Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter

Volume 26, Numbër i March 199

Announcing the 1999 NABA-XerceS Fourtit of July Butterfly Count The Monarch's Secret Hideaway...

Xerces 4th of July fascinating butterfly counting. If LIndians of Central Mexico HButterflyhe 25th annualCount willNABA-be thereplease is joinno countthemin yourfor aarea,day youof know thatittle thedid Americanthe Purepechawho held this summer. These counts are may start your own if you know how appeared in their village in 1975 fun-filled but they also track the toidentifythebutterflies.Otherwise, would solve an ancient butterfly populations inspire a nature center or butterfly mystery...where their beloved of North America. club to start one for you. Monarch butterflies flew off to in Volunteers select a For more information on the spring. The man was Kenneth C. count area with a 15- count program, counts in your area, Brugger, an amateur naturalist mile diameter and how to conduct a count, and NABA, from Kenosha, WI who was a conduct a one-day please consult NABA's website at textile consultant for Jockey c e n s u s o f a11 www.naba.org, or send a self- International in Mexico City. butterflies sighted within that circle. addressed, stamped business One day in 1973, Brugger These counts are usually held in the envelope to: NABA, 4 Delaware Rd, saw an ad in a Mexican news- few weeks before or after the 4th of Morristown, NJ 07960 USA. W paper, placed by University of July. Toronto scientist, Fred Urquhart, The North American Butterfly who was looking for volunteers to Association (NABA) organizes the 1.998 WISConSin help him track the annual counts and publishes their annual • migration of Monarchs. reports. These reports provide Please see MONARCH, Page 8 important information about the S S geographical distributions and eaSon ummary 1999 Dues Notice population sizes of the species by Les Ferge Enclosed in this newsletter is counted. Comparisons of the results The onset of the season was one your dues envelope for 1999. over the years monitor changes in of the earliest in memory, compa- Your prompt attention will be butterfly populations and reveal rable to the early springs of 1977 most appreciated. Dues are to be effectsofweatherandhabitatchange and 1987. Emergence of Boloria sent directly to the treasurer, on the different species. In some freija, Bolortafrigga, Oenetsjutta, . Tom Rocheleau, 3100 Buena years the butterfly count shows and Erebia discotdalis was more Vista St., Madison, WI 53704. To dramatic changes in butterfly than two weeks ahead of "normal" in determine your status, please populations, while other years northern bogs and a full month check the address label on this indicate little fluctuation in butterfly earlier than last season· newsletter. Appearing after your numbers. Either way, the butterfly The Swengels reported record name will be the last year dues counters are always curious about early dates for Inctsalta trus (5 May, are paid for and your member- what next year's results will be. Wood Co.) And Lycaeides melissa ship category (Individual, Family, No matter how much or how samuelis (13 May, Jackson Co.), Sustaining, or Patron). Also be little butterfly watching you've done, and observed that northwestern sure to notify us of any address the results of butterfly counting can Wisconsin seemed more advanced changes or corrections when you be surprising and interesting. If a than southern Wisconsin. Ferge and send in your dues or notify Les count already exists in your area, Please see LEPIDOPTERA, Page 4 Ferge at the address below. W

The Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter is published three times a year, at irregular intervals. It is provided to encourage and facilitate the exchange of information by the membership, and to keep the members informed of the activities of the organization. Members are strongly encouraged to contribute items for inclusion in the newsletter. Please send all news items. notes, new or interesting records, season summaries, and research requests to the editor: Janice Stiefel, W6311 Mullet Lane, Plymouth, WI 53073. e-mail: [email protected] NOTE: Please report any address changes to Les Ferge, 7119 Hubbard Ave., Middleton, WI 53562. e-mail: lesferge@juno,com Wisconsin Entomoloaical Society Newsletter - March 1999 Page 2

1998 IPhoto SaRon Winneres Color Guide to Common Dragonflies

° of Wisconsin Revised Edition 1998 by Karl & Dorothy Legler and Dave Westover

nis paperback guide covers 76 1 species of Wisconsin dragon- flies. The guide has 64 pages with 167 color photographs and illustrations. The text also contains 64 line . drawings. Each species photo is accompanied by text and graphics, breeding habitat, Wisconsin range e map, flight period, identification, abundance, actual length. and brief life-history notes. The guide is designed for nature enthusiasts with Ringed Boghunter (Williamsonta lintnert)-Karl Legler, First Place no entomological background. The This is a new dragonfly species for Wisconsin. Discovered by Karl Legler in Jackson Co. guide is available for $18.95 + $1.00 on May 9, 1998. Previously, this species' world population was known only from about postage. Make check payable to Karl 30 sites in New England. Legler and send to 429 Franklin St., e-mail: [email protected] Sauk City, WI 53583. Phone: (608) Website:http://userpages.chorus.net/ 643-4926. 3 karindot/ website and e-mail is to the left.

"ET"...ThePraying Mantis by Roy Lukes

° n alert person at the Sister Bay Yacht Club and Resort helped me to relive one of the most interesting experiences I have ever ad during my years of helping people of various ages learn more about nature. The phone call told of a Praying Mantis being seen on the outside wall of the yacht club. Yes, they had captured it! My first question was, "Are Male Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly you sure it isn't a walking stick?" After being assured that indeed it was (Phoebts sennae) a Praying Mantis, and me biting my tongue for asking my doubting Janice Stiefel, Second Place question, I got to wondering what N oo hed 5 oohrrCo. on earth a genuine Praying Mantis was doing as far north as Sister \

Bay. K • Within a few days the beautiful 3 in. European Mantid (Mantis religiosa) was hypnotically peering at us from the end of a Basswood stick, perhaps wondering when its next meal would arrive. Female Praying Mantis (Manus rengiosa) Photo: Roy Lukes 6 § An advertisement I read in a T science education magazine in 1960 told of Praying Mantis eggcases for sale. Soon I had several placed inside one of our terrariums. Surely I had

° many doubting Thomases in my classes, hopelessly staring into the & terrarium at school day after day to see the lifeless and hopeless plastic, foam-like Mantis eggcases. Then one warm, late spring morning there came a "WHOOPEE!" from an ee po the students that must have carried throughout most of the junior high Janice Stiefel, Third Place school in Wisconsin Rapids. The case was full of "teenzy weenzy" baby Photographed 6/14/97, Sheboygan Co. WI Praying Mantises. Finally they had hatched. The students believed me and Nikon N50, 55mm lens, Kodachrome 200 my spirits soared. Please see MANTIS, Page 3 Wisconsin Entontological Society Newsletter - March 1999 Page 3

MANTIS, from Page 3 triangular-shaped head and large It wasn't long before the compound eyes of the Praying Mantis From the youngsters realized, by their careful immediately reminded us of the observing, that the tiny were lovable "ET" of movie fame. Only one Editor's Desk ... eating each other. "They're canni- species of mantid, of the 1,800 balistic! What should we do?'. worldwide, is native to the United t is an honor and a One by one, the students took States, the Carolina Mantid. The only privilege to be the new mantids fairly common in parts of the Aeditor of the Wisconsin their own pet Praying Mantis home northern states are two introduced Entomological Soctety News- where they would attempt to raise it. species-the European Mantid (about letter. Les Ferge has faithfully How eagerly the quarter-inch-long two inches long) and the Chinese edited this publication for over creatures accepted small bits of raw Mantid, (about four inches long). eleven years and I thank him for meat dangled in front of them on a The identifying feature of our his efforts on behalf of the piece of thread. Flies quickly European Mantid is the black-ringed organization. He has performed a disaOpupearleodnes rt glassM ties at spot beneath both of its fore coxae, valuable service in educating all school grew quickly and became quite those parts of the front legs nearest of us and is a special inspiration the thorax. These legs are heavily to me. If it weren't for Les, I the pal to everyone "It"uvias a eerer armored with spines and teeth and would have given up long ago in harmless to humans. In retrospect, can move with great speed to capture my moth identifleation project. I its prey. These include many kinds of can't thank him enough. _ t h i s m a y insects regarded by people to be Over the years I have studied have been helpful in some cases and harmful in both plants and insects and have omnost he others. The mantids don't choose. often found that insects are tant lessons They simply eat· considered insignificant in their m 1 4 O Mantids' very strong mouth parts relationship to plants, unless they are capable of biting through the quite become pests, of course. There ssteuid enne e hard, plastic-like, chitinous seems to be little interest in Praying Mantis eggcase learned that exoskeletons of insects such as beetles learning some of these secrets of Photo: Janice Suefel and wasps. The long middle and hind the natural world. That is one thrilled I was to watch ywehaartat i t legs give the Praying Mantis the ability reason I agreed to edit this were very squeamish students to remain motionless for many newsletter. I know there are many eventually allow the fearsome-looking minutes at a time, its front legs, anecdotes of insect observations insect crawl up their arm or perch on ''raised in prayer," as it patiently waits and where else can we learn, but the tip of an outstretched flnger. for its prey insects to unsuspectingly in a publication such as this? What really developed my initial crawl or land near the perpetually Therefore, I encourage everyone interest in the Praying Mantis was a hungry mantis. Obviously its praying- to share what they have learned

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'sofbaooknse t GrarHorizou is Eur nekanManned professional entom oRst.Editon by Robert Hale Limited (London) in prey, the mantis is otherwise a slow- 1947. moving insect. The winged adults' treat, a form of educational therapy Following our highly successful flight is short and labored. at its best, a genuine ET to top them adventure with the Praying Mantis, I all. '4' wrote a letter to Mr. Teale describing What a thing of beauty to see a .______in detail the fun and learning that, in mantid slowly turn its head and watch Roy has been writing nature columns a way, he had helped to promote. your every movement as though for over 30 years in various Naturally I had hoped to receive a thoroughly captivated. I wonder publications. He and his wife, reply from the author but never did. whether the Mantis is the only insect Charlotte, operate their Nature-Wise Later, after reading most of the great able to turn its head and look over its business outof their home in the woods books he wrote on nature, I came to shoulder like a human. Little wonder nearEgg Harbor, WI. They teach nature realize how unusually busy a person it is such an enchanting creature. ca seÈthperesneanLrh rta e cLu he was. And so it was with our "ET," like trying to KEEP DOOR COUNTY WILDI Had the movie, "ET" been Edwin Way Teale's Dinah, "Life drifted Presently, they are working on their produced when my students and I into death with the calm transition of fifth book, scheduled for publication were having the times of our lives day passing through twilight into later this year. Roy and Charlotte can with the pet Mantis perhaps they, too, darkness." Everyone should have be reached at 3962 Hillside Rd., Egg would have nicknamed it "ET," as we at least one pet Praying Mantis in their Harbor, WI 54209-9432 - e-mail: have done today-years later. The life, an emotional thrill, an enriching Ihutp.// odocrwbfl noe fu esa/ttnhdx. ebsite: Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter - March 1999 Page 4

LEPIDoPTERA, from Page 1 Eurema Lisa, Nathalis tole, and Strymon melinus were Parkinson also noted this, as moths collected in Burnett recorded in southern counties in rather low County in mid-May were as much as three to four weeks numbers-mostly later in the season. A few individuals earlier than usual. Summer temperatures were con- ofPhoebis sennae eubule were seen in Grant County and sistently above average, with severe storms and heavy rains one stray was documented in Door County (see photo on in June. Many butterfly species were scarcer than usual. Page 2). Among the moths, Hyles lineata became However, the Swengels reported unprecedented high widespread and common by September. numbers of Speyeria idalla and aphrodite in their prairie Individuals of several southern Noctuid moth species study sites, except for Muralt Prairie, where the idalla were collected, including Anticarsta gemmatilis, Mocis population is in grave trouble. texana, Rachiplusta ou, Pseudoplusia includens, and Ferge and Parkinson found relatively low numbers of Magusa orbifera. late season and adult hibernating moth species. Noctua New county records are indicated by county names pronuba, the introduced European Noctuid, has spread appearing in CAPITAL letters. statewide. ABBREVIATIONS: SNA = State Natural Area Monarchs returned early, with multiple individuals SFA = State Fishery Area seen by Swengels from 18-22 May in Sauk, Jackson and SF = State Forest

MonarchBurnett Counties.numbers Despitewere lowthisthroughoutseeminglythegoodseason.earlyEbnerstart' CF = County Forest noted small flights in August and September, with the last Contributors Cited: Coordinator: Les Ferge individual seen on I 1 October in Waukesha County. RJB Robert J. Borth JAE James E. Ebner More species of migrant butterflies were seen than in CBF Carol B. Ferge LAF Leslie A. Ferge the past several years, with Hylephila phyleus, Euptoieta JCP James C. Parkinson TR Tom Rocheleau Atalopedesclaudia andcampestris,Junonia Poncoeniatia protodice,the mostColiaswidespread.cesonia, JJS Janice J. Stiefel SAS Ann/Scott Swengel

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BUTTERFLIES 3961 Erynnis persius (Scudder) Portage Emmons CreekSFA 6 May1998 TR 4006 Oarisma powesheik(Parker) Green Lake Puchyan PrairieSNA 1 Jul 1998 TR 4013 Hylephilaphyleus (Drury) Crawford Prairiedu Chien 15 Aug 1998 JCP 4013 Hylephila phyleus (Drury) Crawford Prairie du Chien 28 Sep 1998 CBF 4013 Hylephilaphyleus (Drury) Grant JamestownTwp. 29 Aug 1998 JCP 4013 Hylephilaphyleus (Drury) Grant Cassville 5 Sep 1998 CBF 4013 Hylephilaphyleus (Drury) JEFFERSON LakeMills 5 Sep 1998 JCP 4049 Atalopedes campestris (Boisduval) Crawford Prairie du Chien 28 Sep 1998 LAF 4049 Atalopedescampestris (Boisduval) Grant JamestownTwp. 5 Sep 1998 LAF 4052 Problemabyssus (Edwards) Grant Cassville 26 Jun 1998 LAF 4058 Poanes massasoit (Scudder) Trempealeau Tamarack Creek Bog SNA 27 Jun 1998 LAF 4064 Poanesviator (Edwards) GreenLake PuchyanPrairie SNA 1 Jul 1998 TR 4072 Euphyesdion (Edwards) GreenLake PuchyanPrairie SNA 1 Jul 1998 TR 4072 Euphyesdion (Edwards) Trempealeau TamarackCreek Bog SNA 27 Jun 1998 LAF 4080 Atrytonopsis hianna (Scudder) DANE MazomanieBluff Prairie 27 May 1998 TR 4096 Amblyscirtes hegon(Scudder) Douglas Oakland Twp. 16 May 1998 LAF 4096 Amblyscirtes hegon(Scudder) Price Fifield Twp. 15 May 1998 LAF 4193 Pontia protodice (Bdv. & LeConte) Sauk lntemationalCrane Foundation 21-Aug-98 SAS 4224 Coliascesonia (Stoll) Sauk internationalCrane Foundation 23-Aug-98 SAS 4228 Phoebis sennæ eubule(Linnaeus) DOOR Bailey'sHarbor 5 Sep 1998 JJS 4228 Phoebis sennaeeubule (Linnaeus) Grant Jamestown Twp. 5 Sep 1998 LAF 4228 Phoebis sennaeeubule (Linnaeus) Grant Cassville 5 Sep 1998 LAF 4248 Nathalis ioleBoisduval Crawford Prairiedu Chien 16 Sep 1998 JCP 4253 Lycaenadione (Scudder) Portage BuenaVista Marsh 25-Jun-98 SAS 4256 Lycaenahyllus (Cramer) Grant Jamestown Twp. 5 Sep 1998 LAF

4256 Lycaenahyllus (Cramer) . Portage BuenaVista Marsh 27-May-98 SAS 4278 Satyrium acadicum(Edwards) Trempealeau Tamarack Creek BogSNA 27 Jun 1998 LAF 4278 Satyrium acadicum(Edwards) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 22 Jul 1998 TR 4285 Satyrium liparops strigosum (Harris) Waukesha Okauchee 10 Jul 1998 JAE 4322 Incisaliaaugustinus (Westwood) MARQUETTE Comstock Bog SNA 9 May 1998 LAF 4324 incisaliapolios Cook & Watson CLARK Foster Twp. 25 Apr 1998 . LAF 4325 incisaliairus (Godart) EAU CLAIRE Eau Claire County Forest 06-May-98 SAS 4326 Incisaliahenrici (Grote & Robinson) PRICE Fifield Twp. 1 May 1998 CBF 4326 Incisaliahenrici (Grote & Robinson) Price Fifield Twp. 17 May 1998 JCP 4336 Strymon melinus Hubner Crawford Prairiedu Chien 15 Aug 1998 LAF 4362 Everes amyntula(Boisduval) Bumett Danbury 16 May 1998 LAF Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter - March 1999 Page 5

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4374 Lycaeidesidas nabokoviMasters Forest NashvilleTwp. 24-Jun-98 SAS 4374 Lycaeides idas nabokoviMasters Langlade Ainsworth Twp. 24-Jun-98 SAS 4440 Junoniacoenia (Hubner) Crawford Prairiedu Chien 29 Sep 1998 JCP 4440 Junoniacoenia (Hubner) Door Bailey'sHarbor 18 Sep 1998 JJS 4440 Junoniacoenia (Hubner) Grant Dickeyville 16 Sep 1998 JCP 4440 Junoniacoenia (Huebner) Jackson Jackson CF & Black River SF 26-May-98 SAS 4440 Junoniacoenia (Huebner) Waukesha Okauchee 9 Sep 1998 JAE 4447 Euptoietaclaudia (cramer) Crawford Hogback Prairie 30-Jun-98 SAS 4447 Euptoietaclaudia(Cramer) Crawford Prairiedu Chien 5 Sep 1998 LAF 4447 Euptoietaclaudia(Cramer) Grant Cassville 28 Sep 1998 LAF 4447 Euptoietaclaudia(cramer) Portage BuenaVista Marsh 01-Jul-98 SAS 4452 Speyeriaidalia(Drury) Crawford Hogback Prairie 30-Jun-98 SAS 4452 Speyeriaidalia(Drury) Green MuraitBluff Prairie 06-Jul-98 SAS 4452 Speyeriaidalia(Drury) Portage BuenaVista Marsh 25-Jun-98 SAS 4452 Speyeriaidalia(Drury) St. Croix W of Roberts 07-Jul-98 SAS 4466 Boloriafrigga (Thunberg) Price FifieldTwp. 15 May1998 LAF 4471 Boloriafreija Thunberg Douglæ OaklandTwp. 16 May1998 LAF 4471 Boloriafreija Thunberg Price FifieldTwp. 1 May 1998 LAF 4489 Chlosynegorgone carlota(Reakirt) Jackson Jackson CF & Black River SF 13-May-98 SAS 4489 Chiosynegorgonecarlota(Reakirt) Portage BuenaVista Marsh 26-Aug-98 SAS 4596 Erebiadiscoidalis (Kirby) Price Fifield Twp. 1 May 1998 LAF 4611 Oeneisjutta ascertaMæters & Sorenson BURNETT Webb LakeTwp. 16 May1998 LAF 4611 Oeneisjutta ascertaMasters & Sorenson Douglas Oakland Twp. 16 May1998 JCP MOTHS GEOMETRIDAE 6583 Anacamptodesephyraria(Wlk.) WAUSHARA Lunch CreekFen 1 Jul 1998 TR 6595 Cleoraprojecta(Wik.) PRICE Fifield Twp. 1 May 1998 LAF

