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Black-crowned Night Heron,©Julie Zickefoose

3 Feb January 2012 Medina County moths [Maury Heiman ]
3 Feb Re: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show..... [Mike Quinn ]
2 Feb Re: Psycomorpha epimenis [Brush Freeman ]
2 Feb Psycomorpha epimenis [James McDermott ]
2 Feb Santa Ana Butterfly Walk, 2/1/12 [Mike Rickard ]
2 Feb Syrphid Fly [Tim Jones ]
1 Feb Re: Moth ID? [Brush Freeman ]
1 Feb Re: Moth ID? [Maury Heiman ]
1 Feb Re: Moth ID? [Tim Jones ]
1 Feb My apology [Craig Marks ]
1 Feb Leaving Heard, please change e-mail [Roger Sanderson ]
31 Jan Moth ID? [Tim Jones ]
31 Jan Santa Ana Butterflies, 1/31/12 [Mike Rickard ]
31 Jan my monarch saga [Theresa ]
31 Jan need help w monarch [Theresa ]
30 Jan yo [Craig Marks ]
27 Jan Weslaco Butterflies, 1/27/12 [Mike Rickard ]
27 Jan Estero Llano Grande Butterfly Walk [Rick Snider ]
27 Jan BugGuide 2.0 - now in beta testing mode... [Mike Quinn ]
26 Jan Resaca de la Palma State Park - Blue Metalmarks, White-patched Skipper [Sherry Wilson ]
25 Jan Santa Ana NWR Butterfly Walk, 1/25/12 [Mike Rickard ]
24 Jan email compromised [Jeff McIntyre ]
22 Jan Santa Ana NWR Butterflies, 1/20/12 [Mike Rickard ]
21 Jan Blue Metalmarks - Resaca de la Palma State Park [Sherry Wilson ]
21 Jan FLORIDA PURPLEWING @ Estero [John Yochum ]
20 Jan Early Elfin [Mitch Heindel ]
19 Jan Santa Ana Butterflies 1/18/12 - No [Mike Rickard ]
18 Jan Weslaco Butterflies, 1/17/12 [Mike Rickard ]
16 Jan Austin Butterfly Forum meeting, Jan. 23 [ABF Announce ]
16 Jan Streaky Skipper at National Butterfly Center, 1/16/12 [Mike Rickard ]
16 Jan Santa Ana Butterfly Walk, 1/11/12 [Mike Rickard ]
16 Jan Blomfild's Beauty @ Estero [John Yochum ]
15 Jan Two-tailed Swallowtails in January! [Dan Hardy ]
14 Jan Anyone Have Camera Recommendations? ["[Bill Dempwolf]" ]
14 Jan Ruddy Daggerwing @ Estero [John Yochum ]
10 Jan Sweet li'l sesiid from NM [Mike Quinn ]
10 Jan Re: Rare moth desc. fm Austin, refound 90 yrs later s. of San Antonio [Mike Quinn ]
9 Jan Rare moth desc. fm Austin, refound 90 yrs later s. of San Antonio [Mike Quinn ]
9 Jan Fwd: First Oklahoma + Texas Entoblitz, April 27-29th, 2012 [Mike Quinn ]
8 Jan Pix from Texas A&M Insect Coll. Open House [Mike Quinn ]
7 Jan monarch catepillars [Theresa ]
5 Jan Santa Ana NWR Butterfly Walk, 1/4/12 [Mike Rickard ]
3 Jan TAMU Insect Collection Open House this Saturday [Mike Quinn ]
3 Jan Butterfly list for 2011 at Lick Creek Park [Ro Wauer ]
31 Dec National Butterfly Center [Norman Winter ]
31 Dec Blomfild's Beauty in Mission ["David T. Dauphin" ]
29 Dec Re: Way early moth ID'ed [Brush Freeman ]
29 Dec West Coast Lady in Mission, 12/29/11. [Mike Rickard ]
29 Dec Way early moth [Brush Freeman ]
29 Dec Blomfild's Beauty seen today at the NBC in Mission, TX ["David T. Dauphin" ]
29 Dec Blomfild's Beauty seen today in Mission, Hidalgo Co. ["David T. Dauphin" ]
29 Dec Re: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX [Alan Wormington ]
29 Dec Re: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX [Mike Quinn ]
29 Dec Re: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX [Mike Quinn ]
29 Dec (Another) Blomfild's@Estero [John Yochum ]
28 Dec Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX [Norman Winter ]
23 Dec Urania Moth @ Valley Nature Center in Weslaco [John Yochum ]
22 Dec Re: "Butterflies of America" 2011 [Alex Grkovich ]
21 Dec "Butterflies of America" 2011 [Nick Grishin ]
20 Dec Fwd: Three new species of Moths from New Mexico [Mike Quinn ]
20 Dec Blomfild's Beauty at Mission ["David T. Dauphin" ]
19 Dec Buckmoth photos [Brush Freeman ]
18 Dec Re: Blomfild's Beauty in Kingsville - Dec. 14 [Mike Quinn ]
17 Dec Blonfild's Beauty in Kingsville [Sibyl Deacon ]
17 Dec Blomfild's Beauty@Estero&Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville [John Yochum ]
14 Dec Re: Uvalde County: Fish Hatchery Monarch [Monika Maeckle ]
14 Dec Uvalde County: Fish Hatchery Monarch ["[Bob Rasa]" ]
13 Dec As always in Port O'Connor.... [Brush Freeman ]
13 Dec NEW: Butterfly Guide to Nuevo Leon, Mexico by Sada & Madero [Mike Quinn ]
11 Dec TAMU Insect Collection Open House January 7, 2011 ["[Bill Dempwolf]" ]
10 Dec Rain in Mission ["David T. Dauphin" ]
7 Dec LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA BUTTERFLIES (WOW)!!!!!!!!!! [Andrew Warren ]
7 Dec LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA BUTTERFLIES (WOW)!!!!!!!!!! [Andrew Warren ]
7 Dec LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA BUTTERFLIES (WOW)!!!!!!!!!! [Andrew Warren ]
7 Dec LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA BUTTERFLIES (WOW)!!!!!!!!!! [Andrew Warren ]
4 Dec Red Rim at Resaca de la Palma State Park [Sherry Wilson ]

Subject: January 2012 Medina County moths
From: Maury Heiman <maury.heiman AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:38:17 -0600
January 2012 moths  Medina County


Ethmia semilugens

Ethmia hagenella

Plutella xylostella

Atteva punctella

Uresiphita reversalis

Udea rubigalis

Lineodes integra

Lineodes interrupta

Nomophila nearctica

Hymenia perspectalis

Palpita quadristigmalis

Fissicrambus quadrinotellus

Euchromius ocelleus

Eoreuma densella

Amyelois transitella

Speranza graphidaria

Psamatodes abydata

Rindgea nigricomma

Rindgea sp.

Isturgia dislocaria

Tornos sp   (abjectarius)

Iridopsis dataria

Iridopsis defectaria

Chloraspilates minima

Pero meskaria

Phaeoura cristifera

Euacidalia brownsvillea (T)

Lobocleta ossularia

Orthonama obstipata

Estigmene acrea

Hypena scabra

Cissusa mucronata

Melipotis cellaris

Melipotis acontioides

Zale lunata

Caenurgina erechtea

Abrostola microvalis

Rachiplusia ou

Megalographa biloba

Magusa divaricata

Micrathetis triplex

Crambodes talidiformis

Spodoptera exigua

Spodoptera ornithogalli

Galgula partita

Copivaleria grotei

Mythimna unipuncta

Hexorthodes serrata

Agrotis malefida

Anicla infecta
Peridroma saucia

plus half a dozen or so micros to id yet



-- 
Maury Heiman
Medina County

Bug Guide 

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Subject: Re: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show.....
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:09:11 -0600
Nice piece on the current massive butterfly outbreak going on in the
Pacific Northwest.

One thing missing was a mention that all the larvae drop a load of frass,
so to speak...

Mike Quinn, Austin
________________
Texas Entomology
http://texasento.net


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: James, David G 
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Subject: Oregon Pine White Outbreak featured on PBS show.....
To: "leps-l AT lists.yale.edu" 


 The recent outbreak of Pine Whites (Neophasia menapia) in central Oregon
was featured on 'Oregon Wild' which aired on PBS in the PNW last night.****

** **

You can catch it online here : http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg****

** **

Some cool footage shown including ponds white with , well, whites… also
'blizzard' shots and helicopter windshields smeared with butterflies…..****

** **

It was only a few years ago that Dave Nunnallee and I struggled to find
wild immature stages of N. menapia for our book "Life Histories of Cascadia
Butterflies"****

Ironically (to me anyway), the PBS program found them everywhere and even
suggested that substantial damage had been caused to pines by Pine White
caterpillars.****

** **

** **

Dr David G James****

Associate Professor of Entomology,****

Washington State University,****

Prosser, Washington 99350****

USA****

** **

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Subject: Re: Psycomorpha epimenis
From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:09:37 -0600
James they are flying in Bastrop Co. as well on elbow bush...I was shocked
to find a couple flying on a false response blooming pear more than a month
ago....B

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:03 PM, James McDermott wrote:

>   A lone P. epimenis feeding today on Forestiera flowers in Kaufman County
> (just east of Dallas). This species and a few other moths at lights are
> flying three weeks earlier than normal.
>
>
> James McDermott
> Kaufman, TX
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Brush Freeman
361-655-7641
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,Texas

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Subject: Psycomorpha epimenis
From: James McDermott <jamesryan04 AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:03:09 -0600
   A lone P. epimenis feeding today on Forestiera flowers in Kaufman County
(just east of Dallas). This species and a few other moths at lights are
flying three weeks earlier than normal.


James McDermott
Kaufman, TX

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Subject: Santa Ana Butterfly Walk, 2/1/12
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:01:21 -0800
Wednesday's butterfly walk at Santa Ana NWR was marked by mostly cloudy skies, 
which did inhibit the butterflies for a while, but conditions improved toward 
noon.  We were joined by Tom from Virginia, and Robert and Henrietta from 
Canada.  We had a good time, and managed to find 35 species of butterflies. 
 Notable was the continued presence of Red-bordered Pixie metalmarks in the 
Visitor Center butterfly garden, despite the absence of a known hostplant in 
the refuge.  Texan crescents remain common in the butterfly garden, and Red 
Admirals were responding to the bait logs.  Thanks to Laura for putting out the 
bait on these. 


Cool temperatures and clouds are forecast at present for next week's butterfly 
walk, but if the promised rain arrives with that weather, it will be a fair 
trade for sure. 

Butterfly walks are on Wednesday's at 10 AM, meeting in the Visitor Center.

Mike Rickard
Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR

Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne)

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)
Julia's Skipper (Nastra julia)
Fawn-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes trebius)
Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)
Olive-clouded Skipper (Lerodea arabus)
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) 
Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) 
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
Checkered White (Pontia protodice)
Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon)
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
Clytie Ministreak (Ministrymon clytie)
Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)
Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino)
Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe)
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) 
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana)
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)

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Subject: Syrphid Fly
From: Tim Jones <deforest AT AUSTIN.RR.COM>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:42:37 -0600
I was finding it interesting that a Chinese Photinia tree was 
blooming in January and caught this Syrphid Fly in the top of of it 
with a telephoto lens at ~22 feet. The image leaves fine detail to be 
a bit desired. The width of the blossom is ~ 1cm.

January 29, 2012

http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_TJ09697_W.jpg
&
http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_TJ09690_W.jpg

Sure is nice to see insect life again. We've been sustaining the 
Carolina wrens around the house in Austin with meal worms... FWIW


http://earthlightimagery.com/images/galleries/123/web/_TJ08255_W_14ebea22e24ce1.jpg 


Tim Jones
Austin, Texas
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Subject: Re: Moth ID?
From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:35:58 -0600
Barbara, Maury...I am growing my tomato seedlings in old aquariums using
grow lights by the front window.  At night one-two hundred of these dull
heavy moths come in to that light....For the ones that linger into
morning's light, the Carolina Wren people are happy to greet them to a new
day...albeit their last..  My 'maters are having fits to get into the
ground.

Brush

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Maury Heiman  wrote:

> I have recorded *Mythimna unipuncta* here in Medina County  from January
> through late April and then from early September through
> December.  Temperatures down to 36º do not seem to bother their flight.
>  None seen during the  warmer months of May through August. I run a mercury
> vapor - black light  year round and there are some species that I see only
> during the winter months. This January 2012 produced around 50 species.
>
> Tonight I photographed a very fresh *Battus philenor* (pipevine st) and a
> female *Knulliana cincta*  longhorn beetle at my lights......ah, winter in
> south TX.
>
> Maury Heiman
> Medina County
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Tim Jones  wrote:
>
> > Hi Val,
> >
> > I stand corrected! This post was a twofer. Do you think these appeared
> > earlier than usual? Or do they just come out during winter warm spells?
> >
> > I hope it's okay to cross-post to the listserve.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
>
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361-655-7641
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Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,Texas

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Subject: Re: Moth ID?
From: Maury Heiman <maury.heiman AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:27:29 -0600
I have recorded *Mythimna unipuncta* here in Medina County  from January
through late April and then from early September through
December.  Temperatures down to 36º do not seem to bother their flight.
 None seen during the  warmer months of May through August. I run a mercury
vapor - black light  year round and there are some species that I see only
during the winter months. This January 2012 produced around 50 species.

