May Re: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae [Mary Ludwick ] 8 May Falcate Skipper at Santa Ana NWR, 5/7/12 [Mike Rickard ] 7 May Re: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae [Jim Taylor ] 6 May National Moth Week July 23-29, 2012 [Wanda Smith ] 6 May Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae [Mary Ludwick ] 6 May Fwd: Great Southern White swarms along mid coast of Texas - May 4 [Mike Quinn ] 5 May 2012 katydid outbreak: Bandera, Bexar, Burnet, Comal, Hays, Medina, Travis and Williamson counties [Mike Quinn ] 3 May heliconians at Chalk Bluff Uvalde Co. [Tripp Davenport ] 2 May Fw: Big Country invaded by "the moth" [Alan Wormington ] 2 May Big Country invaded by "the moth" [Mike Quinn ] 1 May central Texas dagger moth larva photographed for first time [Mike Quinn ] 1 May Santa Ana Butterfly Walk, 4/25/12 [Mike Rickard ] 30 Apr Polythrix pix/ Starr Co. report April, 2012 [Berry Nall ] 30 Apr Fwd: 2012 Lepidoptera Course, 11-20 August in Arizona [Maury Heiman ] 30 Apr Re: Two papers regarding the decline of the Monarch butterfly: [Paul Cherubini ] 30 Apr Falcon SP and Vicinity, 4/28/12 [Mike Rickard ] 30 Apr RFI: Lyside Sulphurs still swarming anywhere? [Mike Quinn ] 30 Apr Two papers regarding the decline of the Monarch butterfly: [Tim Jones ] 26 Apr Lunate Zales - Pflugerville [Jeff McIntyre ] 26 Apr International Lepidopterists' Conference, Denver July 2012: 5 days left for early registration] [Andrew Warren ] 25 Apr Red Admirals in Lubbock [Anthony Hewetson ] 25 Apr 'Old Testament' moth invasion should end in 2 weeks - Lubbock to Denver to Nebraska [Mike Quinn ] 25 Apr Fwd: Wave after wave of butterflies from Texas [Mike Quinn ] 24 Apr Red Admiral numbers from Marathon, nothing unsual. [Matthew York ] 24 Apr Re: Ridiculous abundance of Red Admirals [Brush Freeman ] 24 Apr Re: Ridiculous abundance of Red Admirals [Mitch Heindel ] 24 Apr Looking for Lyside pix [Mike Quinn ] 24 Apr Ridiculous abundance of Red Admirals [Chuck Sexton ] 24 Apr Santa Ana NWR Butterflies, 4/18-4/21/12 [Mike Rickard ] 23 Apr many butterflies thia spring [Sibyl Deacon ] 23 Apr Lyside flight in Lubbock area [Anthony Hewetson ] 23 Apr Neal's Lodges: Mourning cloaks and Cloudless Sulphur males flying and flying ["[Bob Rasa]" ] 22 Apr Mourning Cloak [Stuart Marcus ] 22 Apr Re: Apparent Lyside Sulphur outbreak recently near Laredo [Brush Freeman ] 22 Apr Apparent Lyside Sulphur outbreak recently near Laredo [Mike Quinn ] 22 Apr Moths observed and most photographed Feb, March, April to date. [Ann Gordon ] 18 Apr Tiny Checkerspot - Dymasia dymas in Mission, Hidalgo Co. ["David T. Dauphin" ] 18 Apr Fresh Monarch - Austin [Chuck Sexton ] 17 Apr "Pleasing" Butterflies and Fungus Beetles, Bell Co. [Chuck Sexton ] 16 Apr Lopidea major [Tim Jones ] 15 Apr Resaca de la Palma State Park - Blue Metalmark & Band-celled Sister [Sherry Wilson ] 15 Apr Re: Two caterpillars [Jim Taylor ] 14 Apr Re: Two caterpillars = ESF and Woolly Gray [Mike Quinn ] 14 Apr Re: Two caterpillars ["birdcr AT concentric.net" ] 14 Apr Two caterpillars [Tim Jones ] 14 Apr FW: Butterfly pictures [Lila Theis ] 12 Apr Re: Identification, please? now Typocerus sinuatus [Tim Jones ] 12 Apr Cool critter: Painted Schinia Moth (Indian blanket moth) [Mike Quinn ] 12 Apr need moth id - thanks! [Theresa ] 11 Apr Caterpillar ID Please... [Lila Theis ] 11 Apr Identification, please? [Tim Jones ] 11 Apr Austin Butterfly Forum April 23 meeting [ABF Announce ] 10 Apr Santa Ana NWR Butterflies, 4/4-4/7/12 [Mike Rickard ] 10 Apr Re: beetle id please [Phil Kelly ] 10 Apr Re: beetle id please [Jimmy Jackson ] 10 Apr Re: beetle id please [Phil Kelly ] 10 Apr beetle id please [Theresa ] 10 Apr Bentsen RGV State Park - Dark Kite-Swallowtail (Eurytides philolaus) this AM [Javier Deleon ] 10 Apr Re: Monarchs Galore plus caterpillar food plant question [Gary and Donna Burrows ] 10 Apr Re: Monarchs Galore plus caterpillar food plant question [Monika Maeckle ] 10 Apr Re: Monarchs Galore plus caterpillar food plant question ["Nugen, Ms. Crissa D" ] 9 Apr Re: Monarchs Galore [William Zech ] 9 Apr frozen bananas and butterflies [Theresa ] 9 Apr P. occidentalis addendum, Marathon Brewster Co. [Matthew York ] Subject: First Juniper Budworm adult of season From: Chuck Sexton <gcwarbler AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 22:31:51 -0500 At a porchlight at my house in NW Austin this evening, I photographed my first Juniper Budworm moth (Cudonigera houstonana) of the season. Given the severity of the recent drought and the poor health of so many junipers, it will be of interest to see what kind of flight they have this year. I'm not expecting a massive outbreak, at least for the Spring, but if junipers are putting out substantial new growth this year, perhaps these moths will have a lot to chew on! In the modest flights in 2010, I photographed adults at lights from May 17 to mid-June and again on September 10. Chuck Sexton Austin, 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: Tiny Checkerspot - Dymasia dymas in Mission, Hidalgo Co. From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 21:38:25 -0500 Always rare in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, today I photographed a Tiny Checkerspot at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Hidalgo Co. We had one at the exact same flower bed on 4/18/12. Photos of today's butterfly can be viewed at http://www.thedauphins.net/rgv_newest_photos.html . Jan Dauphin Mission, TX For Valley wildlife watching 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: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 07:41:29 -0500 Jake: Was this Zebra Swallowtail in Austin?! Christine: Yes, out by 7th street and 183. Jake: Wow, that's not even on any of the Travis county lists I know of and I didn't think they got west of far east TX. That's a great find and a stunning butterfly. Christine: Well, I didn't find it as much as hurt it with my car but, I appreciate your point. :) Jake: Yeah, I was kind of forgetting that point while being amazed. Ha! Jake: Christine, I was asked to confirm that you saw the butterfly hit the car at that location (as opposed to it being there from somewhere else). I think you've already done that, but this seems to be a first county (perhaps regional) record. Christine: I don't think it hit the car, it was stuck in my windshield wiper. I had used my wipers on 183 just before levander loop, then I noticed the butterfly stuck in one on levander loop. Hope that helps! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Quinn Date: Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:57 PM Subject: Re: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 To: TXBL Waiting for confirmation that this road kill was observed and not found dead on the roadside... http://instagr.am/p/KgIZ7Quj2Y/ Mike ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Quinn Date: Sat, May 12, 2012 at 3:48 AM Subject: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 To: TXBL I haven't seen the photo, but Jake's a biological colleague of mine. When I get the link, I'll repost it here. Jake McCumber reports: "An acquaintance on [facebook] photo'ed (and posted) a Zebra Swallowtail in east Austin (7th St. and 183) today." There's a historical record from w. of Kerrville. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Eurytides-marcellus 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: Re: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 From: Ron Votaw <rvotaw AT GVTC.COM> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 02:18:14 -0500 Sorry, if you want to see the Zebra swallowtail photo, you'll have to add the 'l' to the 'htm' at the end of the link. The text width limitations here has truncated the address. http://pteratory.com/gallery2/v/Papilionoidea/Papilionidae/DSCN2356.jpg.htm l Ron Votaw ====================================== 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: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 From: Ron Votaw <rvotaw AT GVTC.COM> Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 01:56:41 -0500 Interesting, because, for the first time in 30 years I saw a male Zebra swallowtail in Delhi, Texas on May 5th. It just leisurely flitted by the old schoolhouse where a community event was being held. As Mike Rickard said, we spoke of the range expansion back in the '60s and '70s. I should explain the environment then. East of Delhi in Caldwell County (south of Bastrop on FM304 by 25 miles) is a two mile strip of incredibly deep sand that runs to the small town of McMahan on FM713 and is either a fingerling or an isolated colony of the Lost Pines to the north. And this area did not escape the pine fires of last year. Local volunteer fire departments saved countless homes, but could not save outlying barns and sheds. I first observed, studied, and reared the abundant Zebras in the 60-70's when things were simpler. My uncle was a Highway Dept. manager and took an interest in my work. He staked off the mature dwarf pawpaws (Asimina parviflora), in the right of way to prevent their mowing. Then he retired. Then the mowing began. Then the fire ants and ichneumons blossomed and the Zebra disappeared. Despite the loss of hundreds of mature host plants along the road, I verified the existence of the dwarf pawpaw on a one of my relative's property there in 2011 and was at least hopeful that food for larvae would be available if ever a range expansion should occur. I even tried to import chrysalids from Florida to try and reestablish, but the dang government nixed that with their over-state-lines restrictions. A lesson in life: I could have gotten more sleep not worrying about 'E. marcellus' and they could have, in time, made it back anyway. As far as the 'Kerrville observation', I have no doubt what winds and wonderings can do. I do know that Wildseed Farms, near Frederickburg has a butterfly pavilion and I know that they imported pawpaws from east Texas to rear them with. I have a 2007 photo to verify: http://pteratory.com/gallery2/v/Papilionoidea/Papilionidae/DSCN2356.jpg.htm l Try growing a 4 foot shrub with an 8 foot taproot in pure limestone. Ain't gonna happen west of the escarpment, and probably not in Blackland Prairie or even Post Oak Savannah. Gotta admire those babies for continuely moving west, seeking out the isolated oases on the outskirts of their possibilities. ====================================== 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: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 12:57:09 -0500 Waiting for confirmation that this road kill was observed and not found dead on the roadside... http://instagr.am/p/KgIZ7Quj2Y/ Mike ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Quinn Date: Sat, May 12, 2012 at 3:48 AM Subject: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 To: TXBL I haven't seen the photo, but Jake's a biological colleague of mine. When I get the link, I'll repost it here. Jake McCumber reports: "An acquaintance on [facebook] photo'ed (and posted) a Zebra Swallowtail in east Austin (7th St. and 183) today." There's a historical record from w. of Kerrville. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Eurytides-marcellus 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: Re: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 08:23:24 -0700 Interesting.  I have old records from Fayette Co., from the 60's-70's, and I believe Ron Votaw has records from that area also. Mike Rickard Mission TX ________________________________ From: Mike Quinn To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 3:48 AM Subject: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 I haven't seen the photo, but Jake's a biological colleague of mine. When I get the link, I'll repost it here. Jake McCumber reports: "An acquaintance on [facebook] photo'ed (and posted) a Zebra Swallowtail in east Austin (7th St. and 183) today." There's a historical record from w. of Kerrville. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Eurytides-marcellus 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: ====================================== 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: Zebra Swallowtail reported in east Austin - May 11 From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 03:48:28 -0500 I haven't seen the photo, but Jake's a biological colleague of mine. When I get the link, I'll repost it here. Jake McCumber reports: "An acquaintance on [facebook] photo'ed (and posted) a Zebra Swallowtail in east Austin (7th St. and 183) today." There's a historical record from w. of Kerrville. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Eurytides-marcellus 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: Re: Nueces Co. From: James McDermott <jamesryan04 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 10:53:40 -0500 CORRECTION, the county is Aransas. James McDermott On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:53 PM, James McDermott wrote: > > The results of a quick trip to coastal Nueces County on Stedman Island. > All from 5/9/2012. Please excuse the buckeye taxonomy, but all three bugs > were present in low numbers. > > Chioides albofasciatus > Erynnis funeralis > Pyrgus communis/albescens > Copaeodes minima > Panoquina panoquinoides > Lerodea eufala > Battus p.philenor > Papilio cresphontes > Nathalis iole > Pyrisitia l. lisa > Colias eurytheme > Zerene cesonia > Phoebis s. sennae > Phoebis a. agarithe -loners Corpus Christi > Pontia protodice > Ascia m. monuste > Strymon melinus > Brephidium e. exilis > Brephidium pseudofea > Echinargus isola > Libytheana carinenta > Danaus gilippus thersippus > Euptoieta claudia > Asterocampa clyton > Vanessa virginiensis > V. atalanta rubria > Junonia c. coenia > J. everete nigrosuffusa > J. "genoveva" > Phyciodes p. phaon > > > > 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: Nueces Co. From: James McDermott <jamesryan04 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 21:53:59 -0500 The results of a quick trip to coastal Nueces County on Stedman Island. All from 5/9/2012. Please excuse the buckeye taxonomy, but all three bugs were present in low numbers. Chioides albofasciatus Erynnis funeralis Pyrgus communis/albescens Copaeodes minima Panoquina panoquinoides Lerodea eufala Battus p.philenor Papilio cresphontes Nathalis iole Pyrisitia l. lisa Colias eurytheme Zerene cesonia Phoebis s. sennae Phoebis a. agarithe -loners Corpus Christi Pontia protodice Ascia m. monuste Strymon melinus Brephidium e. exilis Brephidium pseudofea Echinargus isola Libytheana carinenta Danaus gilippus thersippus Euptoieta claudia Asterocampa clyton Vanessa virginiensis V. atalanta rubria Junonia c. coenia J. everete nigrosuffusa J. "genoveva" Phyciodes p. phaon 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: Pipevine Swallowtail saga From: Mary Ludwick <ludwickm AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 15:43:04 -0500 We have found 2 cocoons and what appears to be 2 "resting." We happened to catch one as he spun his cocoon and changed. Very exciting! So, we should get 3 or more butterflies out of our adventure. ludwickm AT hotmail.com Dallas, 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: Re: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae From: Ann T Vacek <atvacek AT JUNO.COM> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 17:59:15 -0500 Mary, I would like to suggest that you use only pipevine species that are native to your general area as a food source for pipevine swallowtails. Introducing non-native plant species sometimes has deleterious consequences for the environment such as the introduced species spreading and displacing native plants and possibly other consequences of which we are unaware. Apparently Aristolochia microphylla is native to the Caribbean and South America. ( http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=20012-2&show_history=fal se&output_format=normal ). A member of the Dallas chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas ( https://npsot.org/Dallas/contact.html ) might be able to help you locate native Aristolochia species. Growing the native species would benefit both the plants and the butterflies. Ann Vacek McAllen, TX On Tue, 8 May 2012 20:33:15 -0500 Mary Ludwick writes: > I browsed the 'net and it seems the various pipevines are all that > are suitable food. > Luckily I read that the pipevine from South America are poison to > the larvae. > Sadly, the cats are starving to death. They have crawled all over > my property in search of the nonexistant food. > > I have learned that if I ever get this many larvae again, to just > sacrifice some in the beginning to ensure enough food for at least > some of them. > > I have also ordered a vine that will grow to 30-40 ft. It is a > variety that was used in the old south for shade for arbors. I live > on a creek and plan to plant this aggressive one in a spot to grow > on a tree on the creekside. (aristolochia microphylla) > > Hopefully we can increase the population of the Pipevine > Swallowtail in the next year or two. > > > ludwickm AT hotmail.com > Dallas, Texas > > > > > From: lb AT thenalls.net > > Subject: Re: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae > > To: ludwickm AT hotmail.com > > Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 22:44:54 -0500 > > > > Hi Mary, > > Most any pipevine a nursery carries will do, and it can't hurt to > try. If you can't find anything, just let them go. If there is > acceptable food available, they will find it long before you will. > > > > Berry Nall > > Falcon Heights, Starr Co, TX > > leps.thenalls.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: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae From: Mary Ludwick <ludwickm AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 20:33:15 -0500 I browsed the 'net and it seems the various pipevines are all that are suitable food. Luckily I read that the pipevine from South America are poison to the larvae. Sadly, the cats are starving to death. They have crawled all over my property in search of the nonexistant food. I have learned that if I ever get this many larvae again, to just sacrifice some in the beginning to ensure enough food for at least some of them. I have also ordered a vine that will grow to 30-40 ft. It is a variety that was used in the old south for shade for arbors. I live on a creek and plan to plant this aggressive one in a spot to grow on a tree on the creekside. (aristolochia microphylla) Hopefully we can increase the population of the Pipevine Swallowtail in the next year or two. ludwickm AT hotmail.com Dallas, Texas > From: lb AT thenalls.net > Subject: Re: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae > To: ludwickm AT hotmail.com > Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 22:44:54 -0500 > > Hi Mary, > Most any pipevine a nursery carries will do, and it can't hurt to try. If you can't find anything, just let them go. If there is acceptable food available, they will find it long before you will. > > Berry Nall > Falcon Heights, Starr Co, TX > leps.thenalls.net > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > From: ludwickm AT hotmail.com > To: lb AT thenalls.net > Date: 2:17:24 PM, 05.06.2012 > Subject: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > >>We thought we had a nice bed of pipevine for all the "cats." > >> However when I came home from church today, the bed was allmost stripped bare. > >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/26066871 AT N04/sets/72157629616112450/ > >> > >> Do I have any choice but to let them starve, if I cannot find a substitue plant? > >> > >> > >> ludwickm AT hotmail.com > >> Dallas, 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: Falcate Skipper at Santa Ana NWR, 5/7/12 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 11:45:08 -0700 Ginny and I spent several hours hiking Santa Ana NWR yesterday, scouting the butterfly possibilities before Wednesday's scheduled butterfly walk.  We got off to a great start when Ginny found a Falcate Skipper (Spathilepia clonius) in the Visitor Center butterfly garden.  This species is a regular but very uncommon visitor, mostly in the fall.  We walked the trails over to Cattail Lakes area and looped back, seeing quite a few butterflies despite recent mowing, and lack of rain.  Other nice bugs were Mimosa Skippers (Cogia calchas), Orange-barred Sulphurs (Phoebis philea), and Common Mestra (Mestra amymone).  We saw nearly 50 species altogether.  And for you dragonfly fans, we saw three Filigree Skimmers (Pseudoleon superbus), matching my total for the three years we've lived here! On last Wednesday's butterfly walk, mostly cloudy skies kept species and numbers pretty low.  However, we were joined by Matt and Delise from California, who are widely-traveled nature photographers, so we stayed out most of the day, looking at nearly everything.  They were able to get several life butterflies, dragonflies, and birds.  And we did find 45 species of butterflies, which made up for the lack of rarities.  Right now there's a good chance of rain for tomorrow, but if the weather permits, Ginny and I will be there for the butterfly walk at 10 AM. Mike Rickard Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR ====================================== 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: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae From: Jim Taylor <drivingiron AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 08:17:24 -0400 Mary: Don't know if this helps, but the attached sheet is from Heppner's "Lepidoptera of Florida" and shows what the pipevine eats. Jim Taylor -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mary Ludwick" Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 3:17 PM To: Subject: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae > We thought we had a nice bed of pipevine for all the "cats." > However when I came home from church today, the bed was allmost stripped > bare. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/26066871 AT N04/sets/72157629616112450/ > > Do I have any choice but to let them starve, if I cannot find a substitue > plant? > > > ludwickm AT hotmail.com > Dallas, 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: National Moth Week July 23-29, 2012 From: Wanda Smith <wsmith0709 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 18:28:06 -0700 I want to make sure that everyone knows about National Moth Week on July 23-29, 2012 and to encourage you to sign up with them to have a "moth night out."  So far, there are only two locations registered in Texas. http://nationalmothweek.org/ There's also a link on the home page for Moth Photographers Group. ====================================== 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: Pipevine Swallowtail Larvae From: Mary Ludwick <ludwickm AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 14:17:24 -0500 We thought we had a nice bed of pipevine for all the "cats." However when I came home from church today, the bed was allmost stripped bare. http://www.flickr.com/photos/26066871 AT N04/sets/72157629616112450/ Do I have any choice but to let them starve, if I cannot find a substitue plant? ludwickm AT hotmail.com Dallas, 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: Fwd: Great Southern White swarms along mid coast of Texas - May 4 From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 6 May 2012 12:28:28 -0500 See Petra's note to Brush below. http://bugguide.net/node/view/3555 Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Petra Hockey <... AT tisd.net> Date: Sat, May 5, 2012 I meant to tell you yesterday that the back bays between Matagorda Island and Port O'Connor are absolutely swarming with white butterflies. They are coming out of the marshes and mangrove swamps. Totally amazing and I have never seen them thick like this before in the 20 years we have lived here. Petra ====================================== 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: 2012 katydid outbreak: Bandera, Bexar, Burnet, Comal, Hays, Medina, Travis and Williamson counties From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 21:49:07 -0500 Here's the latest report I've received. This is now the largest outbreak that I have records for going back to 2001. Mike http://texasento.net/robustus.htm http://bugguide.net/node/view/93515 http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/152a.htm http://www.texasento.net/Paracyrtophyllus_robustus.mp3 - sound file of what's coming... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fred Gnuechtel <... AT aol.com> Date: Sat, May 5, 2012 at 5:05 PM Subject: Please add Williamson County to the list. I live on 2243 half way between Georgetown and Leander. To: "entomike AT gmail.com" I noticed the damage the red katydids were doing to my Live Oaks until it was too late. They have striped 6 trees in my yard of 85% of their leaves. I have been spraying with contact spray twice a week for the last 2 weeks. I have managed to save another 10 trees so far. The Kaytdid seems to chew off the stem of the leaf, not eat the leaf itself. Do you know if my Live Oaks will come back or will this kill then? They also seem to be eating the buds and new blooms on my knockout roses also - but I can not prove this. Thanks Fred F. Gnuechtel Sent from my iPad ====================================== 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: heliconians at Chalk Bluff Uvalde Co. From: Tripp Davenport <tripp.davenport AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 18:18:22 -0700 I was surprised to see and photograph two different heliconians today at Park Chalk Bluff in Uvalde County. Julia Heliconian and Zebra Heliconian (not used to seeing these in Uvalde 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: Fw: Big Country invaded by "the moth" From: Alan Wormington <wormington AT JUNO.COM> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 18:01:32 GMT Please tell us what moth species we are talking about here, the article does not seem to include it. thanks Alan Wormington Leamington, Ontario ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- From: Mike Quinn To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Subject: Big Country invaded by "the moth" Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 06:31:58 -0500 Moths Invade The Big Country KTXS - April 30, 2012 By Chelsea Humphrey, Meteorologist ABILENE, Texas --�The Big Country is being invaded by hoards of flying insects, but it seems that the moth is standing out among any others. 