In case you missed the comment, Casey Galvin reached out to provide more accurate information on the populations of Diana Fritillaries from whence the male Lori photographed likely strayed. It turns out there are no resident populations of the Diana Fritillary in Missouri (as I had stated), instead the nearest are in northwest Arkansas/northeast Oklahoma.Continue reading “Correction/Addendum”
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More Marine Blues, Pt. 2
Since our last post on Marine Blues (Leptotes marina) a week ago observers have come through with sightings from eight additional new counties. Diane Miller found them on alfalfa in Boone and Madison counties, Joanne Langabee and Holly Hoffreiter recorded the species while doing a butterfly survey at Homestead National Monument east of Beatrice inContinue reading “More Marine Blues, Pt. 2”