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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-9-126237766 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Those of you who read the Chronicle Herald probably noticed yesterday's nice photo of a Painted Lady that was captioned as a Monarch! I hope I was not the only one who let the Herald know about that, and the Herald promptly responded by putting in the correction right on p. A2, under the "Food for Thought" of the day. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville (Jim the other). Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Edsall <jim.edsall@bellaliant.net> > Date: August 21, 2012 3:30:41 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Painted Ladies > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > The outbreak of Painted Ladies is, of course, the direct > consequence of the large number of migrants that arrived in May/ > June. These succesfully bred on everything from garden Mallow and > Hollyhocks to burdocks, artemisia and thistle and now the "made in > Canada" generation is emerging and starting to mass for their > rather disorganized southward migration, which is why they are > common in coastal areas. It has been many years since we have had > this kind of influx of painted ladies. The first two years of the > butterfly atlas project only turned up 10 records. It would be easy > to duplicate that numbner in ten or fifteen minutes this year. > > Jim Edsall > Dartmouth, N.S. > check out my personal website at > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/ --Apple-Mail-9-126237766 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Those of you who read the Chronicle Herald probably noticed yesterday's = nice photo of a Painted Lady that was captioned as a Monarch! I = hope I was not the only one who let the Herald know about that, and the = Herald promptly responded by putting in the correction right on p. A2, = under the "Food for Thought" of the day. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville (Jim the other).<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jim Edsall <<a = href=3D"mailto:jim.edsall@bellaliant.net">jim.edsall@bellaliant.net</a>>= ;</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">August 21, 2012 3:30:41 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Painted = Ladies</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">The outbreak of Painted Ladies is, of course, the = direct consequence of the large number of migrants that arrived in = May/June. These succesfully bred on everything from garden Mallow and = Hollyhocks to burdocks, artemisia and thistle and now the "made in = Canada" generation is emerging and starting to mass for their rather = disorganized southward migration, which is why they are common in = coastal areas. It has been many years since we have had this kind of = influx of painted ladies. The first two years of the butterfly atlas = project only turned up 10 records. It would be easy to duplicate that = numbner in ten or fifteen minutes this year.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jim = Edsall</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dartmouth, N.S.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">check out my personal website at</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/jim.edsall/">http://www3.ns.sympatico.= ca/jim.edsall/</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-9-126237766--
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