Tonight I photographed a very fresh *Battus philenor* (pipevine st) and a
female *Knulliana cincta*  longhorn beetle at my lights......ah, winter in
south TX.

Maury Heiman
Medina County




On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Tim Jones  wrote:

> Hi Val,
>
> I stand corrected! This post was a twofer. Do you think these appeared
> earlier than usual? Or do they just come out during winter warm spells?
>
> I hope it's okay to cross-post to the listserve.
>
> Tim
>
>

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Subject: Re: Moth ID?
From: Tim Jones <deforest AT AUSTIN.RR.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:41:52 -0600
Hi Val,

I stand corrected! This post was a twofer. Do you think these 
appeared earlier than usual? Or do they just come out during winter 
warm spells?

I hope it's okay to cross-post to the listserve.

Tim

At 4:20 PM -0600 2/1/12, larvalbug wrote:
>Dear Tim,
>
>Although armyworms eat a wide variety of plants, I find the 
>caterpillars near the ground. The larvae that make webbing and 
>decimate the blossoms and new growth on TX mountain laurel are 
>actually Uresiphita reversalis, the Genista Caterpillar, which is in 
>the family crambidae.
>
>Val
>
>----- Original Message -----
>
>From: Tim Jones
>To: jenny clark ; 
>larvalbug
>Cc: James McDermott ; 
>Jason Cole ; 
>Maury Heiman ; 
>Tim Jones ; 
>jftrahan
>Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 9:32 AM
>Subject: Fwd: Re: Moth ID?
>
>Thanks all!
>
>Mythimna unipuncta - an armyworm moth.

>http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10438 

>
>Mythimna unipuncta - Armyworm
>http://bugguide.net/node/view/10901
>
>I think these are the caterpillars that eat our mountain laurel.
>
>Tim

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Subject: My apology
From: Craig Marks <cwmaplc AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:00:57 -0500
Well, it appears that while I was out of the country in ArubA (which, by the 
way has very few butterflies) my e-mail was hijaacked. I aplogize to any and 
all that got anything from me since this past weekend. I had no service down 
there and have just realized what happened. Craig Marks 


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Subject: Leaving Heard, please change e-mail
From: Roger Sanderson <rsanderson AT HEARDMUSEUM.ORG>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 10:22:04 -0600
After 11 years, my position with the Heard Museum has been eliminated,
so please change to my home e-mail: Ivorybill2000 AT att.net.  My cell if
anyone needs it is 972-333-5671.  If anyone hears of a great job
opportunity, please let me know!  Naturally, Roger  

 

Roger Sanderson

Director of Botanic Gardens & Wildlife Biologist 

Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary

1 Nature Place

McKinney, Texas 75069

972-562-5566 ext.273

972-548-9119 FAX

rsanderson AT heardmuseum.org

Teaching about nature, like fishing and birdwatching, is an eternal
series of occasions for hope! 

 


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Subject: Moth ID?
From: Tim Jones <deforest AT AUSTIN.RR.COM>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:42:51 -0600
Do you perchance know the name of this moth - nectaring on rosemary 
flowers at dusk?
January 31, 2012
http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1374_W.jpg
http://earthlightimagery.com/storage/_LOV1375_W.jpg
There were dozens of them flitting about the rosemary bushes this evening.
Tim Jones
Austin, Texas
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Subject: Santa Ana Butterflies, 1/31/12
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:20:27 -0800
I visited Santa Ana NWR this afternoon for several hours, spending most of my 
time around Pintail Lakes.  However, despite mostly cloudy skies, I found 
nearly 20 species in about as many minutes in the Visitor Center butterfly 
garden, when I arrived.  I wound up with 29 on the day, and there was always 
something to look at.  The garden is blooming nicely, and once the predicted 
fog burns off, should have plenty of butterflies for tomorrow's 10 AM butterfly 
walk.  If you plan to visit the refuge, either for birding or butterflies, be 
sure to bring insect repellent as the mosquitoes were abundant everywhere 
today. 

Mike Rickard
Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR

White-striped Longtail (Chioides albofasciatus)
Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne)
White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira)
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana)
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)
Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) 
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) 
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon)
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) 
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana)
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
Hermes Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes)

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Subject: my monarch saga
From: Theresa <blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:51:33 -0800
After finding the catepillars a few days earlier, I found the green 
chyrsalis in the yard - it had a small furry black spider attaching itself to 
it. So I scraped off the spider, clipped off the branch that had the 
chrysalis and brought it into the house. Last night it was still green. Today, 
when I came home for lunch, it noticed it was black! When I got home from work 
around 4:15, it had emerged and it was still dripping. It started moving about 
5:30 and I put it outside. I hope it makes it. This was fun! 

 
https://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/Monarch13112#
 
 

Theresa Bayoud
Austin, Texas

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Subject: need help w monarch
From: Theresa <blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:15:55 -0800
I have a monarch chrysalis in the house that turned black overnight. How long 
will it be before it emerges? I'm thinking I should put it outside now? Thanks! 

 

Theresa Bayoud
Austin, Texas

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From: Craig Marks <cwmaplc AT AOL.COM>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:35:20 -0500
Do you think I care?  http://ecotecoasis.com/payout.html

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Subject: Weslaco Butterflies, 1/27/12
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:16:10 -0800
Ginny and I took advantage of a mild clear day to go to Weslaco, where we 
visited Frontera Audubon and then Valley Nature Center.  We didn't find any 
especially rare species, but did see 30+ and many of those were in good numbers 
so we had fun and took lots of pictures.  Texan Crescents, very scarce during 
last year's drought, seem to be having a good flight across the valley right 
now, and we saw them along the trails and on the Blue Boneset blossoms in both 
locations.  Also nice was an Elada Checkerspot, a White-striped Longtail, and a 
Mournful Duskywing, all fresh.  The complete list is below. 


Mike Rickard
Mission, TX

White-striped Longtail (Chioides albofasciatus) F
Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne)
Mournful Duskywing (Erynnis tristis) VNC
Sickle-winged Skipper (Eantis tamenund) VNC
White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) 
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana)
Fawn-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes trebius) F
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho)
Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) F
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) 
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa) VNC
Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius)
Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino) VNC
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) 
Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) F
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) F
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Elada Checkerspot (Texola elada) F
Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana)
Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes graphica)
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)

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Subject: Estero Llano Grande Butterfly Walk
From: Rick Snider <ricksnid AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:04:15 -0600
Estero Llano Grande State Park Butterfly Walk, Friday Jan 27, 2012.



Today was a nice day for the Friday afternoon butterfly walk, sunny and
warm with fairly light winds.

11 visitors joined May and I and ranger John Yochum on our walk through the
gardens. For two hours we checked butterflies coming to the azureum and
lantana flowers and recorded 35 species. The butterfly of the day was a
Lacey's Scrub Hairstreak.



Southern Dogface  Colias cesonia

Cloudless Sulphur  Phoebis sennae

Large Orange Sulphur  Phoebis agarithe

Lyside Sulphur  Kricogonia lyside

Little Yellow  Eurema lisa

Dainty Sulphur  Nathalis iole

Silver-banded Hairstreak Chlorostrymon simaethis

Gray Hairstreak  Strymon melinus

Lacey's Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon alea

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak  Strymon istapa*

Western Pygmy-Blue  Brephidium exile

Reakirt's Blue  Hemiargus isola

Fatal Metalmark  Calephelis nemesis

American Snout  Libytheana carinenta

Gulf Fritillary  Agraulis vanillae

Phaon Crescent  Phyciodes phaon

Pearl Crescent  Phyciodes tharos

Painted Lady  Vanessa cardui

Red Admiral  Vanessa atalanta

White Peacock  Anartia jatrophae

Mexican Bluewing  Myscelia ethusa

Monarch  Danaus plexippus

Queen  Danaus gilippus

Brown Longtail  Urbanus procne

Mazans Scallopwing  Staphylus mazans

Funereal Duskywing  Erynnis funeralis

White Checkered-Skipper  Pyrgus albescens*

Tropical Checkered-Skipper  Pyrgus oileus

Laviana White-Skipper  Heliopetes laviana

Fawn-spotted Skipper  Cymaenes odilia

Clouded Skipper  Lerema accius

Southern Skipperling  Copaeodes minimus

Fiery Skipper  Hylephila phyleus

Whirlabout  Polites vibex

Eufala Skipper  Lerodea eufala

Olive-clouded Skipper  Lerodea dysaules*



Also seen on hike day: Red-bordered Metalmark and Texan Crescent.



During the previous week: Giant Swallowtail, White-bordered Patch, Question
Mark, Tropical Leafwing and best of all Florida Purplewing at the bait log.



Butterfly walks are every Friday at 1:30 PM. Come and join us.



Rick Snider

Volunteer Host, Estero Llano Grande State Park

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Subject: BugGuide 2.0 - now in beta testing mode...
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:25:01 -0600
All, FYI, Mike

Report
BugGuide 2.0 is alive and well. Here's a short summary, bad news first.

We hired a programmer to help with the transition. He is no longer with us
and we are looking for a replacement.

We have had a reorganization of our IT department's space and facilities,
which has taken a lot of my time and effort.

That's the bad news. Now for the good news.

We have a BugGuide 2.0 server that, every night, takes the current BugGuide
and runs it through a huge import process. I expect to open up the BugGuide
2.0 server for testing by those willing to be beta testers shortly. If you
want to be a beta tester, please contact me privately.

The reorg took a lot of time but it's good thing. It means that we will
have a real server room (with cooling) in the same building that I am in,
rather than computers stacked here in my office! I have high hopes that we
will be able to add a half-time position to our web programming group,
which would benefit BugGuide. In short, things look more optimistic than
they have for quite some time. Our new department chair has been very
supportive. Onwards!
 … John VanDyk, 27 January, 2012 - 2:37pm

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Subject: Resaca de la Palma State Park - Blue Metalmarks, White-patched Skipper
From: Sherry Wilson <rollingsoles AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:01:27 -0700
Blue Metalmarks are sticking around - five males, three females this
afternoon.  A lovely White-patched Skipper has joined them in the butterfly
garden, as have Texan, Vesta and Phaon Crescents.  Sure is busy when the
sun shines!

-- 
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 - Thursday 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.

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Subject: Santa Ana NWR Butterfly Walk, 1/25/12
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:41:36 -0800
It was a beautiful day, with clear skies and moderate temperatures, for today's 
butterfly walk at Santa Ana NWR, and we had a great time.  While Ginny worked 
in the butterfly garden, I was joined by Tom from Virginia, and Leif and 
Michelle from Oregon.  The butterfly garden at the Visitor Center had a number 
of plants in bloom and was alive with butterflies. Highlights were a Yellow 
Angled-sulphur, 2 Red-bordered Pixie metalmarks, several Dusky-blue 
Groundstreaks, an Olive-clouded Skipper, and numerous Texan Crescents.  Since 
our Oregon friends were on their first visit to south Texas, they were 
interested in everything, so after spending some time in the butterfly garden 
we went into the refuge along Willow Lake before returning up the Wildlife 
Drive.  We looked at birds, saw a whopping 8 species of dragonflies, Leif 
spotted a very large Mexican Honey Wasp nest high in a tree, and of course 
there were interesting plants.  Ginny and I stayed in the 

 refuge until late afternoon, and added a few more butterfly species to the 
morning's list.  Notably absent were a number of species we'd come to take for 
granted - Monarchs, Queens, White Peacocks, Painted Ladies, Mexican Bluewings. 
etc., but we still tallied 34 species on the day. 

Mike Rickard
Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR

Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne)
White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) 
Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira)
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana)
Julia's Skipper (Nastra julia)
Fawn-spotted Skipper (Cymaenes trebius)
Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)
Olive-clouded Skipper (Lerodea arabus)
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Whirlabout (Polites vibex)
Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor) 
Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) 
Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) 
Yellow Angled-Sulphur (Anteos maerula) 
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon)
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
Clytie Ministreak (Ministrymon clytie)
Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola)
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)
Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino)
Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe)
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) 
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana)
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
Hermes Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes)

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Subject: email compromised
From: Jeff McIntyre <jeffmci9 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:25:02 -0500
Sorry to anyone who received an email from my address this evening - obviously, 
my email has been hacked. We are working on fixing things so hopefully no one 
will get anything more unintentionally. 

 
Sorry for any inconvenience.
 
Jeff McIntyre
  		 	   		  
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Subject: Santa Ana NWR Butterflies, 1/20/12
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:37:56 -0800
Ginny and I spent several hours hiking Santa Ana NWR Friday, on a warm, 
80-degree day.  We found only 30+ species of butterflies, mostly in the Visitor 
Center butterfly garden, but we certainly had some pleasant viewing 
experiences.  Nicest was a fresh male Great Purple Hairstreak on Fiddlewood 
blossoms, underneath a Mesquite tree containing Mistletoe, the butterfly's 
hostplant.  There was also a Zebra Heliconian flying about, and several Texan 
Crescents patrolled the garden.  Other nice species were Great Southern White 
and Dusky-blue Groundstreak.  The bait logs had received fresh bait (thanks, 
volunteers, for doing this) and were attracting Red Admirals and a Mexican 
Bluewing. 

Next butterfly walk is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 AM.  Right now there's a 
chance of rain, but we'll be there anyway. 

Mike Rickard
Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR

Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne)
White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
Turk's-cap White-Skipper (Heliopetes macaira)
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana)
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho)
Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) 
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe) 
Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) 
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)
Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)
Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon)
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola)
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)
Red-bordered Metalmark (Caria ino)
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) 
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonia)
Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) 
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Texan Crescent (Anthanassa texana)
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)

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Subject: Blue Metalmarks - Resaca de la Palma State Park
From: Sherry Wilson <rollingsoles AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:34:22 -0700
Three Blue Metalmarks - two female and one male - were easily located in
the butterfly garden at the birding/feeding area behind the Visitor Center
this afternoon.  Clytie Ministreak, Mazans Scallopwing, and a somewhat worn
Julia Heliconian were also present, along with the regulars.

-- 
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 - Thursday 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

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Subject: FLORIDA PURPLEWING @ Estero
From: John Yochum <John.Yochum AT TPWD.STATE.TX.US>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:48:01 -0600
A beautiful Florida Purplewing is being seen and photographed as I type
this at the Butterfly Bait Station located at Park Hosts Rick & May
Snider's RV spot  (the first as one enters the Park).  They discovered
this wonderful butterfly as they watched TWO Blomfild's Beauties and
several Mexican Bluewings at the same Butterfly Bait!  


John Yochum
Park Ranger IV
Estero Llano Grande State Park
Weslaco TX 
956-565-3919
 
January 1:  New Year's Day Hike 8:30am 
Breakfast with the Birds, Saturdays: Jan 14 and Jan 28  8:30am 
Digiscoping on the Deck, Tuesdays: Jan 10 and Jan 24 1-4pm
Bird Walks Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8:30am
Butterfly/Dragonfly Walks, Fridays 1:30pm
Electric Bus Tours, Sundays at 2pm, or call to arrange your own time
Full Moon Night Hike, Jan 8, Feb 8 8-10pm
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Subject: Early Elfin
From: Mitch Heindel <Mitch AT UTOPIANATURE.COM>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:14:25 -0600
Hi all,

Methinks my earliest date yet here (N~9 seasons) for Callophrys henrici,
Henry's/Sooty/Henric's Elfin was Jan. 18 (Wed.), a beautiful
mint individual was about the front yard.  First week of Feb.
are my normal early emergences.

Everything else, all 7 species this year, is leftovers,
worn beat stuff, looks like it was rode hard and put up wet,
and very little of it.

Mitch Heindel
Utopia, T
1550'

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Subject: Santa Ana Butterflies 1/18/12 - No
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:50:34 -0800
Overcast skies and 60 degree temperatures yesterday kept butterflies out of 
sight and would-be butterfly watchers scattered to look for birds.  The 
temperatures did make for pleasant hiking through the refuge, and I got some 
nice photos of a female Belted Kingfisher.  There are blooms in the Visitor 
Center butterfly garden, awaiting sunnier skies, so we'll try again next 
Wednesday, at 10 AM. 


Mike Rickard
Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR

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Subject: Weslaco Butterflies, 1/17/12
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:06:54 -0800
Yesterday I visited Weslaco to look for butterflies (and dragonflies), taking 
advantage of a very warm, sunny, January day.  I went to Frontera Audubon (F) 
in late morning and Estero Llano Grande SP (E) in the afternoon.  While I only 
found 30+ species, there were some nice ones.  At Frontera, I found a Red Rim 
flying along the trail at the rear of the orchard.  It disappeared over the 
fence into the thicket, and I was not able to relocate it.  At Estero I got 
nice photos of the previously-reported Ruddy Daggerwing and Blomfild's Beauty. 
 Thanks to park host Rick Snyder for alerting me to the presence of these as 
soon as I arrived.  It was nice to find a Clytie Ministreak in the parking 
lot, and see 4 species of hairstreaks on the day, since hairstreaks were 
generally scarce during last year's drought. 

Mike Rickard
Mission, TX


Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne) EF
Funereal Duskywing (Erynnis funeralis) E
Sickle-winged Skipper (Eantis tamenund) F
White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens) EF
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus) EF
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana) EF
Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima) E
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius) E
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus) EF
Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside) EF
Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole) F
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa) EF
Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia) F 
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) F
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe) EF
Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon) F
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) F
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa) EF
Clytie Ministreak (Ministrymon clytie) E
Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) EF
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) EF 
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) EF
Queen (Danaus gilippus) EF
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) EF
Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charithonia) F
Red Rim (Biblis hyperia) F
Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa) E 
Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus) E
Blomfild’s Beauty (Smyrna blomfildia) E
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) E
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae) E
Vesta Crescent (Phyciodes graphica) F

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Subject: Austin Butterfly Forum meeting, Jan. 23
From: ABF Announce <abfannounce AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:45:12 -0600
Hi Everyone,



Happy New Year! Here is the information for our first Austin Butterfly
Forum meeting of 2012. Thanks as always for your help in publicizing our
events!



*Austin Butterfly Forum Club Meeting: Monday January 23, 2012.*

*Zilker Botanical Garden Center, 2220 Barton Springs Rd. 7:00 p.m.*

* *

*Plant-Insect Interactions: Aggregative Feeding and Chemical Ecology of the
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly.* Chris Nice, Ph.D. Texas State University.



Chris Nice, PhD., teaches genetics, entomology and biogeography at Texas
State University in San Marcos. His research interests include population
genetics, insect-plant interactions, and how biodiversity is created and
maintained. Publications include studies on the endangered Karner Blue
butterfly and other species in the blue family, as well as the Pipevine
Swallowtail. Dr. Nice’s lab is involved in studies on the evolution and
ecology of pipevine swallowtails.



The Pipevine Swallowtail is a familiar species in the Austin area, but many
of us know little about the ecology of this insect.  Come join us to learn
more about these beautiful butterflies!



We meet at 7:00 pm at the Zilker Botanical Garden Center.



*Announcements:*

*Membership dues for 2012 are now due!*

* *

Happy New Year to all! As we start a new year of adventures and exciting
talks, it is time to renew memberships with the Austin Butterfly Forum.

The Austin Butterfly Forum, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to
butterfly conservation and to enriching lives through butterflies.

We are a community of butterfly enthusiasts who also enjoy dragonflies and
other invertebrates. In addition to our monthly meetings and educational
presentations, we organize field trips, conduct butterfly counts, promote
butterfly gardening, and perform conservation activities. We meet on
the 4thMonday of each month at the Zilker Botanical Garden Center.

Most talks are free to the general public, but membership in the club has
some valuable benefits. Members receive our newsletter, and there are
occasional activities for members only, such as butterfly walks and field
trips with visiting experts. Members receive discounts on participation in
events such as the annual 4th of July Butterfly Count.



See the club’s website for more information:
http://www.austinbutterflies.org/home.

Membership is only $20 annually *per household*, payable to the Austin
Butterfly Forum.  [Please see the details on the website, or see Doris Hill
at our next meeting.]

If you are already a member, please renew your membership soon. If you are
not a member, we hope that you will consider joining us!

*Upcoming events:*

*Monday, Feb 27, meeting and presentation: Nature Photography.* Steve
Schwartzman. 7:00 pm at the Zilker Botanical Garden Center.

* *

*Monday, Mar 26, meeting and presentation: Finding Butterflies in Ecuador*.
Ron Martin.* *7:00 pm at the Zilker Botanical Garden Center.

* *

For more information on upcoming meetings and field trips, see
http://www.austinbutterflies.org/Calendar, or call *Mike Quinn at (512)
577-0250. ***

* *



Peg Wallace

ABF Publicity

abfannounce AT gmail.com

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Subject: Streaky Skipper at National Butterfly Center, 1/16/12
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:08:50 -0800
This afternoon at NABA's National Butterfly Center, Ginny found a Streaky 
Skipper (Celotes nessus) on the Blue Boneset blossoms, while the rest of us 
were gossiping at the bird-feeding station.   A life bug for Bill and Dottie, 
this species is often uncommon in the LRGV, mostly seen in spring. 


Mike Rickard
Mission, TX

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Subject: Santa Ana Butterfly Walk, 1/11/12
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:52:56 -0800
I apologize for the late posting.  I've been having formatting problems for a 
while on posts to the list-serve, and haven't yet found an elegant solution, 
but maybe a work-around. 


On the Wednesday butterfly walk last week we were joined at first by Lloyd from 
Vancouver, but since he had only an hour free we spent our time in the Visitor 
Center butterfly garden, where Ginny was doing some weeding. Unfortunately, 
there were few butterflies active at 10 AM, despite relatively warm 
temperatures.  Later in the morning, we were joined by Tom from Virginia, who 
had been down in the refuge.  By noon there was quite a bit of butterfly 
activity in the garden, and for the morning we ended up seeing 31 species.  The 
highlight was a Red-bordered Pixe, rarely seen within the refuge since it's 
known local hostplant, Guamuchil (Pithecellobium dulce), is a non-native and 
does not occur in Santa Ana.  Other nice finds were several Dusky-blue 
Groundstreaks, which had been scarce in recent weeks, and a Mexican Yellow. 


At present, the weather folks are predicting cool temperatures for this 
Wednesday, but we will still look for butterflies, dragonflies, birds, or just 
enjoy being in the refuge.  Butterfly walks start at 10 AM, meeting in the 
Visitor Center. 


Mike Rickard
Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR

Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne)
Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus)
Laviana White-Skipper (Heliopetes laviana)
Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima)
Julia's Skipper (Nastra julia)
Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)
Mexican Yellow (Eurema mexicana)
Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe)
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)
Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon)
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)
Reakirt's Blue (Echinargus isola)
Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)
Rounded Metalmark (Calephelis perditalis)
Red-bordered Pixie (Melanis pixe)
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Mexican Bluewing (Myscelia ethusa)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)

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Subject: Blomfild's Beauty @ Estero
From: John Yochum <petsbirdsnature AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:50:51 -0800
Although the Park is technically closed Mondays (ie the grounds are open, but 
the main headquarters and headquarters bathrooms are locked, no personnel, just 
pay at the kiosk on the brick sidewalk) I thought I'd pass along for 
out-of-state visitors on limited schedules the news of another(?) Blomfild's 
Beauty on the bait log at the first RV site (Park Host Rick Snider).  Thanks, 
Ranger Rick, for keeping that station going even during those improbable cold 
snaps! 

 
John Yochum
Park Ranger IV at Estero Llano Grande State Park
Harlingen TX

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Subject: Two-tailed Swallowtails in January!
From: Dan Hardy <dhh787 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:31:25 -0800
Bill Dempwolf and I found two out-of-season Two-tailed Swallowtail caterpillars 
feeding on a small Wafer Ash (Ptelea trifoliata) in the Barton Creek Greenbelt 
Saturday.   Mid January! I was amazed.   The eggs must have been laid in 
December or maybe late November. 



https://picasaweb.google.com/dhh787/TwoTailedSwallowtailCaterpillarzOutOfSeasonJanuary14152012?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCIG2pJzHlKaBdQ&feat=directlink 



The wafer ash had a terrible summer and fall and most had lost all their 
leaves.    In late November and December there were rains and a few Wafer Ash 
put out new leaves and even some flowers, a sort of second Spring.   But 
Nov/Dec were way late for adult Two-tailed Swallowtails.  I saw no adults at 
that time.    I did find some caterpillars in late November/early November on 
the few Wafer Ash that had kept their leaves all summer and fall.   These trees 
were under canopy along the creek.  So those caterpillar were from eggs were 
laid in October, the usual flight time for Two-tailed Swallowtails. 


This area of the greenbelt has had multiple freezes during the nights and early 
morning.   Sometimes to the low 20s.  I'm amazed these caterpillar survived! 