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: Big Country invaded by "the moth" From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 06:31:58 -0500 Moths Invade The Big Country KTXS - April 30, 2012 By Chelsea Humphrey, Meteorologist ABILENE, Texas -- The Big Country is being invaded by hoards of flying insects, but it seems that the moth is standing out among any others. 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: central Texas dagger moth larva photographed for first time From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 19:03:19 -0500 David Wagner reports that a caterpillar, shot by Delmar Cain and first ID'ed by Val Bugh, had never been imaged before! http://bugguide.net/node/view/635852 Mike Quinn, Austin ------------Original Message------------- From: "Wagner, David" Date: May 1, 2012 11:58:12 AM CDT To: Molly Keck Subject: RE: Identification of Caterpillar Molly, Your arrival at Acronicta is bang on.  Good!  OK, fasten your seat belt.   You have imaged an Acronicta that has never been imaged before! If there is any chance of getting the caterpillar please do so. My PH.D. student is studying Acronicta larvae for her dissertation. I was just in San Antonio, I collected on oak, but I missed this one. (I was there making collections for a guide to western caterpillars.) Just awesome.... David L. Wagner, Professor Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3043 ====================================== 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: Santa Ana Butterfly Walk, 4/25/12 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 12:40:40 -0700 There were no participants for last Wednesday's butterfly walk at Santa Ana NWR, so Ginny and I took a long walk ourselves, from the Visitor Center to the end of the Vireo Trail.  We saw numerous butterflies along the way, 48 species in all.  Best was a Statira Sulphur, hanging out with a group of Lyside Sulphurs on an Acacia.  We also saw a Sickle-winged Skipper and a Mimosa Skipper, the first of either since January.  Banded Peacocks continued to patrol parts of the Wildlife Drive.  Several of the specialty species we had been seeing now seem to have moved on. It's a new month and tomorrow is a new butterfly walk, at 10 AM.  Come out and join Ginny and I on a long, or short, walk. Mike Rickard Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne) Mimosa Skipper (Cogia calchas) Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) Sickle-winged Skipper (Eantis tamenund) White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima) Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho) Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) Statira Sulphur (Aphrissa statira) Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Giant White (Ganyra josephina) Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa) Clytie Ministreak (Ministrymon clytie) Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola) Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis) American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) Queen (Danaus gilippus) Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonia) Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima) Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana) Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Hermes Satyr (Hermeupthchia hermes) ====================================== 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: Polythrix pix/ Starr Co. report April, 2012 From: Berry Nall <lb AT THENALLS.NET> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:35:00 -0500 Hi, I recorded 55 species for the month of April, the headliner being the possible Polythrix mexicanus reported by Mike Rickard. The Rickards have graciously provided pictures which are posted on my recent sightings page. http://leps.thenalls.net/content.php?ref=recent.htm As I was not carrying a camera, I am very grateful that they were present and prepared to record the butterfly: it only stopped 2-3 minutes to nectar on my Mexican Orchid tree. Other noteworthy butterflies for the month include a Gray Ministreak (4/28) and a Florida Purplewing (4/26). The super-abundance of Red Admirals has dwindled, to be replaced by an abundance of Emperors (Tawny/Leilia/Hackberry). The month's entire list is appended below. Monthly sightings Report Common Name/Scientific Name/Frequency (* indicates more than 2 observed) Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor * Giant Swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes * Black Swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes * Checkered White, Pontia protodice * Orange Sulphur, Colias eurema * Southern Dogface, Zerene cesonia 2 Sleepy Orange, Abaeis nicippe * Little Yellow, Pyrisitia lisa * Dainty Sulphur, Nathalis iole * Lyside Sulphur, Kricogonia lyside * Large Orange Sulphur, Phoebis agarithe * Gray Hairstreak, Strymon melinus * Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Strymon istapa * Clytie Ministreak, Ministrymon clytie * Gray Ministreak, Ministrymon azia 1 Reakirt’s Blue, Hemiargus isola * Ceraunus Blue, Hemiargus ceraunus * Western Pygmy-Blue, Brephidium exile * Cassius Blue, Leptotes cassius 1 Fatal Metalmark, Calephelis nemesis * Queen, Danaus gilippus * Monarch, Danaus plexippus * Tropical Leafwing, Anaea aidea 2 Goatweed Leafwing, Anaea andria 1 Florida Purplewing, Eunica tatila 1 White Peacock, Anartia jatrophae 1 Common Buckeye, Junonia coenia 1 Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui * American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis 1 Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta * Question Mark, Polygonia interrogationis 1 Tawny Emperor, Asterocampa clyton * Hackberry Emperor, Asterocampa celtis * Empress Leilia, Asterocampa leilia * Snout, Libytheana carinenta * Elada Checkerspot, Texola elada * Texan Crescent, Anthanassa texana * Pearl Crescent, Phyciodes tharos 1 Phaon Crescent, Phyciodes phaon * Vesta Crescent, Phyciodes vesta 1 Bordered Patch, Chlosyne lacinia * Variegated Fritillary, Euptoieta claudia * Mexican Fritillary, Euptoieta hegesia * Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae * Coyote Cloudywing, Achalarus toxeus 2 Mexican Longtail(?), Polythrix, mexicanus(?) * Funereal Duskywing, Erynnis funeralis 1 Common Checkered-Skipper, Pyrgus communis * Tropical Checkered-Skipper, Pyrgus philetas 1 Common Streaky-Skipper, Celotes nessus 2 Common Sootywing, Pholisora catullus 2 Eufala Skipper, Lerodea eufala * Olive-clouded Skipper, Lerodea dysales * Southern Skipperling, Copaeodes minima 1 Clouded Skipper, Lerema accius 2 Berry Nall Falcon Heights, Starr County, 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: Fwd: 2012 Lepidoptera Course, 11-20 August in Arizona From: Maury Heiman <maury.heiman AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:54:57 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bruce Walsh Date: Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:26 PM ** The 2012 Lepidoptera Course will be held at the SW Research Station in the heart of the Chirichahua Mts. of SE Arizona (about 2 hours from Tucson) on 11-20 August. This setting is one of the highest areas of lepidoptera biodiversity in the US. The focus of the course is to train serious amateurs, citizen-scientists, and academic professor in lepidoptera identification, classification, and biology. The staff for the 2012 course includes: -Deane Bowers, U of Colorado -Jason Dombroskie, Cornell University -Lee Dyer, U of Nevada, Reno -Paul Goldstein, USNM -Hugh McGuinness -Jim Miller, AMNH -Ray Nagle, U of Arizona -Chris Schmidt, CNC -Dave Wagner, U of Connecticut. -Bruce Walsh, U of Arizona Course fees (which includes room and board) is $1070 for students (and course alumni) and $1170 for nonstudents. Application deadline is 11 June 2012. Further details, and a link to the application form, can be found at www.lepcourse.org. You can also see photos and comments from students in the 2011 course at their facebook site, "2011 Lep Course, SWRS SEAZ". For any questions, contact Bruce Walsh, jbwalsh AT u.arizona.edu Please feel free to repost this to your favorite list serve ====================================== 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: Two papers regarding the decline of the Monarch butterfly: From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT SABER.NET> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:31:06 -0700 On Apr 30, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Tim Jones wrote: > Two papers regarding the decline of the Monarch butterfly: > Tim > > Decline of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico: is the > migratory > phenomenon at risk? (pages 95-100) > http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00142.x/ > full > LINCOLN P. BROWER, ORLEY R. TAYLOR, ERNEST H. WILLIAMS, > DANIEL A. SLAYBACK, RAUL R. ZUBIETA and M. ISABEL RAMÍREZ > Article first published online: 21 MAR 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j. > 1752-4598.2011.00142.x Or the monarch migration could be essentially extinction proof because at temperate zone latitudes (Texas northward) throughout the world the migration persists even when the sizes of the overwintering colonies involve only mere dozens or hundreds of butterflies. In New Zealand and Australia, for example, there are dozens of known (and many more unknown) monarch overwintering sites scattered over a vast geographical area that are that small. And in the western USA, the migration persists despite the fact that the overwintering sites are 100-1000 fold smaller than those in Mexico. The variable physiology of the migratory monarch should protect it from extinction; i.e. a portion of the fall migrants are deep diapausers that journey to the high altitude overwintering sites in Mexico while another portion breaks diapause during the fall and lays eggs on southern milkweeds. Thus during the winter even if all the high altitude overwintering site monarchs in Mexico got killed off by some unimaginable calamity, the winter breeding population in the lowlands would migrate north in the spring and help repopulate the summer breeding range. And then many of those summer breeding range butterflies would end up being deep diapausers in the fall that migrate to the high altitude overwintering sites; hence enabling the migration to persist. 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: Falcon SP and Vicinity, 4/28/12 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:17:40 -0700 Ginny and I made our first trip of the year out to Starr County and Falcon SP Saturday.  While we didn't find a large diversity of butterflies, the trip started on such a high note that we never came down.  We had stopped in Falcon Heights to visit with Berry Nall and while he was showing Ginny around his yard he spotted a  Polythrix skipper, most likely a Mexican Longtail (Polythrix mexicanus).  We took several photos before it flew away.  It was quite ragged, and positive determination was not possible from the photos, but the Mexican Longtail has been previously recorded from the United States while the superficially similar Asine Longtail has not.  We had a nice outing the rest of the day, exploring Falcon SP, the Starr County park, and Salineno.  Butterflies were plentiful, but no notable species were seen.  Thanks to Berry Nall for his continued hospitality. Mike Rickard Mission, TX Mexican Longtail (Polythrix mexicanus) Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima) Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa) Clytie Ministreak (Ministrymon clytie) Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola) Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis) American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) Queen (Danaus gilippus) Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia) Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia) Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) Theona Checkerspot (Chlosyne theona) Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) Elada Checkerspot (Texola elada) Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana) Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes graphica) Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) ====================================== 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: Lyside Sulphurs still swarming anywhere? From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:37:11 -0500 Please let me know if anyone has seen large numbers of lysides recently. The San Antonio paper is wanting to do an article on them, but they need fresh sightings. Thanks, 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: Two papers regarding the decline of the Monarch butterfly: From: Tim Jones <deforest AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:06:18 -0500 Two papers regarding the decline of the Monarch butterfly: Tim Decline of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico: is the migratory phenomenon at risk? (pages 95-100) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00142.x/full LINCOLN P. BROWER, ORLEY R. TAYLOR, ERNEST H. WILLIAMS, DANIEL A. SLAYBACK, RAUL R. ZUBIETA and M. ISABEL RAMÍREZ Article first published online: 21 MAR 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00142.x Are migratory monarchs really declining in eastern North America? Examining evidence from two fall census programs (pages 101-105) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00158.x/full ANDREW K. DAVIS Article first published online: 20 JUN 2011 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00158.x -- ====================================== 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: Lunate Zales - Pflugerville From: Jeff McIntyre <jeffmci9 AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:11:50 -0400 Along with the bumper crop of butterflies that has been reported (admirals, Checkered Whites, Question Marks, Dainty Sulphurs), we have been seeing alot of Lunate Zales at night on oranges that were really put out for orioles. Something on the order of 15-20 moths/night - not huge numbers, but far more than I can remember in the yard at once. Since we have had no orioles as of yet this spring, I'm glad something is getting use out of the oranges..... Jeff McIntyrePflugerville, 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: International Lepidopterists' Conference, Denver July 2012: 5 days left for early registration] From: Andrew Warren <hesperioidea AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:04:49 -0700 Subject: International Lepidopterists' Conference, Denver July 2012: 5 days left for early registration    Dear friends and colleagues, 5 days are left for the early registration for the international Lepidopterist's Conference in Denver in July. The regular registration is not as cheap as the early rates! Some field trips are already pretty full. Hurry up - it will be an enjoyable conference for everybody: Rocky Mountains and prairie in July's good weather; good food; cheap, but good accomodation; access to the research collection in-house, with Boulder and Fort Collins nearby; and an interesting program with lots of free field trips. BUT: From 1 May, the regular registration fees will be applied. To remind you: The combined 2012 Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society and the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica will be hosted by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science from 23 to 29 July 2012. No membership necessary. For registration and additional information visit http://www.dmns.org/krell-lab Currently the following symposia are planned: Digital imaging Trans-Beringian connections in Noctuidea Lepidoptera - plant interactions New developments in zoological nomenclature Contributions do not need to fit into one of those symposia! Please send your suggested talk and poster titles (and abstracts when available) to the program chair, Todd Gilligan, at tgilliga AT gmail.com AND copy to lepidopterist AT dmns.org For an overview of the Museums's research collections, visit http://www.dmns.org/science/collections/dmns-zoology-collections See you in Denver in July! Frank Krell, for the Organizing Committee Dr. Frank-T. Krell Curator of Entomology Commissioner, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature Chair, ICZN ZooBank Committee Department of Zoology Denver Museum of Nature & Science 2001 Colorado Boulevard Denver, CO 80205-5798 USA Frank.Krell AT dmns.org Phone: (+1) (303) 370-8244 Fax: (+1) (303) 331-6492 http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/frank-krell lab page: http://www.dmns.org/krell-lab Upcoming: Combined Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterist's Society and the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica, 23-29 July 2012, Denver Museum of Nature & Science; more info at http://www.dmns.org/krell-lab The Denver Museum of Nature & Science aspires to create a community of critical thinkers who understand the lessons of the past and act as responsible stewards of the future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew D. Warren, PhD President, The Lepidopterists' Society Senior Collections Manager 123 McGuire Hall McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida SW 34th Street and Hull Road P. O. Box 112710 Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 Office: (352) 273-2015 Fax: (352) 392-0479 www.butterfliesofamerica.com www.flmnh.ufl.edu www.lepsoc.org JOIN THE LEPIDOPTERISTS’ SOCIETY: http://www.lepsoc.org/membership.php ====================================== 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: Red Admirals in Lubbock From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:55:34 -0700 It took a while but the Red Admiral event has arrived i Greetings All: It took a while but the Red Admiral event has arrived in the Lubbock area.  I have seen hundreds per hour in the three wooded areas I have visited over the last week - at least an order of magnitude more than I have seen anywhere in the area before. The Red Admiral event pales, however, in the face of what some locals seem to want to call "THE PLAGUE OF MOTHS".  Last night in a half-hour at a local park, I saw well over fifty Red Admirals and well over 50,000 moths. Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock ====================================== 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: 'Old Testament' moth invasion should end in 2 weeks - Lubbock to Denver to Nebraska From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:24:42 -0500 'Old Testament' moth invasion should end in 2 weeks Amarillo.com Posted: April 24, 2012 By Kevin Welch kevin.welch AT amarillo.com It’s not just you. The moth invasion is as close as Lubbock and Portales, N.M., and stretches as far as Denver, Carlsbad, N.M., and northern Nebraska. And your neighbors are feeling it, too. “We’re approaching threat level ‘Old Testament’ at the Wood house,” according to a tweet by Amarillo financial advisor Josh Wood. He also reports “my mid-air moth batting average is approaching .300.” It should all be over in a couple weeks as the insects die off and the emergence of replacements slows. “People are going crazy,” said Potter County Texas AgriLife Extension Agent Brandon Boughen. “It’s kind of comical. They are all worried they are going to defoliate their plants, but they’re just a nuisance.” Many of the moths are the flying form of the western bean cutworm. The Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal reports they are at “levels not seen since 2003.” One woman reported a “hive of moths” outside her front door, according to the newspaper. Full: or: http://bit.ly/K3KDvK Western Bean Cutworm Moth - Striacosta albicosta http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10878 ====================================== 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: Wave after wave of butterflies from Texas From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:59:03 -0500 See Chip's encouraging note posted to Dplex-L, the Monarch Watch listserv. Mike Quinn, Austin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chip Taylor Date: Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:27 PM Subject: [DPLEX-L:48147] Wave after wave of butterflies from Texas To: dplex-l AT listproc.cc.ku.edu Over the last three weeks we have experienced wave after wave of butterflies migrating north from Texas. First it was red admirals, then painted ladies, then American painted ladies, followed by variegated fritillaries, dainty sulphurs, two other sulphur species, grey hairstreaks, buckeyes, and now orange sulphurs (Colias eurytheme) - with hundreds of them in the garden at any one time. This short video (to be posted to our Facebook page soon) will give you an idea of the number of sulphurs present today. I can truthfully say that never have I seen so many butterflies in our garden in April. The numbers and diversity actually rival anything we've seen in the fall when butterflies are usually abundant here. Everything is early and remains so even though the temperatures have been nearly normal for the last three weeks. On Saturday (21 April) while mowing my lawn I spotted and Asclepias viridis (green antelope milkweed) in bloom. The usual dates for first bloom of this species in this area are 8-12 May. This is a spring like no other - at least in the last 20+ years that I have been following monarchs closely. Conditions have been consistently excellent for monarch reproduction of 6 weeks. Everything to this point indicates that monarchs will rebound this year. A big bounce back is possible. I will summarize the situation as I see it as time becomes available in 10 days or so. -- Chip Taylor chip AT ku.edu Monarch Watch http://www.MonarchWatch.org/ Dplex-L:  send message "info Dplex-L" to Listproc AT ku.edu 1-888-TAGGING -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: Red Admiral numbers from Marathon, nothing unsual. From: Matthew York <mwayork AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:19:02 -0500 Thought I would weigh-in from out here just to be heard. We have not had the astronomical Red Admiral numbers as are being reported elsewhere. I wish we did, there have been some excellent illustrations in other portions of our state. Cool story, Mitch. Heidi did speak of hoards of Red Admirals while travelling through Junction just the other day. There has been a longer, and stronger flight of Mourning Cloak in the early Spring - present. Regarding Vanessa species, V. annabella has had some better numbers and earlier so far though nothing too newsworthy. Lysides have been flying for awhile, though not as densely as I have been reading. Species diversity has been good so far this Spring (compared to the hell of last yr's drought). Maybe we can catch up with the V. atalanta thermals. :-) -Matt York Marathon Brewster Co. -- Sent from my Laptop. http://bigbendtx.blogspot.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: Re: Ridiculous abundance of Red Admirals From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:21:57 -0500 Was in the Spring Branch area all day today...Also saw 2 Mourning Cloaks and w/o bins what looked like some kind of Sister. Is that not early? We were in a meeting and saw it as we walked to a place nearby for lunch...B On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Mitch Heindel wrote: > Hi Chuck, and all, > > The Red Admiral abundance is off the charts here at Utopia too. > In a few hours Sunday the 22nd, I saw 500, 200 were in a strip > of river bank 20' x 2'. They are constantly blowing past in > the manner of migrants. A couple days ago I was watching > soaring Swainson's Hawks at 1000' up (above my 1500' ASL), and > there were numerous Red Admiral soaring, thermalling up high, > 500' or more up, moving north. I usually have one or two in the > yard, there have been dozens for weeks. It is astounding, I've > never seen anything like it with Red Admiral. > > Likewise the Mourning Cloak numbers are high, I've seen 10 in > the last 4 days, which makes my best year for them, I saw 6 on > Sunday the 22nd, my high single day count here in 8+ years. > Most years I see none. > > The 22nd in a few hours I saw 1200+ butterflies, only ONE skipper, > a Common/White Checkered-Skipper. The ton o' Red Admiral, hundreds > of Checkered White, a hundred or two Lyside, maybe a hundred > Variegated Frit, a hundred Dainty Sulphur, and American Lady and > Buckeye are numerous too. Goodies were the 6 Cloaks, 1 Great Purple > and 2 Oak (favonius) Hairstreak. > > Late last week I saw what appeared to be a fresh emergence Monarch. > > I recorded 10 species in Jan., 12 sps. in Feb., 30 sps. in March > and today I had my FOS Blue, a Reakirt's, species 39 for April. > > Mitch Heindel > Utopia, 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: archives/tx-butterfly.html > > > -- Brush Freeman 361-655-7641 http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,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: Re: Ridiculous abundance of Red Admirals From: Mitch Heindel <Mitch AT UTOPIANATURE.COM> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:14:31 -0500 Hi Chuck, and all, The Red Admiral abundance is off the charts here at Utopia too. In a few hours Sunday the 22nd, I saw 500, 200 were in a strip of river bank 20' x 2'. They are constantly blowing past in the manner of migrants. A couple days ago I was watching soaring Swainson's Hawks at 1000' up (above my 1500' ASL), and there were numerous Red Admiral soaring, thermalling up high, 500' or more up, moving north. I usually have one or two in the yard, there have been dozens for weeks. It is astounding, I've never seen anything like it with Red Admiral. Likewise the Mourning Cloak numbers are high, I've seen 10 in the last 4 days, which makes my best year for them, I saw 6 on Sunday the 22nd, my high single day count here in 8+ years. Most years I see none. The 22nd in a few hours I saw 1200+ butterflies, only ONE skipper, a Common/White Checkered-Skipper. The ton o' Red Admiral, hundreds of Checkered White, a hundred or two Lyside, maybe a hundred Variegated Frit, a hundred Dainty Sulphur, and American Lady and Buckeye are numerous too. Goodies were the 6 Cloaks, 1 Great Purple and 2 Oak (favonius) Hairstreak. Late last week I saw what appeared to be a fresh emergence Monarch. I recorded 10 species in Jan., 12 sps. in Feb., 30 sps. in March and today I had my FOS Blue, a Reakirt's, species 39 for April. Mitch Heindel Utopia, 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: Looking for Lyside pix From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:06:05 -0500 If anyone has photos showing the Lyside outbreak, please let me know. Thanks, 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: Ridiculous abundance of Red Admirals From: Chuck Sexton <gcwarbler AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:04:09 -0500 TX-Butterfliers, On the Victoria tract of Balcones Canyonlands NWR today, I came across a very small meadow (only 20 x 50 yds in size) where upwards of 200 Red Admirals were milling around. Hundreds more were along the woodland trails nearby. The small meadow has a good stand of Texas thistle, which I suspect was the larval food plant for many of the butterflies. Adults were nectaring on the thistle, bitterweed, and just about anything blooming. Many were sunning themselves on the ground or on adjacent tree trunks. In a year in which Red Admirals have been particularly common, this little concentration was over the top. Also present in the small meadow were about 4 very fresh Monarchs, more evidence of the recent hatch of this 2nd-generation for 2012 (1st local generation). On a different Refuge tract on Cow Creek Road, I encountered at least 5 fresh Mourning Cloaks, a species which is seldom encountered on the Refuge and often only as singles. Chuck Sexton Austin, 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: Santa Ana NWR Butterflies, 4/18-4/21/12 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:26:51 -0700 Butterflies have remained high in numbers the past few days at Santa Ana NWR, despite a decline in nectar sources.  While we've seen 60+ species, quite a few of those were in very small numbers.  On the other hand, Lyside Sulphurs, the Crescents, and Snout butterflies are very common.  Fresh individuals of Banded Peacocks are appearing in the Visitor Center butterfly garden and along the Wildlife Drive.  It was nice to see several Clytie Ministreaks along shaded trails and on the Acacia blossoms.  Zebra Heliconians continue patrolling the Old Residence site, and a nice surprise was a Common Mestra there on Saturday. Weather is to be windy and hot, per the forecasters, but we'll be on hand for another butterfly walk Wednesday at 10 AM. Mike Rickard Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes) Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne) Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus) White-patched Skipper (Chiomara georgina) Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira) Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima) Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) Whirlabout (Polites vibex) Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho) Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) Giant White (Ganyra josephina) Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon) Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa) Clytie Ministreak (Ministrymon clytie) Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) Marine Blue (Leptotes marina) Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola) Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis) Rounded Metalmark (Calephelis perditalis) Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe) American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) Queen (Danaus gilippus) Band-celled Sister (Adelpha fessonia) Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia) Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonia) Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia) Common Mestra (Mestra amymone) Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima) Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia) Tropical Buckeye (Junonia evarete) Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) Pale-banded Crescent (Anthanassa tulcis) Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana) Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes graphica) Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Hermes Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes) ====================================== 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: many butterflies thia spring From: Sibyl Deacon <sibyld AT HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:03:42 -0500 Isn't it possible that the severe drought all over Texas has caused the butterflies to go into diapause and now that areas are getting rain they are emerging at once? Very much like the snout invasions we get occasionally. ====================================== 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: Lyside flight in Lubbock area From: Anthony Hewetson <terrverts AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:35:35 -0700 This is kind of supplemental to Mr. Quinn's recent post Greetings All: This is kind of supplemental to Mr. Quinn's recent post.  Though they are a bit patchy, some sites in and around Lubbock have been seeing sizable numbers of Lyside Sulphurs during the last week.  The Red Admiral outbreak has also - finally - reached us and it is the most commonly seen species in the region right now. The only other lep news from our area is an incredible 'outbreak' - as the media is sensationalizing it - of moths (I believe they are the result of cutworm larvae - folk are calling them Miller Moths).  If you leave a door open at night - and a single light on, anywhere in the house - hundreds to thousands of these critters will be inside in mere minutes.  I think my four cats (strictly indoor cats, fellow environmentalists) are living on an 80% moth diet right now ... and getting more exercise than they have had in years.  The moths are also being snarfed by birds; some of which are taking incredible risks to snag moths that have been downed by traffic. Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock ====================================== 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: Neal's Lodges: Mourning cloaks and Cloudless Sulphur males flying and flying From: "[Bob Rasa]" <bobolink AT STX.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:58:48 +0000 Hard to take pictures of the large silver dollar size yellow butterflies with limited marking on them...Cloudless males... also many instances of the Mourning Cloaks all over reservation today...two sipping water at drip at Pecan Grove... some pics: http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/142857928 mourning cloaks with red admiral http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/142857926 pipevine swallowtail http://www.pbase.com/bobsnature/image/142857827 large orange sulphur where do we post dragonflies? Bob Rasa Uvalde ====================================== 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: Mourning Cloak From: Stuart Marcus <stuartma AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:30:53 -0500 Had a rather unusual butterfly this afternoon. A fresh Mourning Cloak was hanging around my native lantanas. A new yard bug for my garden in Liberty, TX Stuart Marcus ====================================== 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: Apparent Lyside Sulphur outbreak recently near Laredo From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:31:02 -0500 All: ~10 days ago I drove thru Crystal Springs etc. and the pale yellow butterflies out numbered anything I have ever seen including Snout break outs....These butterflies were literally piled along stretches of 83 like very shallow snow banks...Semi-trucks radiators were clogged with the things as were mine...I had to stop in every town I came across to try to clean the smear off my windshield. These bugs faded out around mid Webb county ...My radiator still has a few hundred on it though I have tried to pressure wash them off...Hard to get to. B On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Mike Quinn wrote: > Alida Madero writes: > > "On a recent trip to TAMU, close to the border in Laredo, we had thousands > of butterflies, particularly whites and yellows, but I think I also saw > crescents. Numbers were so large that it was impossible not to hit some and > our car and everybody else´s were full of dead butterflies in the front > panel." > > We've certainly had the usual drought followed by heavy, wide spread rains > that historically have induced similar butterfly outbreaks... > > 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: > -- Brush Freeman 361-655-7641 http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/ Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,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: Apparent Lyside Sulphur outbreak recently near Laredo From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:33:05 -0500 Alida Madero writes: "On a recent trip to TAMU, close to the border in Laredo, we had thousands of butterflies, particularly whites and yellows, but I think I also saw crescents. Numbers were so large that it was impossible not to hit some and our car and everybody else´s were full of dead butterflies in the front panel." We've certainly had the usual drought followed by heavy, wide spread rains that historically have induced similar butterfly outbreaks... 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: Moths observed and most photographed Feb, March, April to date. From: Ann Gordon <anngordon AT HOT.RR.COM> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:22:37 -0500 The following list is what I am seeing here in my yard in McLennan County, West of Waco in the Harris Creek area. There are other moths that I have not identified yet. Will post later. So far it has been a good season at my blacklight. I anything listed does not look right as to time and identify, please feel free to let me know about it. Photos of the moths in the list can be seen at http://www.annmgordon.com Ann Gordon McLennan County West of Waco Harris Creek area Ethmia hagenella Feb. Isturgia dislocaria Feb Phyllodesma americana Feb Phoberia atomaris Feb Megalographa biloba Feb, March, April Mythimna unipuncta Feb, March Ethmia semilugens March Atteva aurea March Lactura basistriga March Prionoxystus robiniae March Eustixia pupula March Nomophila nearctica March Hymenia perespectalis March Palpita quadristigmalis March Diastictis fracturalis March Digrammia irrorata March Rindgea cyda March Tornos scolopacinaria March Anavitrinella pampinaria March Lycia ypsilon March Euchlaena obtusaria March Euchlaena deplanaria March Holochroa dissociarius March Costaconvexa centrostrigaria March Antheraea polyphemus March Sphinx libocedrus March Amorpha juglandis March Deidamia inscripta March Peridea angulossa March Lochmaeus bilineata March Hypena scabra March Melipotis cellaris March Melipotis jucunda March Heteranassa mima March Zale lunata March Zale edusia March Caenurgina erechtea March Marathyssa sp. March Bailey australis March Homophoberia apicosa March Acronicta rubricoma March Acronicta vinnula March Acronictda afflicta March Spodoptera exigua March Spodoptera ornithogalli March Galgula partita March Emarginea percara March Lacinipolia erecta March Morrisonia mucsens March Agrotis ipsilon March Glyphipterix circumscriptella April Eumarozia malachitana April Thyris maculate April 7th Platyptillia carduidactyla April 5th Digrammia atrofasciata April 1st Fernaldella fimetaria April 19th and 20th Cyclophora nanaria April 9th Orthonama obstipata April 12th Malacosoma disstria April 19th Hyles lineate April 15th Melipotis indomita April 1st Bulia deducta April 12th Unidentified Bulia Moth (maybe 8615.97) April 13th Catocala neogama (8798, I think) April 11th Rachiplusia ou April 1st ====================================== 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: Tiny Checkerspot - Dymasia dymas in Mission, Hidalgo Co. From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:52:00 -0500 Today, I found a Tiny Checkerspot - Dymasia dymas at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX. This butterfly is considered rare, here in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Photos of this butterfly can be seen at http://www.thedauphins.net/rgv_newest_photos.html . Jan Dauphin Mission, TX For Valley wildlife watching 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: Fresh Monarch - Austin From: Chuck Sexton <gcwarbler AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:22:24 -0500 TX-Butterfliers, On Tuesday, April 17, I saw the first freshly-hatched Monarch in my yard in Austin. Heretofore, all Monarchs I'd been seeing have been the faded, tattered over-wintering individuals from Mexico. So the next generation is up and running...er, that is, flying. Chuck Sexton Austin, 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: "Pleasing" Butterflies and Fungus Beetles, Bell Co. From: Chuck Sexton <gcwarbler AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:09:45 -0500 I ran across a concentration of Pleasing Fungus Beetles, Megalodacne fasciata (Erotylidae), along the Lampasas River in Bell County yesterday, April 16. The beetles were on a large bracket fungus on a broken hackberry trunk. I'll upload a photo or two to BugGuide later today. I had not previously encountered this species. Oh, yeah,...butterflies were continuing in their ridiculous abundance. New for my Spring list was a Celia's Roadside-Skipper nectaring on Blue Curls. (Is everyone enjoying being attacked in the wild by Red Admirals??) On Saturday, April 14, I saw two Yucca Giant- Skippers on a trail at Balcones Canyonlands NWR (Travis Co.). Chuck Sexton Austin, 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: Lopidea major From: Tim Jones <deforest AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:30:50 -0500 Hello, This little red insect, about 7 mm long, was/is infesting a mountain laurel bush a few miles east of Wimberley, Hays County, Texas. The tips of almost every branch were brown and withered, the seed pods were very small and malformed. I saw at least 5 of the insects. A large nearby mountain laurel tree was unaffected. April 16, 2012 http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV2015_W.jpg & http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV2016_W.jpg from: http://www.austinbug.com/miridae.html (excerpt) "One (Lopidea) species, though, is very host-specific and so can be recognized by when and where it shows up. Lopidea major is present only in the spring (the early nymphs start to appear at the beginning of March) and feeds on Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora). This species was also called Lopidea texana but that is now considered to be a junior synonym. These bugs are very gregarious and often disfigure a lot of leaves on the trees when they feed. However, they don't seem to affect the health of the plants in spite of their numbers." I'm not so sure about the last part of the above. The entire budding end of virtually every branch of this large bush was devastated, apparently by this bug. It could just be the nature of this particular Spring. The owner does not want to use insecticides. Tim Jones Austin,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: Resaca de la Palma State Park - Blue Metalmark & Band-celled Sister From: Sherry Wilson <rollingsoles AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:23:20 -0600 Despite the breezy afternoon we had three for the Sunday Butterfly Walk and good views of a male Blue Metalmark plus a very large number of Checkered Whites. A Band-celled Sister was at Kiskadee Trail just after the walk. -- Sherry Wilson Resident Park Host Resaca de la Palma State Park 1000 New Carmen Road Brownsville, TX 78521 956-350-2920 Bird Walks every Saturday - 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Butterfly Walks every Sunday - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Night Hikes every Friday (must RSVP by 5:00 p.m. Thurs) - small fee Nature Tram Rides - Wednesday thru Sunday http://www.facebook.com/resacadelapalma DIRECTIONS: The main entrance to Resaca de la Palma State Park is located on New Carmen Blvd. From Expressway 77/83, exit at Olmito, take FM 1732, follow for 2.5 miles; turn left at New Carmen Road; follow for 1.5 miles; shortly after the gravel hump in the road, turn left to enter the park. *Learn how you can help Texas State Parks:* http://bit.ly/sVdilb Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) Lyside Sulphur (Kirogonia lyside) Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana) Boisduval's Yellow (Eurema boisduvaliana) Little Yellow (Eurema lisa) Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise) Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon) Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) Blue Metalmark (Lasaia sula) Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanilla) Texan Crescent (Phyciodes texana) Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) Band-celled Sister (Adelpha fessonia) Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma) Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius) Queen (Danaus gilippus) Mazans Scallopwing (Staphylus mazans) Sickle-winged Skipper (Achylodes thraso) White Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) Tropical Checkered Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) ====================================== 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: Two caterpillars From: Jim Taylor <drivingiron AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:39:54 -0400 Tim: Don't know what they are, but the photos are fantastic. Jim Taylor -----Original Message----- From: Tim Jones Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 9:00 PM To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Subject: Two caterpillars Hello, This caterpillar was devastating the Virginia Creeper on the rimrock above the Blanco River in Hays County, Texas: http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1932_W.jpg This looper is one of a couple I saw in the immediate vicinity. http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1941_W.jpg Names? An Anole didn't seem to be too unhappy about the local abundance. http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1929_W.jpg Tim Jones Austin,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: Re: Two caterpillars = ESF and Woolly Gray From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:17:06 -0500 FYI All, Eight-spotted Foresters are currently ubiquitous across central Texas. They host on pepervine, Virginia creeper and grape vine. Alypia octomaculata (Eight-spotted Forester) http://bugguide.net/node/view/395838 Woolly Grays are common geometrids with a wide range of hosts. Lycia ypsilon (Woolly Gray ) http://bugguide.net/node/view/503356 http://bugguide.net/node/view/391329 Note that BugGuide is an excellent resource available to all to post their photos to for identification assistance. Mike Quinn, Austin ________________ Texas Entomology http://texasento.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tim Jones Date: Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 8:00 PM This caterpillar was devastating the Virginia Creeper on the rimrock above the Blanco River in Hays County, Texas: http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1932_W.jpg This looper is one of a couple I saw in the immediate vicinity. http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1941_W.jpg Tim Jones Austin,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: Re: Two caterpillars From: "birdcr AT concentric.net" <birdcr@CONCENTRIC.NET> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:53:45 -0500 Tim, I have seen these in our North Carolina yard. I think it is Alypia octomaculata - Eight-spotted Forester Cheers, Randy On Sat Apr 14 20:00:46 CDT 2012, Tim Jones wrote: > Hello, > > This caterpillar was devastating the Virginia Creeper on the > rimrock above the Blanco River in Hays County, Texas: > http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1932_W.jpg > > This looper is one of a couple I saw in the immediate vicinity. > http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1941_W.jpg > > Names? > > An Anole didn't seem to be too unhappy about the local abundance. > http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1929_W.jpg > > Tim Jones > Austin,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: Two caterpillars From: Tim Jones <deforest AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:00:46 -0500 Hello, This caterpillar was devastating the Virginia Creeper on the rimrock above the Blanco River in Hays County, Texas: http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1932_W.jpg This looper is one of a couple I saw in the immediate vicinity. http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1941_W.jpg Names? An Anole didn't seem to be too unhappy about the local abundance. http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1929_W.jpg Tim Jones Austin,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: FW: Butterfly pictures From: Lila Theis <lilatheis AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:35:15 -0500 My daughter was experimenting with her new camera and, by chance, took this sequence of photos of variegated fritillaries mating. Thought you might like to see them. She said to feel free to share them with anyone. http://grantzfamily.smugmug.com/Nature/Butterflies Lila Theis San Antonio, Texas -----Original Message----- From: Janice Grantz [mailto:janice.grantz AT gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 10:53 PM To: Lila Theis Subject: Butterfly pictures Happy new camera! The link below is of some butterfly pictures I took in our backyard. Pictures 9-19 are a progression of two butterflies mating. I just happen to be taking pictures of the one that was there first and another one landed and they started dancing. :) http://grantzfamily.smugmug.com/Nature/Butterflies Janice ====================================== 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: Identification, please? now Typocerus sinuatus From: Tim Jones <deforest AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:04:41 -0500 Hello, I like to use images and IDs posted to the list serve for reference material on local species. I posted an ID request, then through a Mac browser snafu I inadvertently took down the image after so many of you so generously replied - whilst trying to write in a caption. The image now has this address: http://earthlightimagery.com/images/galleries/53/_LOV1800_W_14f860faad702e.jpg caption: Notch-tipped Flower Longhorn beetles, Typocerus sinuatus, mating on an Antelope Horn milkweed, Asclepias asperula. Hays County, Texas, 04-09-12 Tim Jones Austin, Texas On Apr 11, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Tim Jones wrote: > Hello, > > Any ID what these two are? > > _LOV1800_mate_WL_14f85ebc2e4a73.jpg > > Tim Jones > Austin, 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: Cool critter: Painted Schinia Moth (Indian blanket moth) From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:57:09 -0500 Have received several queries about this beast lately... http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=11106 http://bugguide.net/node/view/51596 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: need moth id - thanks! From: Theresa <blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:23:21 -0700 There are a lot of moths on this tree but this one is distinctive. Thanks!   https://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/2012410NeedId?authkey=Gv1sRgCPTqldeS5v2T1wE#   Theresa Bayoud Austin, 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: Caterpillar ID Please... From: Lila Theis <lilatheis AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:34:49 -0500 Can anyone help me identify this 1/2" long caterpillar I found by my pool on Sunday afternoon? Pictures are here: http://lilatheis.smugmug.com/Nature/Caterpillar/ Thanks, Lila Theis San Antonio, 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: Identification, please? From: Tim Jones <deforest AT AUSTIN.RR.COM> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:51:52 -0500 Hello, Any ID what these two are? _LOV1800_mate_WL_14f85ebc2e4a73.jpg Tim Jones Austin, 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: Austin Butterfly Forum April 23 meeting From: ABF Announce <abfannounce AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:51:40 -0500 Hi everyone, Here is the information for upcoming events and meetings of the Austin Butterfly Forum. Thanks for helping us to get the word out. Come join us! * Austin Butterfly Forum Club Meeting: Monday April 23, 2012. * Zilker Botanical Garden Center, 2220 Barton Springs Rd. 7:00 p.m. Free. * Monday, April 23: Austin Butterfly Forum club meeting: Milkweed, Monarch Butterflies and their Magnificent Migration*. Monica Maeckle. Butterfly evangelist, caterpillar wrangler, Master Gardener and weekend rancher Monika Maeckle writes about butterflies and the life cycle we all share at the *Texas Butterfly Ranch* , a place that rewards those who pay attention with the daily miracle of metamorphosis. Maeckle has tagged more than 1400 Monarch butterflies and logged 24 recoveries. She will talk about the seductive spell cast by Monarchs, their much studied migration, her visit to the roosting spot in Michoacan, and who’s got milkweed. 7 pm. Zilker Botanical Center. * Upcoming events: Saturday, April 21, 2012, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Insecta Fiesta. *UT Austin event. The event will be held at the University of Texas Insect Collection, Lake Austin Center, 3001 Lake Austin Blvd. For more information: *Insect Fiesta*: (*http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/events/insecta-fiesta/* ) * Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 5th Annual Workshop: How To Know and Grow Austin Butterflies. *10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Zilker Botanical Garden Center. Learning to identify common butterflies of our area is only one aspect of the Austin Butterfly Forum’s Fifth Annual Butterfly Workshop, held from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Zilker Botanical Garden Center. Topics will cover hostplants, how to raise caterpillars and watch metamorphosis at home, strategies for caterpillar survival, as well as books and resources about this rapidly growing hobby. The workshop will also include a light lunch and a hands-on walk to identify butterflies at Zilker’s Doug Blachly Butterfly Trail. Participants will be given plants to take home to begin attracting butterflies to their own gardens. * To register, please call Jeff Taylor at 255-0368 *or *kscjtaylor AT prodigy.net * * *. The cost is $35.00, payable at the door. * Monday, May 28, 2012. Austin Butterfly forum club meeting. “Spider Evolution and Ecology.”* Joe Lapp. * Monday, June 25: TBA*, Nikil Advani, Ph.D candidate, University of Texas at Austin. ** 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: Santa Ana NWR Butterflies, 4/4-4/7/12 From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:20:28 -0700 Ginny and I spent a good bit of time last week at Santa Ana NWR, starting with a good crowd for the Wednesday butterfly walk, putting in some work hours in the middle, and ending with showing families around the butterfly garden for Saturday's Easter Extravaganza.  We were able to show the children a few butterflies Saturday afternoon, but I think we were competing with their anticipation of the upcoming Easter Egg Hunt.  :) For the several days we totaled 75 species of butterflies!  Perhaps the best was the one that got away - a Boisduval's Yellow that led me a nice chase through the wooded portion of the butterfly garden, but never paused long enough to be photographed.  On Wednesday's walk an Anaqua was in full bloom and attracted a Hammock Skipper and Band-celled Sister, plus many common species.  A Purple-washed Skipper, normally seen only in Fall, was a big surprise, and we also saw several Red-bordered Pixies, Long-tailed and Dorantes Skippers, Julia and Zebra Heliconians, and an Orange-barred Sulphur. I'm a bit late getting this out due to the busy week, but if you read it in time come join us for tomorrow's 10 AM butterfly walk.  We're sure to see some butterflies, and maybe we'll find a surprise or two! Mike Rickard Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR Guava Skipper  (Phocides polybius) Hammock Skipper (Polygonus leo) Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus) Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes) Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne) Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus) White-patched Skipper (Chiomara georgina) Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis) Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira) Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima) Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola) Purple-washed Skipper (Panoquina lucas) Julia's Skipper (Nastra julia) Fawn-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes trebius) Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala) Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) Whirlabout (Polites vibex) Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho) Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) Common Mellana (Quasimellana eulogius) Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) Boisduval's Yellow (Eurema boisduvaliana) Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana) Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea) Checkered White (Pontia protodice) Great Southern White (Ascia monuste) Giant White (Ganyra josephina) Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon) Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa) Western Pygmy-Blue (Brephidium exilis) Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola) Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis) Rounded Metalmark (Calephelis perditalis) Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe) American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Queen (Danaus gilippus) Band-celled Sister (Adelpha fessonia) Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia) Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonia) Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) Mexican Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia) Empress Leilia (Asterocampa leilia) Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima) Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia) Elada Checkerspot (Texola elada) Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana) Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes graphica) Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon) Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) Hermes Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes) ====================================== 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: beetle id please From: Phil Kelly <phil AT PJKELLY.NET> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:57:46 -0400 As Mike Quinn correctly pointed out: On 4/10/2012 7:46 PM, Mike Quinn wrote: > Right genus, wrong sp... > http://bugguide.net/node/view/182150 > So Alaus lusciosus - a more TX appropriate answer. > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Phil Kelly > wrote: > > Looks like: > > Alaus oculatus - Eyed Click Beetle > > Also known as Eyed Elater. > > Take a look here: > http://bugguide.net/node/view/458 > -- > Phil Kelly > phil AT pjkelly DOT net > Kokomo, Indiana USA > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 10, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Theresa > wrote: > > > It's crawling around with butterflies. > > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/20120410Beetle?authkey=Gv1sRgCPf90sXBtbmAaA#5729900368785169250 > > > > > > Theresa Bayoud > > Austin, 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: > > -- Phil Kelly phil AT pjkelly.net Kokomo, Indiana, USA ====================================== 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: beetle id please From: Jimmy Jackson <greenjay43 AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:53:41 -0500 Theresa, It's an "eyed elator." or a "Click" beetle. Latin is Alaus melanops , common name is Western Eyed Click Beetle. Here's the bugguide site: http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=eyed+elater&search=Search Jimmy Jackson , Beeville, tx On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:21 PM, Theresa wrote: > It's crawling around with butterflies. > > https://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/20120410Beetle?authkey=Gv1sRgCPf90sXBtbmAaA#5729900368785169250 > > > Theresa Bayoud > Austin, 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: Re: beetle id please From: Phil Kelly <phil AT PJKELLY.NET> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:44:04 -0400 Looks like: Alaus oculatus - Eyed Click Beetle Also known as Eyed Elater. Take a look here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/458 -- Phil Kelly phil AT pjkelly DOT net Kokomo, Indiana USA Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Theresa wrote: > It's crawling around with butterflies. > > https://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/20120410Beetle?authkey=Gv1sRgCPf90sXBtbmAaA#5729900368785169250 > > > Theresa Bayoud > Austin, 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: beetle id please From: Theresa <blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:21:48 -0700 It's crawling around with butterflies.   https://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/20120410Beetle?authkey=Gv1sRgCPf90sXBtbmAaA#5729900368785169250 Theresa Bayoud Austin, 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: Bentsen RGV State Park - Dark Kite-Swallowtail (Eurytides philolaus) this AM From: Javier Deleon <Javier.Deleon AT TPWD.STATE.TX.US> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:55:19 -0500 Hey all, I haven't posted anything on here in a while! After missing seeing one by half a second on 3/29/12 during our Dragonfly Walk, a Dark Kite-Swallowtail was seen puddling within the park. There is currently some water flooding certain areas of the park. This has created some small puddles along the road. The Kite-Swallowtail was fresh and cruised out over the brush as one of the park's naturalists and I encountered it. Other butterflies seen in the park since 4/6/12 include: Pipevine Swallowtail Giant Swallowtail Checkered White Great Southern White Lyside Sulphur Little Yellow Marine Blue - puddling alongside Kite-Swallowtail Reakirt's Blue Fatal Metalmark American Snout Gulf Fritillary Texan Crescent Phaon Crescent Pearl Crescent Painted Lady Common Buckeye White Peacock Banded Peacock - on frogfruit south of maintenance yard Empress Leilia Tawny Emperor Monarch Queen Brown Longtail Clouded Skipper White Checkered-skipper Fiery Skipper Best, Javier de León Natural Resource Specialist Bentsen - Rio Grande Valley State Park World Birding Center 2800 South Bentsen Palm Drive Mission, TX 78572 956-584-9156 Learn how you can help Texas State 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: Monarchs Galore plus caterpillar food plant question From: Gary and Donna Burrows <herder AT FLASH.NET> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:26:18 -0500 At the nursery, I always stress the question about any systemic product. Some places say they cannot guarantee it. One of my favorite places to go here in Houston quarantines their plants for 17 days after arrival, but it still always makes me nervous when I transfer. A few years back, before I verbally asked, I lost 15 to a poisoned milkweed bought from one store, which I think, now, has quite carrying milkweed altogether. This year I am concentrating on collecting seed from my plants, hoping I can get some better/more plants in place for next spring, without relying on the nurseries. Donna Burrows Houston -----Original Message----- From: Butterfly and Lepidoptery for the state of Texas [mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of Monika Maeckle Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 8:46 AM To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Subject: Re: Monarchs Galore plus caterpillar food plant question You can definitely get cut plant and they will eat it, although they prefer live plant. You can also go by pesticide free Asclepias curassavica at a nursery--just make sure it hasn't been sprayed. Butterfly breeders swear that Monarchs will eat pumpkin in the fourth and fifth instar. I tried to find pumpkin and it's not in season. As for transferring plants, I usually take a stick or a leave and get them on it and then just transfer them. You can pick them up, but the less they are handled, the better. Good luck! Monika Monika Maeckle butterflybeat AT gmail.com www.texasbutterflyranch.com We love the whole life cycle Austin, San Antonio, the Hill Country 210.860.0741 On Apr 10, 2012, at 7:44 AM, Nugen, Ms. Crissa D wrote: > Good Morning! I live in the Stephenville area and I, too, have run out of food (asclepias tuberosa) for my Monarch caterpillars. I have approximately 14 caterpillars at this time ranging from the 1st through the 5th instar. The little ones can't eat the hard stem, which is all that is left. I am scrambling around asking everyone I know if they have any butterfly milkweed and so far, no luck. > My question to the group- does anyone have any advice for transferring my caterpillars from the host plant in which they are already conditioned to? I am considering going into the pasture and looking for antelope horns which are usually growing strong in the spring. I appreciate any guidance or advice! > > Thanks so much! :) > > Crissa Nugen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Butterfly and Lepidoptery for the state of Texas > [mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of William Zech > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:06 PM > To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > Subject: Re: Monarchs Galore > > RE: Monarchs GaloreI am in Lake Olympia, next to Quail Valley, or SW Houston. What I know is, once the food source runs out the cats form Chrysalis. Will they develop from the fourth stage , I do not know. However, in about ten to twelve days from forming the chrysalis, the butterfly should emerge. Let us all know your results. I know last summer I did have a number of small (half the size of a normal Monarch) Monarchs in the yard. My thought was lack of food at the cat stage.. > > Regards > > Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gary and Donna Burrows > To: 'William Zech' ; > TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 9:34 AM > Subject: RE: Monarchs Galore > > > Good morning, > > Where are you in the state? > > > I'm in the Houston area, and I, too, had a bunch of caterpillars, but only with about 7 fairly nicely potted plants. I hosted about 30 to 40 cats and ran out of food for them all. > > I have a question, please. Can a Monarch butterfly develop successfully from the 4th instar stage. I have about 17 chrysalis, that I can find. I know there are more of them, but I think a few may have been at the 4th stage, rather than fully matured 5th. They look to me to be smallish. > > Thanks for your help, > > > Donna Burrows > > west Houston > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Butterfly and Lepidoptery for the state of Texas > [mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of William Zech > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 8:19 AM > To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > Subject: Monarchs Galore > > I had a plot of milkweed in the backyard, about 6 foot long by 2 > foot. This plot raised 30 to 50 Monarch Caterpillars. The plot is now > gone and yesterday I was able to get the following photos showing the > life cycle of the Monarch. In about ten days from now these cats will > form into butterflies which will start the cycle over again. I did > take four chrysalis and placed them in a ten gallon aquarium. Using my > I Pad 2, I am taking time lapse photos in an attempt to catch the > butterfly emerging from the chrysalis, If it works I will add the > video to this album > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/8652901 AT N05/sets/72157629767058 375/ > > Regards > > Bill > > > > ====================================== > > 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: > ====================================== 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: Monarchs Galore plus caterpillar food plant question From: Monika Maeckle <butterflybeat AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:46:12 -0500 You can definitely get cut plant and they will eat it, although they prefer live plant. You can also go by pesticide free Asclepias curassavica at a nursery--just make sure it hasn't been sprayed. Butterfly breeders swear that Monarchs will eat pumpkin in the fourth and fifth instar. I tried to find pumpkin and it's not in season. As for transferring plants, I usually take a stick or a leave and get them on it and then just transfer them. You can pick them up, but the less they are handled, the better. Good luck! Monika Monika Maeckle butterflybeat AT gmail.com www.texasbutterflyranch.com We love the whole life cycle Austin, San Antonio, the Hill Country 210.860.0741 On Apr 10, 2012, at 7:44 AM, Nugen, Ms. Crissa D wrote: > Good Morning! I live in the Stephenville area and I, too, have run out of food (asclepias tuberosa) for my Monarch caterpillars. I have approximately 14 caterpillars at this time ranging from the 1st through the 5th instar. The little ones can't eat the hard stem, which is all that is left. I am scrambling around asking everyone I know if they have any butterfly milkweed and so far, no luck. > My question to the group- does anyone have any advice for transferring my caterpillars from the host plant in which they are already conditioned to? I am considering going into the pasture and looking for antelope horns which are usually growing strong in the spring. I appreciate any guidance or advice! > > Thanks so much! :) > > Crissa Nugen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Butterfly and Lepidoptery for the state of Texas [mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of William Zech > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:06 PM > To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > Subject: Re: Monarchs Galore > > RE: Monarchs GaloreI am in Lake Olympia, next to Quail Valley, or SW Houston. What I know is, once the food source runs out the cats form Chrysalis. Will they develop from the fourth stage , I do not know. However, in about ten to twelve days from forming the chrysalis, the butterfly should emerge. Let us all know your results. I know last summer I did have a number of small (half the size of a normal Monarch) Monarchs in the yard. My thought was lack of food at the cat stage.. > > Regards > > Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gary and Donna Burrows > To: 'William Zech' ; TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 9:34 AM > Subject: RE: Monarchs Galore > > > Good morning, > > Where are you in the state? > > > I'm in the Houston area, and I, too, had a bunch of caterpillars, but only with about 7 fairly nicely potted plants. I hosted about 30 to 40 cats and ran out of food for them all. > > I have a question, please. Can a Monarch butterfly develop successfully from the 4th instar stage. I have about 17 chrysalis, that I can find. I know there are more of them, but I think a few may have been at the 4th stage, rather than fully matured 5th. They look to me to be smallish. > > Thanks for your help, > > > Donna Burrows > > west Houston > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Butterfly and Lepidoptery for the state of Texas [mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of William Zech > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 8:19 AM > To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU > Subject: Monarchs Galore > > I had a plot of milkweed in the backyard, about 6 foot long by 2 foot. This plot raised 30 to 50 Monarch Caterpillars. The plot is now gone and yesterday I was able to get the following photos showing the life cycle of the Monarch. In about ten days from now these cats will form into butterflies which will start the cycle over again. I did take four chrysalis and placed them in a ten gallon aquarium. Using my I Pad 2, I am taking time lapse photos in an attempt to catch the butterfly emerging from the chrysalis, If it works I will add the video to this album > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/8652901 AT N05/sets/72157629767058375/ > > Regards > > Bill > > > > ====================================== > > 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: ====================================== 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: Monarchs Galore plus caterpillar food plant question From: "Nugen, Ms. Crissa D" <CNUGEN AT TARLETON.EDU> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:44:06 -0500 Good Morning! I live in the Stephenville area and I, too, have run out of food (asclepias tuberosa) for my Monarch caterpillars. I have approximately 14 caterpillars at this time ranging from the 1st through the 5th instar. The little ones can't eat the hard stem, which is all that is left. I am scrambling around asking everyone I know if they have any butterfly milkweed and so far, no luck. My question to the group- does anyone have any advice for transferring my caterpillars from the host plant in which they are already conditioned to? I am considering going into the pasture and looking for antelope horns which are usually growing strong in the spring. I appreciate any guidance or advice! Thanks so much! :) Crissa Nugen -----Original Message----- From: Butterfly and Lepidoptery for the state of Texas [mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of William Zech Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 11:06 PM To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Subject: Re: Monarchs Galore RE: Monarchs GaloreI am in Lake Olympia, next to Quail Valley, or SW Houston. What I know is, once the food source runs out the cats form Chrysalis. Will they develop from the fourth stage , I do not know. However, in about ten to twelve days from forming the chrysalis, the butterfly should emerge. Let us all know your results. I know last summer I did have a number of small (half the size of a normal Monarch) Monarchs in the yard. My thought was lack of food at the cat stage.. Regards Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary and Donna Burrows To: 'William Zech' ; TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 9:34 AM Subject: RE: Monarchs Galore Good morning, Where are you in the state? I'm in the Houston area, and I, too, had a bunch of caterpillars, but only with about 7 fairly nicely potted plants. I hosted about 30 to 40 cats and ran out of food for them all. I have a question, please. Can a Monarch butterfly develop successfully from the 4th instar stage. I have about 17 chrysalis, that I can find. I know there are more of them, but I think a few may have been at the 4th stage, rather than fully matured 5th. They look to me to be smallish. Thanks for your help, Donna Burrows west Houston -----Original Message----- From: Butterfly and Lepidoptery for the state of Texas [mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of William Zech Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 8:19 AM To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Subject: Monarchs Galore I had a plot of milkweed in the backyard, about 6 foot long by 2 foot. This plot raised 30 to 50 Monarch Caterpillars. The plot is now gone and yesterday I was able to get the following photos showing the life cycle of the Monarch. In about ten days from now these cats will form into butterflies which will start the cycle over again. I did take four chrysalis and placed them in a ten gallon aquarium. Using my I Pad 2, I am taking time lapse photos in an attempt to catch the butterfly emerging from the chrysalis, If it works I will add the video to this album http://www.flickr.com/photos/8652901 AT N05/sets/72157629767058375/ Regards Bill ====================================== 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: Monarchs Galore From: William Zech <wgzech AT COMCAST.NET> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 23:06:28 -0500 RE: Monarchs GaloreI am in Lake Olympia, next to Quail Valley, or SW Houston. What I know is, once the food source runs out the cats form Chrysalis. Will they develop from the fourth stage , I do not know. However, in about ten to twelve days from forming the chrysalis, the butterfly should emerge. Let us all know your results. I know last summer I did have a number of small (half the size of a normal Monarch) Monarchs in the yard. My thought was lack of food at the cat stage.. Regards Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary and Donna Burrows To: 'William Zech' ; TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 9:34 AM Subject: RE: Monarchs Galore Good morning, Where are you in the state? I'm in the Houston area, and I, too, had a bunch of caterpillars, but only with about 7 fairly nicely potted plants. I hosted about 30 to 40 cats and ran out of food for them all. I have a question, please. Can a Monarch butterfly develop successfully from the 4th instar stage. I have about 17 chrysalis, that I can find. I know there are more of them, but I think a few may have been at the 4th stage, rather than fully matured 5th. They look to me to be smallish. Thanks for your help, Donna Burrows west Houston -----Original Message----- From: Butterfly and Lepidoptery for the state of Texas [mailto:TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU] On Behalf Of William Zech Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2012 8:19 AM To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU Subject: Monarchs Galore I had a plot of milkweed in the backyard, about 6 foot long by 2 foot. This plot raised 30 to 50 Monarch Caterpillars. The plot is now gone and yesterday I was able to get the following photos showing the life cycle of the Monarch. In about ten days from now these cats will form into butterflies which will start the cycle over again. I did take four chrysalis and placed them in a ten gallon aquarium. Using my I Pad 2, I am taking time lapse photos in an attempt to catch the butterfly emerging from the chrysalis, If it works I will add the video to this album http://www.flickr.com/photos/8652901 AT N05/sets/72157629767058375/ Regards Bill ====================================== 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: frozen bananas and butterflies From: Theresa <blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 15:42:08 -0700 I thawed these bananas out - they had been in the freezer for several months.   https://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/FrozenBananas20124910?authkey=Gv1sRgCIvrnJvcuv-mhAE#   Theresa Bayoud Austin, 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: P. occidentalis addendum, Marathon Brewster Co. From: Matthew York <mwayork AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 17:10:14 -0500 Quick check shows we had one at the blacklight last year on AM of 18 April 2011. -Matt York Marathon -- Sent from my Laptop. http://bigbendtx.blogspot.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: