[NatureNS] Valley MONARCHS -- still egg-laying by adults, small and large larvae, etc.

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Even here in downtown Dartmouth we have been averaging 2-3 Monarchs a day
since Sunday in our garden nectaring on the Butterfly bush and Echinaciea.
Sometimes if there are 2 at the same time don't know if they performing a
courtship ritual or if 2 males duking it over territory for best nectar
source. On Sun AM we had one in the garden at 7:30AM .

	Always a pleasure to see them soaring around !

	DB

-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Mary Macaulay
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:54 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Valley MONARCHS -- still egg-laying by adults,
small and large larvae, etc.


I saw my first sighting ever of a monarch in Bible Hill on a tiny patch of
common milkweed on the roadside of Warren Drive. Thrilling!  I wonder how
they find these tiny isolated patches of milkweed.  Do they smell the
fragrance of the plant??
Mary

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From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>,        Nancy Nickerson
<nickersonn@agr.gc.ca>
Subject: [NatureNS] Valley MONARCHS -- still egg-laying by adults, small and
large larvae, etc.
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 15:28:13 -0300

[I just found this in my Drafts folder and perhaps it had never been sent?
Apologies if this is the second time you have seen this.  JW]

Thanks again, Nancy!  You beat me to it, in visiting those milkweeds not far
from the Port Williams School.  Your report sounds great, like the monarchs
are having a big year, both in terms of having recovered in a big way from
the heavy mortality in Mexico overwintering sites two? or three? winters
ago, and in having another big reproductive year.  Thus the reports earlier
of migrating monarchs at Cape Sable Island remain enigmatic.  Murray or
Johnny et al., anything more to add to this, in terms of more recent
sightings at CSI?

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, 542-9204
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From: "Nickerson, Nancy" <NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:58:25 -0400
To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Subject: RE: Acadia Woodland Trails Saturday 22 July 2006; Monarch update

Hi Jim:
Yes, a lot of egg-laying has been going on in my Swamp Milkweed patch and
there are now a few more very small larvae.

This morning I visited the patch of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) [not
far from] the Port Williams school. At 8:30 there were already eight adult
Monarchs visiting the flowers, laying eggs, hanging out in the trees and
generally going about the business of being adult Monarchs. There were lots
of eggs, especially on the smaller (younger) milkweed shoots on and near the
paths, a few very small larvae, and three large larvae that will probably
pupate within the next day or so. I didn¹t see any pupae. This is a good,
relatively accessible place to see not only the various stages of the
Monarch life cycle but also other insects that visit milkweeds. There were
various other butterflies, moths, beetles, lacewings etc. that would be
worth another visitŠ.

Cheers,  Nancy

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 6:29 PM
To: Nickerson, Nancy
Subject: FW: Acadia Woodland Trails Saturday 22 July 2006; Monarch update

  Thanks, Nancy -- that's fast work with the monarchs!  Good for you!  Have
you seen more larvae on your back-yard plants?  Jim
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From: "Nickerson, Nancy" <NickersonN@AGR.GC.CA>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:36:31 -0400
To: jimwolford@eastlink.ca
Subject: Acadia Woodland Trails Saturday 22 July 2006; Monarch update

Hi Jim:

On the weekend I released ten adult Monarchs (four males and six females) in
my Swamp Milkweed patch in Port Williams. These were from  small larvae that
I had collected from the same milkweed patch earlier this month and reared
indoors.

Cheers, Nancy

Nancy Nickerson
Research Scientist / Chercheur scientifique
Biodiversity (Mycology and Botany) / Biodiversité (Mycologie et Botanique)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
Telephone/Téléphone: 902-679-5710
Facsimile/Télécopieur: 902-679-2311
32 Main Street
Kentville, Nova Scotia
B4N 1J5
nickersonn@agr.gc.ca


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