--Dan Hardy
 
Two-tailed Swallowtail caterpillarz out-of-seas...


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Subject: Anyone Have Camera Recommendations?
From: "[Bill Dempwolf]" <bdempwolf AT AUSTIN.RR.COM>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:01:38 -0600
I'm getting more and more interested in immatures, and plan to do more
rearing this year.  I would like to get a decent camera that will take good
photos of eggs and larvae (as well as adults, of course).  I would
appreciate any recommendations for what camera I should consider.

Bill Dempwolf

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Subject: Ruddy Daggerwing @ Estero
From: John Yochum <John.Yochum AT TPWD.STATE.TX.US>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:40:44 -0600
Yesterday's scheduled Butterfly Walk saw ZERO butterflies or dragonflies
because of the cold windy weather, but leaders Rick & May Snider
followed through by turning it into a fascinating Bird Walk for the
people that showed up for it anyway.  

TODAY (a Bird Walk day) started with a Great Purple Hairstreak,
photographed by NRS Kyle O'Haver, and THEN Dan Jones found a wonderful
RUDDY DAGGERWING on the entry brick sidewalk, nectaring furiously on the
Mistflower oblivious to those (including me!) photographing it!  

What a difference a day makes!

John Yochum
Park Ranger IV
Estero Llano Grande State Park
Weslaco TX 
956-565-3919
 
January 1:  New Year's Day Hike 8:30am 
Breakfast with the Birds, Saturdays: Jan 14 and Jan 28  8:30am 
Digiscoping on the Deck, Tuesdays: Jan 10 and Jan 24 1-4pm
Bird Walks Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8:30am
Butterfly/Dragonfly Walks, Fridays 1:30pm
Electric Bus Tours, Sundays at 2pm, or call to arrange your own time
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Subject: Sweet li'l sesiid from NM
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:41:40 -0600
Shot during the TAMUIC open house. Moth occurs in Lea Co., New
Mexico's southeast-most county so it should be in Texas as well, but
Charles Bordelon said there are no known Texas records yet...

"Scarlet Borer Moth" (?)
Calasesia coccinea (Beutenmüller)
http://bugguide.net/node/view/606368

Mike Quinn, Austin
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Subject: Re: Rare moth desc. fm Austin, refound 90 yrs later s. of San Antonio
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:40:18 -0600
Bob Patterson reports three additional records from Baja California in
the following sesiid fascicle:

Eichlin, T.D. and W.D. Duckworth. 1988. Fascicle 5.1 Sesioidea:
Sesiidae in Dominick et al. The moths of America north of Mexico. E.
W. Classey Ltd. London. 176 pp.

Moth Photographers Group
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=2541

From the Moths of North Dakota website: "The synthesis of sex
pheromones of these moths has revolutionized collecting in that
previously, less common species were rarely collected, and then, never
in series necessary for comparative study."

So this moth doesn't appear to respond to existing sex pheromone syntheses...

Mike Quinn, Austin

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From: Mike Quinn 
Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:23 PM
Subject: Rare moth desc. fm Austin, refound 90 yrs later s. of San Antonio
To: TXBL 


One of the bugs I shot while at the TAMU Insect Coll. annual open house...

It's a diurnal moth that Ed Riley caught in 1992 as it flew by him
while in the field one county south of San Antonio. It wasn't until
1996 that Ed ID'ed ("determined") it as a moth that was described in
1900 from a single specimen collected in "Austin, Texas."

Magnificent Squash Vine Borer
Melittia magnifica Beutenmüller
Pic: http://bugguide.net/node/view/606111
Info: http://bugguide.net/node/view/606091

It may still be only the second known specimen...

Mike Quinn, Austin
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Subject: Rare moth desc. fm Austin, refound 90 yrs later s. of San Antonio
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:23:52 -0600
One of the bugs I shot while at the TAMU Insect Coll. annual open house...

It's a diurnal moth that Ed Riley caught in 1992 as it flew by him
while in the field one county south of San Antonio. It wasn't until
1996 that Ed ID'ed ("determined") it as a moth that was described in
1900 from a single specimen collected in "Austin, Texas."

Magnificent Squash Vine Borer
Melittia magnifica Beutenmüller
Pic: http://bugguide.net/node/view/606111
Info: http://bugguide.net/node/view/606091

It may still be only the second known specimen...

Mike Quinn, Austin
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Subject: Fwd: First Oklahoma + Texas Entoblitz, April 27-29th, 2012
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 11:26:57 -0600
All,

See Dr. Menard's invitation to an OK-TX EntoBlitz at the end of April just
n. of Dallas on the Red River.

The University of Oklahoma Biological Station - home page
http://www.ou.edu/uobs/

University of Okla Biological Sta.
1074 Ou Road, Kingston, OK
Map: http://bit.ly/wBWpMj
(Just over the Red R. from DFW)

To get a beetle/Heteropteran-centric view of what at the UOBS,
here's some pix of the Red R. entomo-fauna 75 mi to the east:
http://bit.ly/AjRzEY (Note, there are no ABBs at the UOBS)

Mike Quinn, Austin

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From: Menard, Katrina L. 
Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Subject: First Oklahoma + Texas Entoblitz, April 27-29th, 2011 [sic]


  Hi Everyone,
      This is an initial email invitation to the first ever joint Oklahoma
and Texas Entoblitz being held at the University of Oklahoma Biological
Station this April 27th-29th, 2012. Entoblitz is a yearly entomology-based
rapid biological survey organized by the Texas A&M University Entomology
Graduate Student Organization (EGSO), and examples of past events that they
have organized over the years in Texas can be found at this
site.
It is an opportunity for professional, amateur, and students of entomology
to meet, greet, collect, and network with scientists, and will be the first
time to occur across the Red River.
        This year because of the close proximity of the OU Biological
station to scientists in both states, my TAMU alumni status and current
University of Oklahoma employment, and the lingering effects of the drought
and heat-wave in Texas, TAMU collection manager Ed Riley, TAMU graduate
student Ben Diehl and I decided it would be a great opportunity to host the
blitz here on the border of Oklahoma. Even though the blitz is
unfortunately the weekend after the OAS spring meeting, we hope that its
possible for some of you to do a joint attendence.
          As things progress over the next few weeks, we'll be putting out
more information about the blitz and will either update the Entoblitz
website directly (or I will supplement it with a page on the SNOMNH website
in Recent Invertebrates). There will be two options for housing for the
duration of the blitz: camp at Juniper Point (pets, RV's allowed) or stay
at the station (beds and linens provided, but no pets or camping). At least
one meal (Saturday night) will be a combined dinner prepared by OU's dining
services. The OU station will be the central site of organization, but
collecting will be accomplished there and additional nearby localities.
            Please feel free to contact me (kmenard AT ou.edu) for any
questions. Further, if you think you may or may not attend, whether you
would like to stay at the Station ($25 a night) or camp (group camping
rates apply) a preliminary estimate of attendees would be appreciated.
                 Thank you for your time!
                            Katrina
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Dr. Katrina Menard
Collections Manager of Recent Invertebrates
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
University of Oklahoma
Kmenard AT ou.edu
(405) 325-8534

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Subject: Pix from Texas A&M Insect Coll. Open House
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 17:09:22 -0600
Yesterday was the annual open house. I believe a good time was had by all!

https://picasaweb.google.com/108896707105682448113/TAMUICOpenHouse2012
or: http://bit.ly/wp18yl

Mike Quinn, Austin
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Subject: monarch catepillars
From: Theresa <blubayou2001 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 17:00:38 -0800
I found 3 catepillars on the paltry remains of the Tropical Milkweed in the 
yard today. 

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/panamabirder/Monarchs?authkey=Gv1sRgCIvz1Jnaxc-nDA# 



Theresa Bayoud
Austin, Texas

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Subject: Santa Ana NWR Butterfly Walk, 1/4/12
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:19:07 -0800
We had a beautiful sunny morning for the first butterfly walk of the year 
yesterday at Santa Ana NWR.  We were joined by Daryl and Annette and daughter 
Margo,  of Kansas.  This was their first visit to the  LRGV and Santa Ana. 
 Butterflies were quite scarce until we returned to the Visitor Center garden 
after noon, but there were many birds and a few dragonflies, so the walk wasn't 
boring.  We covered the north shore of Willow Lake and the old manager's 
residence site. 


The highlight of the walk was a Gray Cracker on a hackberry tree along the 
maintenance road behind the Visitor Center.  This butterfly is one of the 
specialties not often seen in the refuge.  Also nice were 2 Dorantes Longtails 
in the butterfly garden. Red Admirals were common along the trails and on the 
bait logs near the garden.  We had 25 species in total.  The butterfly garden 
is in fine shape, with a number of plants in bloom, and should be checked 
during the sunnier part of the day.  The refuge is looking greener due to the 
recent rains but the only nectar sources were a few asters. 


Mike Rickard
Volunteer, Santa Ana NWR

Dorantes Longtail (Urbanus dorantes)

Brown Longtail (Urbanus procne)
White Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus albescens)
Tropical Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus oileus)

Southern Skipperling (Copaeodes minima)

Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala)

Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)

Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)

Lyside Sulphur (Kricogonia lyside)

Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)

Mimosa Yellow (Pyrisitia nise) 
Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe)

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Ceraunus Blue (Hemiargus ceraunus)

Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis)

American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)

Gray Cracker (Hamadryas februa)

White Peacock (Anatria jatrophae)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Phaon Crescent (Phyciodes phaon)

Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)

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Subject: TAMU Insect Collection Open House this Saturday
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:03:53 -0600
FYI,

Map to the HEEP Center: http://bit.ly/z0E2FC
The TAMU Insect Collection is on the second floor.

Also, Joel of Austin is looking for a ride. If anyone can help him, please
contact him at:

Joel Hallan
jhallan AT austin.rr.com
512-338-0544

Thanks, Mike Quinn


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From: Ed Riley 
Date: Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:13 PM
Subject: TAMU Insect Collection Open House
To: TX-ENTO AT listserv.uh.edu

RE: TAMU Insect Collection open house, January 7, 2011

Dear Colleagues:

You are cordially invited to the annual "open house" of the Texas A&M
University Insect Collection to meet with others who share an interest in
the study of Texas insects. This is the 24th consecutive annual meeting,
and we hope to have another excellent gathering this year. Each year our
meeting attracts a diverse group of people - professional and amateur -
with a broad range of interests. There is no formal program, but it will be
a chance to show off new curiosities, and to catch up on the past year's
news and collecting stories. Please feel free to invite newcomers who share
our interest.

The event will be held on Saturday, January 7th. The entire day will be
spent at the Minnie Belle Heep Building (a.k.a., “ the  Heep

Center”). 

Starting time will be around 9 to 10 AM.  Meeting areas will be available
on the 2nd floor of the atrium adjacent to the TAMU Insect Collection room
(Room 216). Lunch will be on your own. The atrium meeting areas and the
Texas A&M University Insect Collection will be open for the remainder of
the afternoon.

Parking will be available in lot no. 67 on the east side of the building.
No special permit is required for parking on Saturday.

All collections will be open for browsing as usual. If any of you would
like uninterrupted "quality time" working in the collections, I suggest you
arrive a day early or stay a day late. Please let me know in advance, and I
will make arrangements for collection access on Friday evening and/or the
following Sunday morning.

Spread the word. Hope to see you on January 7th!

Sincerely,
Edward G. Riley
Associate Curator
office: (979) 845-9711
e-mail: egrchryso AT tamu.edu
 
Map 


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Subject: Butterfly list for 2011 at Lick Creek Park
From: Ro Wauer <rowauer AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 07:57:09 -0800
Butterflies Found in Lick Creek Park during 2011

The following butterflies were recorded at Lick Creek Park, Brazos County, TX 
on 34 two to four hour visits from February 21 to Dec. 29, 2011. Species and 
numbers were less than expected, primarily because of the drought conditions 
that prevailed throughout the Brazos Valley. Species numbers per visit reflect 
those conditions. Five species were found on Feb. 21, 16 on March 23, 10 on 
March 24, 22 on March 29, 25 on April 1, 26 on April 5, 27 on April 12, 21 on 
April 20, 17 on May 4, 15 on May 17, 23 (peak) on May 26, 20 on May 31, 5 on 
June 10, 5 on June 15, 9 on June 20, 5 on July 1, 12 on July 2 (“July 4 
Countâ€), 6 on July 8, 6 on July 6, 7 on July 25, 1 on Aug. 10, 1 on Aug. 19, 
2 on Aug. 23, 1 on Sept. 1, 2 on Sept. 12, 4 on Sept. 20, 8 on Sept. 28, 10 on 
Oct. 11, 17 on Oct. 15, 14 on Oct. 31, 11 on Nov. 9, 4 on Dec. 8, 5 on Dec. 22, 
and 3 on Dec. 29. Photographs were obtained for all species.     


This list follows the order of listing and scientific names from “A Catalogue 
of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada†by Jonathan P. Pelham, 
2008. Common names follow those from “Butterflies of North America†by Jim 
P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman, 2003. – Ro Wauer, Friends of Lick Creek Park 
member.   


1. Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus): 1 on March 29; 1 on May 26.
2. Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus): 1 on April 11; 1 on June 22; 1 on 
July 20. 

3. Northern Cloudywing (T. pylades): 2 on March 23; 8 on March 29; 5 on April 
1; 2 on April 5; 2 on May 4; 1 on June 20; 4 on July 1; 3 on July 2; 4 on July 
8; 2 on July 25; 1 on Sept. 12; 1 on Sept. 20. 

4. Confused Cloudywing (T. confusis): 1 on April 5.
5. Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis): 1 on March 23; 1 on April 1; 1 on 
April 12. 

6. Horace’s Duskywing (E. horatius): 6 on March 11; 6 on March 23; 4 on March 
29; 2 on April 1; 1 on April 5; 1 on April 12; 3 on May 4; 2 on May 26; 2 on 
May 31; 1 on July 2; 1 on Oct. 15. 

7. Funereal Duskywing (E. funeralis): 1 on April 5; 1 on April 12; 1 on April 
12; 3 on May 4; 2 on May 26; 2 on May 31; 1 on Oct. 15. 

8. Wild Indigo Duskywing (E. baptisiae): 1 on March 29. 
9.  Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis): 2 on March 23; 2 on April 1; 2 
on April 5; 1 on April 20; 5 on May 

4; 6 on May 17; 6 on May 26; 2 on May 31. 
10. Brazilian Skipper (Calpodes ethius): 1 on July 2.
11. Ocola Skipper (Panoquina ocola): 1 on Oct. 31.
12. Common Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes vialis): 2 on March 29; 1 on April 1; 
1 on April 2;1 on May 31;1 on July 25. 

13. Celia’s Roadside-Skipper (A. celia): 2 on March 23; 2 on March 29; 2 on 
April 1; 3 on April 5; 4 on April 12; 1 on April 20; 3 on May 31; 6 on July 1; 
5 on July 2; 3 on July 8; 2 on July 20; 5 on July 25; 4 on Aug. 19; 2 on Aug. 
23; 4 on Sept. 12; 5 on Sept. 28; 2 on Oct. 11; 1 on Oct. 15. 

14. Bell’s Roadside-Skipper (A. belli): 1 on April 2; 2 on May 31.
15. Eufala Skipper (Lerodea eufala): 1 on May 26; 1 on May 31.
16. Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius): 1 on March 23; 3 on March 29; 6 on April 
1; 6 on April 5; 2 on April 12; 1 on May 26; 1 on May 31; 5 on June 15; 1 on 
July 1; 2 on July 2; 1 on July 20; 10 on July 25; 1 on Aug. 10; 1 on Sept. 1; 1 
on Sept. 20; 1 on Sept. 28; 1 on Oct. 15; 3 on Oct. 31.  

17. Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus): 1 on April 2; 2 on May 4; 7 on May 26; 2 
on May 31, 1 on Oct. 11; 1 on Oct. 31. 

18. Whirlabout (Polites vibex): 1 on May 4.
19. Southern Broken-Dash (Wallengrenia otho): 4 on May 26; 14 on May 31; 4 on 
June 10; 2 on June 20; 1 on July 1; 2 on July 2; 4 on Sept. 28; 4 on Oct. 11; 1 
on Oct. 15; 1 on Oct. 31. 

20. Sachem (Atalopedes campestris): 2 on April 5; 3 on May 26; 1 on May 31; 1 
on June 10; 1 on June 

20; 1 on Nov. 9.
21. Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris): 4 on April 5; 5 on April 12; 1 on May 17; 2 
on May 26; 2 on May 31; 4 on June 20; 9 on July 1; 1 on July 2; 8 on July 8; 5 
on July 25; 3 on Oct. 11. 

22. Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor): 1 on March 29; 2 on April 1; 2 on 
April 5; 1 on April 12; 1 on April 20; 2 on May 26; 1 on July 2; 1 on Sept. 20; 
1 on Sept. 28; 2 on Oct. 11; 1 on Oct. 15; 1 on Oct. 31; 1 on Nov. 9. 

23. Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxyenes): 2 on Feb. 21; 5 on March 11; 2 on 
March 23; 2 on March 29; 1 on April 1; 2 on April 5; 2 on April 12; 3 on April 
13; 1 on May 4. 

24. Giant Swallowtail (P. cresphontes): 1 on April 5; 1 on April 20; 1 on May 
17. 

25. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (P. glaucus): 3 on March 11; 1 on March 29; 2 on 
April 5; 1 on April 12; 1 on April 20; 1 on May 31; 1 on July 20. 

26. Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole): 2 on April 5; 1 on Oct. 11; 1 on Oct. 15; 5 
on Oct. 31; 10 on Nov. 9; 12 on Dec. 8; 3 on Dec. 29 

27. Sleepy Orange (Abaeis nicippe): 1 on May 26; 1 on June 15; 2 on July 2; 1 
on Oct. 15. 

28. Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa): 1 on May 17; 1 on July 2; 1 on July 8; 1 on 
July 20; 2 on Oct. 11; 4 on Oct. 15; 2 on Nov. 9; 4 on Dec. 8; 1 on Dec. 22. 

29. Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme): 1 on Feb. 21; 2 on March 11; 2 on March 
23; 2 on March 29; 4 on April 1; 4 on April 5; 5 on April 12; 5 on April 20; 4 
on Dec. 8. 

30. Southern Dogface (Zerene cesonia): 2 on April 20; 3 on May 4.
31. Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae): 2 on April 1; 1 on April 12; 1 on May 
31; 1 on Sept. 28; 1 on Oct. 15; 

1 on Dec. 29.
32. Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea): 18 on March 11. 
33. Northern Oak Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius ontario): 25+ on April 20; 6 on 
May 4. 

34. Striped Hairstreak (S. liparops): 1 on May 4.
35. Henry’s Elfin (Callophrys henrici): 1 on Feb. 28; 65+ on March 11; 2 on 
March 23; 1 on April 1; 2 on April 5. 

36. Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops): 1 on Feb. 21; 3 on March 11; 30+ 
on March 23; 5 on March 29; 7 on April 1; 20+ on April 5; 8 on April 12; 3 on 
April 20; 1 on May 4; 4 on May 26; 5 on May 31; 2 on June 10; 3 on June 20; 2 
on July 2; 1 on Oct. 19; 1 on Oct. 31. 

37. Dusky-blue Groundstreak (C. isobeon): 2 on April 5; 2 on April 12; 1 on 
Oct. 31. 

38. Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus): 5 on March 11; 1 on March 23; 3 on March 
29; 1 on April 1; 2 on April 5; 1 on April 12; 1 on April 20; 1 on May 4; 1 on 
May 26; 2 on May 31; 1 on July 2; 1 on Sept. 28; 1 on Oct. 11. 

39. Marine Blue (Leptotes marina): 3 on May 26. 
40. Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas): 3 on April 1; 3 on April 5; 1 on 
April 20. 

41. Reakirt’s Blue (Echinargus isola): 30+ on May 26; 1 on May 31.
42. American Snout (Libytheana carinenta): 1 on Feb. 21.
43. Monarch (Danaus plexippus): 6 on March 29; 6 on April 1; 5 on April 5; 1 on 
April 20; 2 on May 26; 2 on Sept. 28; 1 on Oct. 11. 

44. Queen (D. gilippus): 1 on March 29; 1 on Oct. 31.
45. Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae): 1 on April 1; 1 on July 20; 1 on Sept. 
20; 1 on Sept. 28; 2 on Oct. 11; 3 on Oct. 31; 5 on Nov. 9; 1 on Dec. 22.  

46. Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta hegesia): 1 on April 12; 3 on May 4; 1 on 
July 25; 1 on Oct. 15; 1 on Nov. 9; 1 on Dec. 22. 

47. Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis): 9 on April 12; 4 on April 20; 1 on 
May 17; 1 on May 26; 1 on July 2; 1 on Oct. 11; 1 on Oct. 15; 1 on Oct. 31; 1 
on Nov. 9. 

48. American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis): 1 on March 11; 2 on March 23.  
49. Painted Lady (V. cardui): 1 on Nov. 9.
50. Red Admiral (V. atalanta): 1 on Oct. 11; 1 on Oct. 15; 6 on Oct. 31; 9 on 
Nov. 9; 3 on Dec. 8; 2 on Dec. 22; 1 on Dec. 29. 

51. Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa): 1 on March 11; 3 on April 20.
52. Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis): 1 on Feb. 15; 2 on Feb. 21; 7 on 
March 11; 1 on March 23; 1 on March 29; 8 on April 12; 1 on April 20; 1 on May 
4; 1 on Nov. 9.  

53. Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia): 1 on March 23; 2 on March 29; 5 on April 
1; 4 on April 5; 14 on April 12; 8 on April 20; 2 on May 4; 3 on May 17; 2 on 
May 26; 2 on May 31; 2 on June 10; 1 on Oct. 15; 1 on Oct. 31; 1 on Nov. 9; 2 
on Dec. 22. 

54. Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteris): 8 on March 18; 25+ on March 23; 
250+ on March 29; 100+ on April 1; 200+ on April 5; 50+ on April 12; 10 on May 
17; 3 on May 26; 3 on May 31; 5 on Oct. 31. 

55. Phaon Crescent (Phycoides phaon): 1 on April 1; 3 on May 4; 10 on May 17; 
21 on May 26. 

56. Pearl Crescent (P. tharos): 20+ on May 4; 8 on May 17; 4 on May 26; 12 on 
May 31; 1 on June 10; 1 on July 25; 1 on Aug. 23. 

57. Goatweed Leafwing (Aenea andria): 14 on March 11; 5 on March 23; 4 on April 
1; 5 on April 5; 3 on April 12; 1 on April 20; 1 on May 4; 9 on May 17; 1 on 
May 31; 1 on June 20; 1 on Oct. 15. 

58. Gemmed Satyr (Cyllopsis gemma): 1 on March 11; 5 on March 29; 1 on April 1; 
5 on April 5; 3 on April 12; 1 on April 20; 1 on May 4; 9 on May 17; 1 on May 
31. 

59. Carolina Satyr (Hermeuptychia sosybius): 7 on March 23; 6 on March 29; 5 on 
April 1; 7 on April 5; 2 on April 12; 2 on May 17; 1 on June 20. 

60. Little Wood-Satyr (Megisto cymela): 20+ on March 23; 20+ on March 29; 10 on 
April 1; 30+ on April 5; 12 on April 12; 4 on May 17.   


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Subject: National Butterfly Center
From: Norman Winter <gardenguy2000 AT AOL.COM>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:36:31 -0500
The National Butterfly Center will be open tomorrow. Come celebrate in 
appropriate fashion. 


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Subject: Blomfild's Beauty in Mission
From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:31:32 -0600
A Blomfild's Beauty was at the NBC in Mission, Hidalgo Co., today. I do not 
know whether or not the National Butterfly Center will be open tomorrow. 


David Dauphin
Mission, TX
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Subject: Re: Way early moth ID'ed
From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:31:16 -0600
CB is just too darn good...He new the early moth right off...Gorgeous
little critters but it seems so early even by Mike's website??  I should
have photo'ed

http://www.texasento.net/Psychomorpha.htm

Brush



On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Brush Freeman wrote:

>   This afternoon I noted two small compact diurnal and beautiful moths
> (forget the name) feeding on pear blooms that was fooled into blooming by
> recent rains and the warm weather.  I normally do not see them until the
> wild plum and hop bushes begin to bloom.  73 here today....Yea!.  Also
> neighbor has first crocus bloom  when I went over to feed their cats.
>
> --
> Brush Freeman
> 361-655-7641
> http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
> Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,Texas
>
>
>


-- 
Brush Freeman
361-655-7641
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,Texas

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Subject: West Coast Lady in Mission, 12/29/11.
From: Mike Rickard <folksinger4 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:21:11 -0800
I went to NABA's National Butterfly Center this afternoon hoping for the 
Compton Tortoiseshell, which was a no-show, but I was delighted to find a West 
Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)!  This is a pretty rare stray to the LRGV from 
the West Coast.  Several people were able to see and photograph this somewhat 
worn individual, including the Dauphins, Dan Jones, Director Norman Winter, and 
others.  Photos are on the NBC Facebook page. 

Mike Rickard
Mission, TX

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Subject: Way early moth
From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:08:43 -0600
  This afternoon I noted two small compact diurnal and beautiful moths
(forget the name) feeding on pear blooms that was fooled into blooming by
recent rains and the warm weather.  I normally do not see them until the
wild plum and hop bushes begin to bloom.  73 here today....Yea!.  Also
neighbor has first crocus bloom  when I went over to feed their cats.

-- 
Brush Freeman
361-655-7641
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,Texas

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Subject: Blomfild's Beauty seen today at the NBC in Mission, TX
From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:01:10 -0600
Several folks got to see and photograph a Blomfild's Beauty at NABA's National 
Butterfly Center in Mission, Hidalgo Co., today. Hope it hangs around until the 
1st. 

David Dauphin

Mission, TX
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Subject: Blomfild's Beauty seen today in Mission, Hidalgo Co.
From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:57:32 -0600
Several folks got to see and photograph a Blomfild's Beauty at NABA's National 
Butterfly Center in Mission, Hidalgo Co., today. Hope it hangs around until the 
1st. 


David Dauphin
Mission, TX
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Subject: Re: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX
From: Alan Wormington <wormington AT JUNO.COM>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:13:55 -0500
Everyone,

Is this occurrence really any more unusual than that record I see mapped
for northern Florida?

Compton Tortoiseshell is well known for its unusual migrations /
movements, so I would not discount this Texas record quite yet.

Then again, one must counter this with the possibility that the butterfly
was hibernating on / within a mobile home via a Texas Snowbird recently
arriving from up north.

Alan Wormington
Leamington, Ontario




On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:13:29 -0600 Mike Quinn 
writes:
> Facebook pix:
> 
>
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=314165991950466&set=a.31416593195
0472.78827.201248783242188&type=1&theater
> or: http://on.fb.me/urazEA
> 
>
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=314166025283796&set=a.31416593195
0472.78827.201248783242188&type=1&theater
> or: http://on.fb.me/v3LetU
> 
> It is really not possible that this bug got to southmost Texas in a
> conventional way. As it is likely to have been the only one to have
> been transported to this region, it should be unable to reproduce...
> 
> Mike Quinn, Austin
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mike Quinn 
> Date: Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 1:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center 
> in
> Mission, TX
> To: TXBL 
> 
> 
> Dear Norman,
> 
> Nymphalis l-album (=vaualbum) does not occur in Texas or south there 
> of...
> 
> http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Nymphalis-vaualbum
> 
> Mike Quinn, Austin
> ________________
> Texas Entomology
> http://texasento.net
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Norman Winter 
> Date: Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 3:22 PM
> Subject: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in 
> Mission, TX
> To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu
> 
> 
> Today is the second day in a row that a Compton Tortiseshell has 
> been
> seen at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas
> 
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Subject: Re: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:13:29 -0600
Facebook pix:


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=314165991950466&set=a.314165931950472.78827.201248783242188&type=1&theater 

or: http://on.fb.me/urazEA


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=314166025283796&set=a.314165931950472.78827.201248783242188&type=1&theater 

or: http://on.fb.me/v3LetU

It is really not possible that this bug got to southmost Texas in a
conventional way. As it is likely to have been the only one to have
been transported to this region, it should be unable to reproduce...

Mike Quinn, Austin

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mike Quinn 
Date: Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in
Mission, TX
To: TXBL 


Dear Norman,

Nymphalis l-album (=vaualbum) does not occur in Texas or south there of...

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Nymphalis-vaualbum

Mike Quinn, Austin
________________
Texas Entomology
http://texasento.net


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Norman Winter 
Date: Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Subject: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX
To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu


Today is the second day in a row that a Compton Tortiseshell has been
seen at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas

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Subject: Re: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:30:50 -0600
Dear Norman,

Nymphalis l-album (=vaualbum) does not occur in Texas or south there of...

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Nymphalis-vaualbum

Mike Quinn, Austin
________________
Texas Entomology
http://texasento.net


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Norman Winter 
Date: Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Subject: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX
To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu


Today is the second day in a row that a Compton Tortiseshell has been
seen at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas

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Subject: (Another) Blomfild's@Estero
From: John Yochum <John.Yochum AT TPWD.STATE.TX.US>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:00:16 -0600
Well, we found a dead Blomfild's Beauty on the road in front of the
baited log where we had become accustomed to seeing him... and yesterday
(Wednesday, the day of our Christmas Bird Count) ANOTHER Blomfild's was
seen fluttering around the same hanging log!

Life is good.

John Yochum
Park Ranger IV
Estero Llano Grande State Park
Weslaco TX 
956-565-3919
 
 
Breakfast with the Birds, Saturday Dec 17  8:30am
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Subject: Compton Tortiseshell Seen at National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX
From: Norman Winter <gardenguy2000 AT AOL.COM>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:22:29 -0500
Today is the second day in a row that a Compton Tortiseshell has been seen at 
the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas 


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Subject: Urania Moth @ Valley Nature Center in Weslaco
From: John Yochum <John.Yochum AT TPWD.STATE.TX.US>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:25:47 -0600
David Godfrey found a URANIA MOTH in the Academy parking lot in Weslaco TX, and 
took it to Valley Nature Center. All of us at Estero Llano Grande State Park 
rushed over to see it, since it is so rare in the US. Mike Quinn's page is 
excellent for showing previous US records: 
http://www.texasento.net/Urania.html#United . It's a cold 55 degrees today! For 
all the Facebookers out there, I did post a photo to my Facebook as well as 
"Mothing and Moth-watching," also on Facebook 
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/137219092972521/). 


Merry Christmas!

John Yochum
Park Ranger IV
Estero Llano Grande State Park
Weslaco TX 
956-565-3919
 
 
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Bunuelo Bites, Caroling and Christmas Lights, Saturday Dec 17 6:30pm
Digiscoping on the Deck, Tuesday Dec 13
Bird Walks Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8:30am
Butterfly/Dragonfly Walks, Fridays 1:30pm
Electric Bus Tours, Sundays at 2pm, or call to arrange your own time
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Subject: Re: "Butterflies of America" 2011
From: Alex Grkovich <agrkovich2003 AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:39:02 -0800
Great work, all...
 
Happy Holidays to all of you as well...
 
Alex
 

________________________________
 From: Nick Grishin 
To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT LISTSERV.UH.EDU 
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:53 PM
Subject: "Butterflies of America" 2011
 
Dear Friends and Colleagues:

With the passing of another year, it is time to reflect on accomplishments and 
look into the future. "Butterflies of America" is a non-profit organization 
with the mission to spread knowledge about butterflies largely by means of the 
BOA website, which currently is an archive of over 150,000 images showing 
specimens, live butterflies, their immatures, foodplants and habitats: 


http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/

Our main efforts are focused on the following:

1) The original, North American butterfly list (which also includes all of 
Central America and the Caribbean) is being expanded with daily additions: 

http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm
Images are included for essentially all taxa, and most show live butterflies
alongside museum specimens.


2) A very exciting development is the inclusion of South American butterflies. 
Thanks to the generosity of many people and organizations, we are now able to 
present a preliminary illustrated listing of the South American taxa: 

http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm

We are currently in the final stages of unifying the North and South American 
lists and image archives, to present All-America butterfly pages in a single 
list. This list, for convenience broken by family, will include over 15,000 
taxa, many illustrated. 


Now, "Butterflies of America" measures up to its name: both continents are 
included, and nowhere else you will find anything like it! True, there are many 
"holes" in the current Neotropical list, both in terms of species coverage by 
images, and updating the list itself to fully include recent developments since 
the publication of the Lamas (2004) catalogue. Addition of English names, 
distribution maps and other various technical developments are also planned. 



3) The Pelham catalogue, which is dedicated to nomenclature and taxonomy of 
American butterflies north of Mexico, and is currently the standard in the 
field, is maintained at BOA: 

http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/US-Can-Cat-1-30-2011.htm

Traditionally, such catalogues have been published only on paper and used for 
many years despite taxonomic advances, discovery of new species and adding new 
records. This changed with the on-line version of the Pelham catalogue. For 
instance the latest version was revised on November 27, 2011 to reflect 
corrections and new discoveries. It is a living, breathing entity that can be 
modified any time an omission is found, or consensus emerges about North 
American butterfly taxa that calls for rearrangements. The catalogue is 
cross-linked with the BOA thumbnail pages to give users quick and convenient 
access to butterfly images. The most recent addition to the list was the 
Pink-spot Sulphur (Aphrissa neleis): 
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/aphrissa_neleis.htm 


If you use our work and value our efforts, please consider making a 
contribution; all your donations are 100% tax deductible, and this 
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http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/donate.htm

Butterflies of America is a labor of love, please support us, and we will 
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Happy Holidays,
                     Andy Warren, Jim Brock, Kim Davis,
                     Nick Grishin, Jonathan Pelham and Mike Stangeland













> Guys, sorry for being late with this, I just was able to finish
> unification of North and South American pages, which is a good thing to
> show off. There are a few bugs there, the worst ones I will eliminate
> later today. Here is a draft of the text that after your changes we should
> post on lists ASAP. Thanks!!! n
> 
> 
> =====================================================================
> 
> A year has passed and here we are again. It is time to reflect on
> accomplishments and look into the future. "Butterflies of America" is a
> non-profit organization with the mission to spread knowledge about
> butterflies largely by means of the BOA website, which currently is an
> image archive of over 150,000 photographs showing specimens, live
> butterflies, their immatures, foodplants and habitats:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/
> 
> Our main efforts are focused on the following:
> 
> 1) The original, North American butterfly list is being worked on with
> daily additions:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm
> Essentially all taxa are covered by images, and most show live butterflies
> alongside with museum specimens.
> 
> 
> 2) One of the most exciting developments is the inclusion of South
> American butterflies. Indeed, what we dreamed about yesterday is reality
> today.
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm
> 
> We just unified North and South American lists and image archives, to
> present All-America butterfly pages. This list, for convenience broken by
> family, reports over 15,000 taxa, and many are illustrated. Check it out!
> These pages came live today!!! E.g.
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Papilionidae.htm
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Papilio_polyxenes_a.htm
> 
> Complete list of all families is also available, but it is very long and
> takes a while to download:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/All.htm
> 
> Now, "Butterflies of America" measures up to its name: both continents are
> included, and nowhere else you will find anything like it! True, there are
> many "holes" in the list, both in terms of species coverage by images, and
> updating the list itself to fully include recent developments since
> publication of Lamas-2004 catalogue. Addition of English names,
> distribution maps and other various technical developments are planned.
> 
> 
> 3) The Pelham catalogue, which is dedicated to nomenclature and taxonomy
> of American butterflies north of Mexico, and is currently the standard in
> the field, is maintained at BOA:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/US-Can-Cat-1-30-2011.htm
> 
> Traditionally, such catalogues have been published only on paper and used
> for many years despite taxonomic advances, discovery of new species and
> adding new records. It all changed with the on-line version of the Pelham
> catalogue. For instance the latest version has been revised on November
> 27, 2011 to reflect corrections and newest finds. It is a living breathing
> entity that can be modified any time an omission is found, or consensus
> emerges about the North American Butterfly taxa that calls for
> rearrangements. The most recent additions to the list was Pink-Spot
> Sulphur (*Aphrissa neleis*):
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/aphrissa_neleis.htm
> The catalogue is cross-linked with the BOA thumbnail pages to give users
> quick and convenient access to butterfly images.
> 
> If you use our work and value our efforts, please contribute, all your
> donations are 100% tax deductible, and this end-of-the-year holiday season
> is a great time to help:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/donate.htm
> 
> Butterflies of America is a labor of love, please vote for us, and we will
> continue "broadcasting" the lists, images and the catalogue for everyone
> to access and study any time.
> 
> Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays,
> 
>                      Andy Warren, Jim Brock, Kim Davis,
>                      Nick Grishin, Jonathan Pelham and Mike Stangeland
> 
> 

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Subject: "Butterflies of America" 2011
From: Nick Grishin <grishin AT CHOP.SWMED.EDU>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 22:53:47 -0600
Dear Friends and Colleagues:

With the passing of another year, it is time to reflect on accomplishments 
and look into the future. "Butterflies of America" is a non-profit 
organization with the mission to spread knowledge about butterflies 
largely by means of the BOA website, which currently is an archive of over 
150,000 images showing specimens, live butterflies, their immatures, 
foodplants and habitats:

http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/

Our main efforts are focused on the following:

1) The original, North American butterfly list (which also includes all of 
Central America and the Caribbean) is being expanded with daily additions:
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm
Images are included for essentially all taxa, and most show live butterflies
alongside museum specimens.


2) A very exciting development is the inclusion of South American 
butterflies. Thanks to the generosity of many people and organizations, we 
are now able to present a preliminary illustrated listing of the South 
American taxa:
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm

We are currently in the final stages of unifying the North and South 
American lists and image archives, to present All-America butterfly pages 
in a single list. This list, for convenience broken by family, will 
include over 15,000 taxa, many illustrated.

