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Leps-L members,
This message is to announce the ongoing 2008 season of the Vanessa
Migration Project. In a way similar to Journey North's Monarch tracking,
we are mapping seasonal distribution and migration of four Vanessa
butterflies in North America:
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella)
1. Please re****t the first date when you see (or have seen) any of these
butterflies in your area, and the numbers seen that day.
2. Please re****t any directional migrations of these species that you see
this year.
3. Please re****t the presence or abundance of these butterflies later in
the season. We encourage multiple observations from the same location.
When sending re****ts, please include your full name, e-mail address, the
location from which you observed, and the date or dates when you see these
butterflies. For evident directional migrations, also include the
direction toward which they seem to be moving. A rough estimate of how
frequently they are passing through (for example, 10 butterflies over 20
minutes) would also be helpful, as would notes on
temperature, wind speed and direction, and type and extent of cloud cover.
For more information about this project and how to re****t your
observations, see the Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site
<http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html>http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html
Once there, select the links, "Help Track the 2008 North American
Migration" and "How to Re****t Your Observations." We are now taking
observations either directly via e-mail or through our re****ting form and
database.
We also have an interactive map that opens from the map images on our home
page, as well as complete instructions for viewing and working with the
map
("How to Use Our Interactive Map").
If you have observations from previous years that you would like to share,
please feel free to send these to us also. We will add them to our
database and interactive map.
We would appreciate it very much if you could monitor Red Admirals and
Ladies this year! Or pass this message on to others whom you think would
be interested in our program.
Thank you,
Royce J. Bitzer
mariposa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html
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Leps-L members,<br><br>
This message is to announce the ongoing 2008 season of the <i>Vanessa
</i>Migration Project. In a way similar to Journey North's Monarch
tracking, we are mapping seasonal distribution and migration of four
<i>Vanessa</i> butterflies in North America:<br><br>
Red Admiral (<i>Vanessa atalanta</i>)<br>
Painted Lady (<i>Vanessa cardui</i>)<br>
American Lady (<i>Vanessa virginiensis</i>)<br>
West Coast Lady (<i>Vanessa annabella</i>)<br><br>
1. Please re****t the first date when you see (or have seen) any of these
butterflies in your area, and the numbers seen that day.<br><br>
2. Please re****t any directional migrations of these species that you see
this year.<br><br>
3. Please re****t the presence or abundance of these butterflies later in
the season. We encourage multiple observations from the same
location.<br><br>
When sending re****ts, please include your full name, e-mail address, the
location from which you observed, and the date or dates when you see
these butterflies. For evident directional migrations, also include
the direction toward which they seem to be moving. A rough estimate
of how frequently they are passing through (for example, 10 butterflies
over 20 minutes) would also be helpful, as would notes on<br>
temperature, wind speed and direction, and type and extent of cloud
cover.<br><br>
For more information about this project and how to re****t your
observations, see the Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site<br><br>
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<a href="http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html">
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html<br><br>
</a></font>Once there, select the links, "Help Track the 2008 North
American Migration" and "How to Re****t Your
Observations." We are now taking observations either directly
via e-mail or through our re****ting form and database.<br><br>
We also have an interactive map that opens from the map images on our
home page, as well as complete instructions for viewing and working with
the map ("How to Use Our Interactive Map").<br><br>
If you have observations from previous years that you would like to
share, please feel free to send these to us also. We will add them
to our database and interactive map.<br><br>
We would appreciate it very much if you could monitor Red Admirals and
Ladies this year! Or pass this message on to others whom you think
would be interested in our program.<br><br>
Thank you,<br><br>
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Royce J. Bitzer<br>
mariposa@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site<br>
<a href="http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html"
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http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html<br>
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