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We had six Painted Ladys on one set of daisy-like flowers. Amo <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> </head><body style=""> <div> My sister lives in downtown Montreal. When she phoned this evening she was eager to tell me about all the butterflies she has seen in the last week - more than in the whole summer.  At least thirty or more in the last few days, mostly Painted Ladies, but also a few Monarchs or possibly Viceroys. </div> <div>   </div> <div> Sounds like a widespread phenomenon.  What's the cause? </div> <div>   </div> <div> Patricia L. Chalmers </div> <div> Halifax </div> <blockquote style="padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: relative;" type="cite"> On September 21, 2017 at 8:32 PM James Churchill <jameslchurchill@gmail.com> wrote: <br/> <br/> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <div dir="auto"> Hi folks,  </div> <div dir="auto"> I estimated 500 Painted Lad*s (what's the correct plural?) at the Cape Split meadow (end of trail) around noon today. Asters were dripping with them. A few individuals of other species mixed in including 2 Red Admirals. </div> <div dir="auto">   </div> <div dir="auto"> James </div> <div dir="auto">   </div> <div dir="auto">  Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 7:27 PM Ronald Arsenault < rongarsenault@gmail.com> wrote: </div> <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"> <div> <div style="font-size: small;" class="gmail_default"> Saw many today at Peggy's Cove. Did not attempt a count, but there were certainly dozens. One Monarch was also observed. </div> <div style="font-size: small;" class="gmail_default"> Ron </div> </div> <div class="gmail_extra">   </div> <div class="gmail_extra"> <br/> <div class="gmail_quote"> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:21 PM, John and Nhung <span><nhungjohn@eastlink.ca></span> wrote: <br/> <blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"> Very common in the asters at our place on Wyman Road, south of Yarmouth, <br/> too. <br/> <br/> Not sure if there were any Americans in the mix. <br/> <span class="m_-5288914883551087650m_6904242502622848214im m_-5288914883551087650m_6904242502622848214HOEnZb"><br/> -----Original Message-----<br/> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]<br/> </span> <div class="m_-5288914883551087650m_6904242502622848214HOEnZb"> <div class="m_-5288914883551087650m_6904242502622848214h5"> On Behalf Of Judy Tufts <br/> Sent: September 21, 2017 5:44 PM <br/> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br/> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] A good time for Painted Ladies <br/> <br/> A friend also reported finding many Painted Ladies one day this past week <br/> along the River Rd in Gaspereau Valley. She said there were almost  'clouds' <br/> of them everywhere. <br/> <br/> Cheers, <br/> <br/> Judy Tufts <br/> <br/> >>>>>>>> <br/>   Judy Tufts <br/>    Wolfville <br/> <<<<<<<< <br/> <br/> -----Original Message----- <br/> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <br/> On Behalf Of Larry Bogan <br/> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:54 PM <br/> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br/> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] A good time for Painted Ladies <br/> <br/> We had six Painted Ladys on one set of daisy-like flowers. Among them was an <br/> American Lady and later had a Red Admiral on Garlic flowers. At the BNS <br/> meeting a couple of naturalists reported seeing hundreds of Painted Ladys <br/> 'like leaves on the ground' . <br/> <br/> Larry <br/> Brooklyn Corner <br/> <br/> ------ Original Message ------ <br/> From: pce@accesswave.ca <br/> To: