Re: [cayugabirds-l] Painted ladies

[Suan Yong]

Big Painted Lady irruption this year, was detected early elsewhere, and now 
coming through our neck of the woods. The species has an almost worldwide 
distribution, and is famous for their migrations, but they're irruptive and 
irregular (another way of saying we don't fully understand when and why it 
happens, I think).

Haven't noticed any American Painted Ladies among this lot; they're harder to 
tell apart from above, easier from below (four small eyes instead of two big 
eyes). I'm using this opportunity to get familiar with the few upperside 
patterns that distinguish them from American.

FMI: 
http://www.e-butterfly.org/help-us-record-painted-lady-butterflies-move/#more-1089

Suan
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> On Sep 24, 2017, at 3:48 PM, Bard Prentiss  wrote:
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> I had three ladies in my yard yesterday am not happy to see what appears to 
> be increased interest in butterflies. Butterflies and moths were my way into 
> nature studies although my parents were bird watchers. My interest in birds 
> came much later. 
> Bard 
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Ladies

[Geo Kloppel]

Hi Bard,

I tried to determine which species mine were. They had strings of 4 - 5  
equal-sized submarginal black spots with blue centers both topside and 
underside of the hindwings, so I called them painted ladies (Vanessa cardui) 
rather than American ladies (Vanessa virginiensis). 

I was struck by how small the individuals in this fall generation are. Earlier 
in the summer I had some _big_ painted ladies, nearly the size of Great 
Spangled Fritillary.

-Geo


> On Sep 24, 2017, at 4:01 PM, Bard Prentiss  wrote:
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> I could not get close enough to determine which species they were 
> Painted or American 
> 
> Best
> Bard 

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[cayugabirds-l] Fwd: Oops

[Bard Prentiss]

My post got away before I re read it. The corrected version follows. 

Best,
Bard
> Subject: Painted ladies
> 
> I had three ladies in my yard yesterday.

> I am very happy to see what appears to be increased interest in butterflies. 
> Butterflies and moths were my way into nature studies. Although my parents 
> were both bird watchers my interest in birds came much later. 
> Bard 
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Ladies

[Bard Prentiss]

I could not get close enough to determine which species they were 
Painted or American 

Best
Bard 

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[cayugabirds-l] Painted ladies

[Bard Prentiss]

I had three ladies in my yard yesterday am not happy to see what appears to be 
increased interest in butterflies. Butterflies and moths were my way into 
nature studies although my parents were bird watchers. My interest in birds 
came much later. 
Bard 

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[cayugabirds-l] Not birds--Painted lady butterfly obs across Eastern US

[AB Clark]

Both Cayuglists are noting the painted lady explosion.  

And interestingly, if you type "painted lady butterfly" into a search engine 
right now, you will find that there are “wow—all the painted ladies” reports 
from Minnesota, Jamestown, and many more places.  What kind of synchrony is 
this?


Anne B Clark
147 Hile School Rd
Freeville, NY 13068
607-222-0905
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