Now, "Butterflies of America" measures up to its name: both continents are 
included, and nowhere else you will find anything like it! True, there are 
many "holes" in the current Neotropical list, both in terms of species 
coverage by images, and updating the list itself to fully include recent 
developments since the publication of the Lamas (2004) catalogue. Addition 
of English names, distribution maps and other various technical 
developments are also planned.


3) The Pelham catalogue, which is dedicated to nomenclature and taxonomy 
of American butterflies north of Mexico, and is currently the standard in 
the field, is maintained at BOA:
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/US-Can-Cat-1-30-2011.htm

Traditionally, such catalogues have been published only on paper and used 
for many years despite taxonomic advances, discovery of new species and 
adding new records. This changed with the on-line version of the Pelham 
catalogue. For instance the latest version was revised on November 27, 
2011 to reflect corrections and new discoveries. It is a living, breathing 
entity that can be modified any time an omission is found, or consensus 
emerges about North American butterfly taxa that calls for rearrangements. 
The catalogue is cross-linked with the BOA thumbnail pages to give users 
quick and convenient access to butterfly images. The most recent addition 
to the list was the Pink-spot Sulphur (Aphrissa neleis): 
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/aphrissa_neleis.htm

If you use our work and value our efforts, please consider making a 
contribution; all your donations are 100% tax deductible, and this 
end-of-the-year holiday season is a great time to help:

http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/donate.htm

Butterflies of America is a labor of love, please support us, and we will 
continue "broadcasting" the lists, images and the catalogue for everyone 
to access and study any time.

Happy Holidays,
                      Andy Warren, Jim Brock, Kim Davis,
                      Nick Grishin, Jonathan Pelham and Mike Stangeland













> Guys, sorry for being late with this, I just was able to finish
> unification of North and South American pages, which is a good thing to
> show off. There are a few bugs there, the worst ones I will eliminate
> later today. Here is a draft of the text that after your changes we should
> post on lists ASAP. Thanks!!! n
>
>
> =====================================================================
>
> A year has passed and here we are again. It is time to reflect on
> accomplishments and look into the future. "Butterflies of America" is a
> non-profit organization with the mission to spread knowledge about
> butterflies largely by means of the BOA website, which currently is an
> image archive of over 150,000 photographs showing specimens, live
> butterflies, their immatures, foodplants and habitats:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/
>
> Our main efforts are focused on the following:
>
> 1) The original, North American butterfly list is being worked on with
> daily additions:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm
> Essentially all taxa are covered by images, and most show live butterflies
> alongside with museum specimens.
>
>
> 2) One of the most exciting developments is the inclusion of South
> American butterflies. Indeed, what we dreamed about yesterday is reality
> today.
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm
>
> We just unified North and South American lists and image archives, to
> present All-America butterfly pages. This list, for convenience broken by
> family, reports over 15,000 taxa, and many are illustrated. Check it out!
> These pages came live today!!! E.g.
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Papilionidae.htm
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Papilio_polyxenes_a.htm
>
> Complete list of all families is also available, but it is very long and
> takes a while to download:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/All.htm
>
> Now, "Butterflies of America" measures up to its name: both continents are
> included, and nowhere else you will find anything like it! True, there are
> many "holes" in the list, both in terms of species coverage by images, and
> updating the list itself to fully include recent developments since
> publication of Lamas-2004 catalogue. Addition of English names,
> distribution maps and other various technical developments are planned.
>
>
> 3) The Pelham catalogue, which is dedicated to nomenclature and taxonomy
> of American butterflies north of Mexico, and is currently the standard in
> the field, is maintained at BOA:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/US-Can-Cat-1-30-2011.htm
>
> Traditionally, such catalogues have been published only on paper and used
> for many years despite taxonomic advances, discovery of new species and
> adding new records. It all changed with the on-line version of the Pelham
> catalogue. For instance the latest version has been revised on November
> 27, 2011 to reflect corrections and newest finds. It is a living breathing
> entity that can be modified any time an omission is found, or consensus
> emerges about the North American Butterfly taxa that calls for
> rearrangements. The most recent additions to the list was Pink-Spot
> Sulphur (*Aphrissa neleis*):
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/aphrissa_neleis.htm
> The catalogue is cross-linked with the BOA thumbnail pages to give users
> quick and convenient access to butterfly images.
>
> If you use our work and value our efforts, please contribute, all your
> donations are 100% tax deductible, and this end-of-the-year holiday season
> is a great time to help:
> http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/donate.htm
>
> Butterflies of America is a labor of love, please vote for us, and we will
> continue "broadcasting" the lists, images and the catalogue for everyone
> to access and study any time.
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays,
>
>                      Andy Warren, Jim Brock, Kim Davis,
>                      Nick Grishin, Jonathan Pelham and Mike Stangeland
>
>

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Subject: Fwd: Three new species of Moths from New Mexico
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:12:02 -0600
FYI, Mike Quinn, Austin

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Eric or Pat Metzler 
Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM
Subject: Three new species of Moths from New Mexico

Hi all,

Thanks to great cooperation from the National Park Service, Chris Schmidt,
and Don Lafontaine, I was able, with coauthors, to publish 4 papers and 3
new species of moths from New Mexico.

PDFs of the papers can be downloaded at each of the four links listed here.


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/**46736848/Aleptina%20arenaria.**pdf 


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/**46736848/Elasmia%20cave.pdf 


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/**46736848/Schinia%20poguei.pdf 


http://dl.dropbox.com/u/**46736848/Sparkia%20immacula.**pdf 


Happy Holidays,

Eric

-- 
Eric or Pat Metzler
P.O. Box 45
Alamogordo NM 88311-0045 US
metzlere AT msu.edu

https://sites.google.com/a/**beyondbb.com/metzler/eric-cv 


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Subject: Blomfild's Beauty at Mission
From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:39:49 -0600
Despite the cool weather with mist and overcast skies, a Blomfild's Beauty was 
coming to bait at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, this morning. The 
NBC will be closed on 12/24 and 12/25. 


David Dauphin
Mission, TX
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Subject: Buckmoth photos
From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:56:04 -0600
 have had 3 folks ask about the Port O'Connor Buckmoths which are running
now on nice days until likely the 27-28 , tho they started early this
year...Photos seem scarce online so by request.
https://picasaweb.google.com/104451252411753205600/Silkmoths1

-- 
Brush Freeman
361-655-7641
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,Texas

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Subject: Re: Blomfild's Beauty in Kingsville - Dec. 14
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:46:29 -0600
Hi Sibyl,

Tom's report from Kingsville is a good record, but may not be a "NCR" as
there are a number of records going up the coast:
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Smyrna-blomfildia

See also Perta's record from Port O'Connor:
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/blomfild.html

Thanks for the report. Kingsville is surly an under surveyed region, at
least for non-Odes...

Mike Quinn, Austin
________________
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http://texasento.net


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sibyl Deacon 
Date: Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 9:45 PM
Subject: Blonfild's Beauty in Kingsville
To: TX-BUTTERFLY AT listserv.uh.edu

Tom Langscheid found a Blomfild's Beauty at Kleberg Park three days ago.
This has got to be a county record! To see a picture--contact Tom

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Subject: Blonfild's Beauty in Kingsville
From: Sibyl Deacon <sibyld AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:45:31 -0600
Tom Langscheid found a Blomfild's Beauty at Kleberg Park three days ago. This 
has got to be a county record! To see a picture--contact Tom 

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Subject: Blomfild's Beauty@Estero&Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville
From: John Yochum <John.Yochum AT TPWD.STATE.TX.US>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:37:22 -0600
While our 94 third-graders oohed-and-aahed over a headless rabbit, over their 
noggins danced a huge Blomfild's Beauty, at the same bait log across from our 
Park Hosts, the Sniders. 


While doing the Brownsville Christmas Bird Count, Pat Heirs and I discovered 
another Blomfild's Beauty at the Texas Parks & Wildlife-sponsored kid's zone, 
near (coincidentally) the native gardens and butterfly exhibit! 


John Yochum
Park Ranger IV
Estero Llano Grande State Park
Weslaco TX 
956-565-3919
 
 
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Subject: Re: Uvalde County: Fish Hatchery Monarch
From: Monika Maeckle <butterflybeat AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:26:17 -0600
I've still got Monarch caterpillars on milkweed I brought in from my yard. 
NEver had them this late. 


MM

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 Dec 14, 2011, at 12:06 PM, [Bob Rasa] wrote:

> today, Monarch flying at visitor's pond...also two common buckeyes....and one 
dainty sulphur... 

> 
> Have a great day
> 
> Bob Rasa
> Uvalde 
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Subject: Uvalde County: Fish Hatchery Monarch
From: "[Bob Rasa]" <bobolink AT STX.RR.COM>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:06:53 +0000
today, Monarch flying at visitor's pond...also two common buckeyes....and one 
dainty sulphur... 


Have a great day

Bob Rasa
Uvalde 

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Subject: As always in Port O'Connor....
From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:40:04 -0600
...Santa has brought the Buckmoths.  Despite the drought we had oodles of
them between Port O'Connor and intersection of 1289 and 185 around 3:30P
today   Every single one flying into a south wind toward the bay...We even
hit a couple collide with the truck....A bit early compared to most years.

-- 
Brush Freeman
361-655-7641
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca de los Alacranes., Utley,Texas

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Subject: NEW: Butterfly Guide to Nuevo Leon, Mexico by Sada & Madero
From: Mike Quinn <entomike AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:12:16 -0600
FYI,

Includes datasheet and photographs of 175 species of butterflies of
the most common of the 6 families present in the state.

Foreword by Roberto de la Maza.

How to use the guide field, the records of the past 14 years and peaks
Estanzuela, a glossary and bibliography.

366 pp., laminated cover.
~$21.00 USDollars

Northeastern Mexico is inhabited by a set of special forms of
butterflies which includes Mexican tropical desert and height, which
makes this area an ideal place for observation and research of this
type of fauna.

Guide to the Butterflies of Nuevo Leon, skills to observe, identify
and distinguish the different families and species of butterflies in
the region through the chips  (?) and excellent illustrations that
accompany them. Additionally, the authors provide us with information
about how, when and where to give comments and suggestions to enrich
an urban garden and increase the number of species that visit.

First 19 pp. available here in easy to use format:
http://issuu.com/24design/docs/guia_mariposas

Full guide is available here in PDF format:
http://www.fondoeditorialnl.gob.mx/pdfs/Guiamariposas.pdf

-------------------------

Guía de mariposas de Nuevo León
María de la Luz Sada y Alida Madero

Fondo Editorial de Nuevo León, UANL
Monterrey, N.L., 2011
Suave, 368 pp.

978-607-7577-76-8
Precio: $290.00

El noreste de México está habitado por un conjunto muy especial de
mariposas que comprende formas mexicanas tropicales, desérticas y de
altura, lo cual hace de esta zona un lugar privilegiado para la
observación e investigación de este tipo de fauna.

Con la Guía de mariposas de Nuevo León, aprendrás a observar,
identificar y distinguir las diferentes familias y especies de
mariposas diurnas de la región mediante las fichas y las excelentes
ilustraciones que las acompañan. Adicionalmente, las autoras nos
brindan información acerca de cómo, cuándo y dónde hacer las
observaciones y dan sugerencias para enriquecer un jardín urbano y
aumentar el número de las especies que lo visiten.

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Subject: TAMU Insect Collection Open House January 7, 2011
From: "[Bill Dempwolf]" <bdempwolf AT AUSTIN.RR.COM>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:09:18 -0600
Mike Quinn usually posts this information, but since I haven't seen it
posted yet I'll do so this year.  

Bill Dempwolf


Subject: 	TAMU Insect Collection: open house
Date: 	Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:32:52 -0600
From: 	Ed Riley 
To: 	Annual meeting list:;


RE: TAMU Insect Collection open house, January 7, 2011

Dear Colleagues:
 
You are cordially invited to the annual "open house" of the Texas A&M
University Insect Collection to meet with others who share an interest in
the study of Texas insects. This is the 24th consecutive annual meeting, and
we hope to have another excellent gathering this year. Each year our meeting
attracts a diverse group of people - professional and amateur - with a broad
range of interests. There is no formal program, but it will be a chance to
show off new curiosities, and to catch up on the past year's news and
collecting stories. Please feel free to invite newcomers who share our 
interest. 

 
The event will be held on Saturday, January 7th. The entire day will be
spent at the Minnie Belle Heep Building (a.k.a., “ the  Heep Center”).
Starting time will be around 9 to 10 AM.  Meeting areas will be available on
the 2nd floor of the atrium adjacent to the TAMU Insect Collection room
(Room 216). Lunch will be on your own. The atrium meeting areas and the
Texas A&M University Insect Collection will be open for the remainder of the
afternoon.
 
Parking will be available in lot no. 67 on the east side of the building. No
special permit is required for parking on Saturday.
 
All collections will be open for browsing as usual. If any of you would like
uninterrupted "quality time" working in the collections, I suggest you
arrive a day early or stay a day late. Please let me know in advance, and I
will make arrangements for collection access on Friday evening and/or the
following Sunday morning.
 
Spread the word. Hope to see you on January 7th!
 
Sincerely,
Edward G. Riley
Associate Curator
office: (979) 845-9711
e-mail: egrchryso AT tamu.edu
Map
 

Edward G. Riley
Associate Curator
Department of Entomology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TEXAS  77843-2475
Phone: (979) 845-9711
FAX: (979) 845-6305
E-mail: egrchryso AT tamu.edu

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Subject: Rain in Mission
From: "David T. Dauphin" <dauphins AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:45:16 -0600
Finally! In the last 12 hours, Mission has had 3.0" of rain. The last 
precipitation here was Sept. 29th (with 0.1" of rain). This brings the total 
rainfall in Mission, this year, to 14.6". 

David Dauphin
Mission, TX
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Subject: LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA BUTTERFLIES (WOW)!!!!!!!!!!
From: Andrew Warren <hesperioidea AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:09:51 -0800 (PST)

Everyone,

 

Yesterday I received a copy of LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA
BUTTERFLIES, by DAVID JAMES and DAVID NUNNALLEE.

 

As a result, it was a near-sleepless night, as I simply
could not put the book down! 

 

WOW!  THIS BOOK
IS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY!!  Never
before has a single volume (447 pages) contributed such an immense wealth of
BRAND NEW information on North American butterflies!  While I’m still 
digging into the book, and am only about 

halfway through the lycaenid section, I’ve learned new facts and tidbits on 
literally 

every page- about butterflies I’ve been studying my whole life!  

 

There has never before been a book on North American
butterflies that has so completely illustrated the immature stages.  James and 
Nunnallee managed to rear 

virtually all of the 158 species of butterflies in Washington, northern Oregon,
northern Idaho and southern British Columbia, and documented their rearings
with detailed notes on and fantastic photos of all immature stages.  

 

Without any doubt, I believe this book is the most
significant and important publication on North American butterflies in many
decades, if not since the classic volumes by Edwards and Scudder.  Through 
this book, James and Nunnallee 

have ‘hit the reset button’ on our knowledge of the immatures of Cascadian
butterflies.  Every future ecological
study on these butterflies, by necessity, will start with the results of James
and Nunnallee’s labors as baseline information.  And thanks to their 
extensive efforts, Cascadia can now 

boast the best-known butterfly fauna in all of North America.  

 

James and Nunnallee have literally given Lepidopterology in
North America a brand new start!  We
now have a new standard for research on immature stages and regional field
guides.  We now have a totally new
understanding about the biology of some of our most common and widespread
butterflies.  And we have a fresh,
new perspective on many old taxonomic and ecological questions.  

 

In summary, this is a life-changing book!  You may never look at (or for!) 
butterflies 

the same after spending time with this incredible volume.  I cannot thank the 
authors enough for 

brining this book into the world! 
It is truly a masterpiece!

 

You will not regret owning multiple copies of this book (I
will need at least 4 for myself- did you hear that Santa?)!

 

The book can be ordered here:

 

http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/life-histories-of-cascadia-butterflies

 

Sincerely,

 

Andy

 

PS- the links below will take you to two recent reviews of
this book:

 


http://earthfix.opb.org/flora-and-fauna/article/earthfix-conversations-photographing-the-northwest/ 


 


http://news.wsu.edu:80/Pages/Publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=29078&PageID 


 

 

Andrew D. Warren, PhD

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

www.butterfliesofamerica.com

www.flmnh.ufl.edu

www.lepsoc.org

JOIN THE LEPIDOPTERISTS’ SOCIETY:

http://www.lepsoc.org/membership.php

 
Subject: LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA BUTTERFLIES (WOW)!!!!!!!!!!
From: Andrew Warren <hesperioidea AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:09:51 -0800 (PST)

Everyone,

 

Yesterday I received a copy of LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA
BUTTERFLIES, by DAVID JAMES and DAVID NUNNALLEE.

 

As a result, it was a near-sleepless night, as I simply
could not put the book down! 

 

WOW!  THIS BOOK
IS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY!!  Never
before has a single volume (447 pages) contributed such an immense wealth of
BRAND NEW information on North American butterflies!  While I’m still 
digging into the book, and am only about 

halfway through the lycaenid section, I’ve learned new facts and tidbits on 
literally 

every page- about butterflies I’ve been studying my whole life!  

 

There has never before been a book on North American
butterflies that has so completely illustrated the immature stages.  James and 
Nunnallee managed to rear 

virtually all of the 158 species of butterflies in Washington, northern Oregon,
northern Idaho and southern British Columbia, and documented their rearings
with detailed notes on and fantastic photos of all immature stages.  

 

Without any doubt, I believe this book is the most
significant and important publication on North American butterflies in many
decades, if not since the classic volumes by Edwards and Scudder.  Through 
this book, James and Nunnallee 

have ‘hit the reset button’ on our knowledge of the immatures of Cascadian
butterflies.  Every future ecological
study on these butterflies, by necessity, will start with the results of James
and Nunnallee’s labors as baseline information.  And thanks to their 
extensive efforts, Cascadia can now 

boast the best-known butterfly fauna in all of North America.  

 

James and Nunnallee have literally given Lepidopterology in
North America a brand new start!  We
now have a new standard for research on immature stages and regional field
guides.  We now have a totally new
understanding about the biology of some of our most common and widespread
butterflies.  And we have a fresh,
new perspective on many old taxonomic and ecological questions.  

 

In summary, this is a life-changing book!  You may never look at (or for!) 
butterflies 

the same after spending time with this incredible volume.  I cannot thank the 
authors enough for 

brining this book into the world! 
It is truly a masterpiece!

 

You will not regret owning multiple copies of this book (I
will need at least 4 for myself- did you hear that Santa?)!

 

The book can be ordered here:

 

http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/life-histories-of-cascadia-butterflies

 

Sincerely,

 

Andy

 

PS- the links below will take you to two recent reviews of
this book:

 


http://earthfix.opb.org/flora-and-fauna/article/earthfix-conversations-photographing-the-northwest/ 


 


http://news.wsu.edu:80/Pages/Publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=29078&PageID 


 

 

Andrew D. Warren, PhD

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

www.butterfliesofamerica.com

www.flmnh.ufl.edu

www.lepsoc.org

JOIN THE LEPIDOPTERISTS’ SOCIETY:

http://www.lepsoc.org/membership.php

 



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Subject: LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA BUTTERFLIES (WOW)!!!!!!!!!!
From: Andrew Warren <hesperioidea AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:09:51 -0800
Everyone,

 

Yesterday I received a copy of LIFE HISTOR


Everyone,

 

Yesterday I received a copy of LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA
BUTTERFLIES, by DAVID JAMES and DAVID NUNNALLEE.

 

As a result, it was a near-sleepless night, as I simply
could not put the book down! 

 

WOW!  THIS BOOK
IS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY!!  Never
before has a single volume (447 pages) contributed such an immense wealth of
BRAND NEW information on North American butterflies!  While I’m still 
digging into the book, and am only about 

halfway through the lycaenid section, I’ve learned new facts and tidbits on 
literally 

every page- about butterflies I’ve been studying my whole life!  

 

There has never before been a book on North American
butterflies that has so completely illustrated the immature stages.  James and 
Nunnallee managed to rear 

virtually all of the 158 species of butterflies in Washington, northern Oregon,
northern Idaho and southern British Columbia, and documented their rearings
with detailed notes on and fantastic photos of all immature stages.  

 

Without any doubt, I believe this book is the most
significant and important publication on North American butterflies in many
decades, if not since the classic volumes by Edwards and Scudder.  Through 
this book, James and Nunnallee 

have ‘hit the reset button’ on our knowledge of the immatures of Cascadian
butterflies.  Every future ecological
study on these butterflies, by necessity, will start with the results of James
and Nunnallee’s labors as baseline information.  And thanks to their 
extensive efforts, Cascadia can now 

boast the best-known butterfly fauna in all of North America.  

 

James and Nunnallee have literally given Lepidopterology in
North America a brand new start!  We
now have a new standard for research on immature stages and regional field
guides.  We now have a totally new
understanding about the biology of some of our most common and widespread
butterflies.  And we have a fresh,
new perspective on many old taxonomic and ecological questions.  

 

In summary, this is a life-changing book!  You may never look at (or for!) 
butterflies 

the same after spending time with this incredible volume.  I cannot thank the 
authors enough for 

brining this book into the world! 
It is truly a masterpiece!

 

You will not regret owning multiple copies of this book (I
will need at least 4 for myself- did you hear that Santa?)!

 

The book can be ordered here:

 

http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/life-histories-of-cascadia-butterflies

 

Sincerely,

 

Andy

 

PS- the links below will take you to two recent reviews of
this book:

 


http://earthfix.opb.org/flora-and-fauna/article/earthfix-conversations-photographing-the-northwest/ 


 


http://news.wsu.edu:80/Pages/Publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=29078&PageID 


 

 

Andrew D. Warren, PhD

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

www.butterfliesofamerica.com

www.flmnh.ufl.edu

www.lepsoc.org

JOIN THE LEPIDOPTERISTS’ SOCIETY:

http://www.lepsoc.org/membership.php

 



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Subject: LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA BUTTERFLIES (WOW)!!!!!!!!!!
From: Andrew Warren <hesperioidea AT yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:09:51 -0800 (PST)

Everyone,

 

Yesterday I received a copy of LIFE HISTORIES OF CASCADIA
BUTTERFLIES, by DAVID JAMES and DAVID NUNNALLEE.

 

As a result, it was a near-sleepless night, as I simply
could not put the book down! 

 

WOW!  THIS BOOK
IS TRULY EXTRAORDINARY!!  Never
before has a single volume (447 pages) contributed such an immense wealth of
BRAND NEW information on North American butterflies!  While I’m still 
digging into the book, and am only about 

halfway through the lycaenid section, I’ve learned new facts and tidbits on 
literally 

every page- about butterflies I’ve been studying my whole life!  

 

There has never before been a book on North American
butterflies that has so completely illustrated the immature stages.  James and 
Nunnallee managed to rear 

virtually all of the 158 species of butterflies in Washington, northern Oregon,
northern Idaho and southern British Columbia, and documented their rearings
with detailed notes on and fantastic photos of all immature stages.  

 

Without any doubt, I believe this book is the most
significant and important publication on North American butterflies in many
decades, if not since the classic volumes by Edwards and Scudder.  Through 
this book, James and Nunnallee 

have ‘hit the reset button’ on our knowledge of the immatures of Cascadian
butterflies.  Every future ecological
study on these butterflies, by necessity, will start with the results of James
and Nunnallee’s labors as baseline information.  And thanks to their 
extensive efforts, Cascadia can now 

boast the best-known butterfly fauna in all of North America.  

 

James and Nunnallee have literally given Lepidopterology in
North America a brand new start!  We
now have a new standard for research on immature stages and regional field
guides.  We now have a totally new
understanding about the biology of some of our most common and widespread
butterflies.  And we have a fresh,
new perspective on many old taxonomic and ecological questions.  

 

In summary, this is a life-changing book!  You may never look at (or for!) 
butterflies 

the same after spending time with this incredible volume.  I cannot thank the 
authors enough for 

brining this book into the world! 
It is truly a masterpiece!

 

You will not regret owning multiple copies of this book (I
will need at least 4 for myself- did you hear that Santa?)!

 

The book can be ordered here:

 

http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/life-histories-of-cascadia-butterflies

 

Sincerely,

 

Andy

 

PS- the links below will take you to two recent reviews of
this book:

 


http://earthfix.opb.org/flora-and-fauna/article/earthfix-conversations-photographing-the-northwest/ 


 


http://news.wsu.edu:80/Pages/Publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=29078&PageID 


 

 

Andrew D. Warren, PhD

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

www.butterfliesofamerica.com

www.flmnh.ufl.edu

www.lepsoc.org

JOIN THE LEPIDOPTERISTS’ SOCIETY:

http://www.lepsoc.org/membership.php

 



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Subject: Red Rim at Resaca de la Palma State Park
From: Sherry Wilson <rollingsoles AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:39:56 -0700
Two very fresh Red Rims were a nice surprise this breezy Sunday
afternoon. Stop by the Visitor Center and we'll be glad to help you find
them.


https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WXYHaU-vte48dYrBvdc5h9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink 


-- 
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
Plant Walks Thursday (RSVP) - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Nature Tram Rides - Thursday 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.

DO NOT FOLLOW GOOGLE DIRECTIONS!

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