6663 PaleacritamerriccataDyar - TREMPEALEAU Trempealeau 26 Mar 1998 LAF 6704 Erastriacoloraria (F.) Bumett Kohler-Peet BarrensSNA 15 May1998 LAF 6704 Erastriacoloraria (F.) Jackson Black River Falls 15 May1998 RJB 6738 Euchlæna milnei McD. Grant Cæsville 26 Jun 1998 LAF 7140 Cyclophorananaria(Wik.) GREEN BrooklynState Wildlife Area 28 Aug 1998 TR 7140 Cyclophora nanaria(Wik.) WAUSHARA Lunch CreekFen 11 Sep 1998 TR 7218 Thera contractata(Pack.) Door Bailey'sHarbor 19-Sep-98 JJS 7433 Epirrita autumnatahenshawi(Swelt) DOOR Bailey'sHarbor 17-Oct-98 JJS 7433 Epirrita autumnatahenshawi(Swett) MARQUETTE Comstock Bog SNA 16 Oct 1998 LAF 7433 Epirrita autumnatahenshawi(Swett) TREMPEALEAU Trempealeau 24 Oct 1998 JCP LASIOCAMPIDAE 7685 HeteropacharileyanaHarv. RICHLAND RichwoodTwp. 14Aug 1998 JCP SATURNilDAE 7719 Anisota senatoria(J. E. Smith) MARATHON Mosinee 11 Jun 1998 JCP 7723 Anisota virginiensis(Drury) BURNETT Danbury 16 May1998 JCP SPHINGIDAE 7775 Manduca sexta(L.) MARQUETTE 18 Sep 1998 JCP 7789 Ceratomiacatalpæ (Bdv.) Green BrooklynState Wildlife Area 28 Aug 1998 TR ARCTilDAE 8051 Crambidiacasta (Pack.) BURNETT Kohler-Peet BarrensSNA 24 Aug 1998 LAF 8051 Crambidiacasta (Pack.) COLUMBIA RockyRun Oak SavannaSNA 10 Aug 1998 TR 8051 Crambidiacasta (Pack.) WAUSHARA White River Wildlife Area 15Aug 1998 TR 8052 Crambidiapura B. & McD. BURNETT Kohler-Peet BarrensSNA 24 Aug 1998 LAF 8136 Spilosomadubia (Wik.) WAUSHARA Bass Lake Fen SNA 17 Jun 1998 TR 8146 Ecpantheriascribonia(Stoll) Burnett NamekagonBarrens 16 May 1998 RJB 8162 Platarctiaparthenos(Harr.) Bumett NamekagonBarrens 16 May 1998 RJB 8187 Grammia celia (Saund.) DANE MazomanieBluff Prairie 15 May 1998 TR 8329 Idia diminuendis (B. & McD.) WAUSHARA White River Wildlife Area 17 Jul 1998 TR 8359 Macrochilo bivittata(Grt.) Marquette Comstock Bog SNA 10 Jul 1998 LAF 8366 Tetanolitamynesalis(Wik.) DANE Middleton 17 Sep 1998 LAF 8368 Tetanolitafloridana (Sm.) GREEN BrooklynState Wildlife Area 10 Sep 1998 TR 8412 MelanommaauricinctariaGrt. DANE Walking Iron Park 29 Jul 1998 TR 8574 Anticarsiagemmatalis Hbn. MARQUETTE Comstock BogSNA 16 Oct 1998 LAF 8592 Cissusa spadix (Cram.) COLUMBIA RockyRun Oak SavannaSNA 19 May 1998 TR 8592 Cissusa spadix (Cram.) Trempealeau Trempealeau 24 Apr 1998 LAF 8699 Zale obliqua (Gn.) Burnett NamekagonBarrens 16 May 1998 RJB 8745 Mocis texana(Morr.) Marquette Comstock BogSNA 16 Oct 1998 LAF 8792 Catocalavidua (J. E. Smith) MARQUETTE Comstock BogSNA 18 Sep 1998 JCP 8796 Catocala nebulosaEdw. Green Albany 14 Aug 1998 RJB Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter - March 1999 Page 6 MONA No. SPECIES NAME COUNTY SITE NAME DATE CONTR 8841 Catocala abbreviatellaGrt. Waushara Wedde Creek SFA 1 Jul 1998 TR 8844 Catocala amestrisStkr. Jackson Black River Falls 19 Jul 1998 JCP 8844 Catocala amestrisStkr. Waushara Wedde Creek SFA 17 Jul 1998 TR 8865 Catocala praeclaraG. & R. WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 17 Jul 1998 TR 8890 Pseudoplusiaincludens (Wik.) Dane Middleton 25 Sep 1998 LAF 8895 Rachiplusia ou (Gn.) Dane Middleton 6 Sep 1998 LAF 8909 Autographa rubida Ottol. Burnett Danbury 16 May1998 JCP 8946 Syngrapha microgamma(Hbn.) Marathon Hatley 19 Jun 1998 JCP 9061 Cerma cora Hbn. Burnett Danbury 16 May1998 JCP 9061 Cerma cora Hbn. Burnett NamekagonBarrens 16 May1998 RJB 9061 Cerma cora Hbn. Columbia RockyRun Oak SavannaSNA 14 May1998 TR 9085 Tarachidia semiflava(Gn.) WAUSHARA White River Wildlife Area 17 Jul 1998 TR 9085 Tarachidia semiflava(Gn.) WAUSHARA Wedde Creek SFA 17 Jul 1998 TR 9089 Tarachidia binocula (Grt.) COLUMBIA RockyRun SNA 19 May 1998 TR 9343 Apamea apamiformis (Gn.) WAUSHARA Bæs LakeFen SNA 26 Jul 1998 TR 9344 Apameaplutonia (Grt.) WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Wildlife Area 17 Jun 1998 TR 9380 Apamea relicina(Morr.) WAUSHARA White River Wildlife Area 11 Sep 1998 TR 9396 Eremobinaclaudens (Wik.) VILAS BoulderJunction 31 Jul 1998 JCP 9415 Oligia bridghami(G. & R.) LANGLADE Summit Lake 25 Aug 1998 JCP 9415 Oligia bridghami(G. & R.) VILAS BoulderJunction 2 Aug 1998 JCP 9415 Oligia bridghami (G. & R.) WAUSHARA Bass LakeFen SNA 17 Jul 1998 TR 9427 Meropleondiversicolor (Morr.) BURNETT Kohler-Peet Barrens SNA 24 Aug 1998 LAF 9427 Meropleondiversicolor(Morr.) GREEN BrooklynState Wildlife Area 28 Aug 1998 TR 9427 Meropleondiversicolor (Morr.) PRICE Fifield Twp. 21 Aug 1998 LAF 9427 Meropleondiversicolor (Morr.) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 26 Aug 1998 TR 9428 Meropleonambifuscum (Newman) Marquette Comstock BogSNA 28 Aug 1998 LAF 9428 Meropleonambifuscum (Newman) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 11 Sep 1998 TR 9428 Meropleonambifuscum (Newman) WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 26 Aug 1998 TR 9428 Meropleon ambifuscum (Newman) WAUSHARA Bass LakeFen SNA 31 Aug 1998 TR 9429 Lemmeriadigitalis (Grt.) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 18 Sep 1998 TR 9429 Lemmeriadigitalis (Grt.) WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 29 Sep 1998 TR 9435 Spartiniphaga inops(Grt.) MARQUETTE Comstock BogSNA 28 Aug 1998 JCP 9439 Chortodes basistriga(McD.) PRICE FifieldTwp. 21 Aug 1998 LAF 9443 Chortodes defecta(Grt.) WAUSHARA Bass LakeFen SNA 1Jul 1998 TR 9450 Archanara subflava (Grt.) Waushara Bass Lake Fen SNA 15 Aug 1998 TR 9450 Archanara subflava (Grt.) Waushara Bass LakeFen SNA 17 Jul 1998 TR 9450 Archanara subflava (Grt.) WAUSHARA Bass Lake Fen SNA 26 Jul 1998 TR 9451 Archanara laeta(Morr.) GRANT Blue River 14 Aug 1998 LAF 9464 cerina (Grt.) Richland Richwood Twp. 16 Sep 1998 JCP 9464 Papaipemacerina (Grt.) Waukesha Eagle 13 Sep 1998 JCP 9464 Papaipemacerina (Grt.) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 11 Sep 1998 TR 9464 Papaipemacerina (Grt.) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 31 Aug 1998 TR 9466 Papaipemacataphracta (Git.) RICHLAND Richwood Twp. 16 Sep 1998 JCP 9472 Papaipemaharrisii (Grt.) WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 11 Sep 1998 TR 9472 Papaipemaharrisii (Grt.) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 26 Aug 1998 TR 9482 Papaipema speciosissima (G. & R.) Marquette Comstock Bog SNA 28 Aug 1998 LAF 9482 Papaipemaspeciosissima (G. & R.) WAUSHARA Bass Lake Fen SNA 26 Aug 1998 TR 9485 Papaipemabaptisiæ (Bird) Columbia Rocky Run Oak SavannaSNA 10 Aug 1998 TR 9485 Papaipemabaptisiæ (Bird) WAUSHARA White River Wildlife Area 18 Sep 1998 TR 9486 Papaipemabirdi (Dyar) Green BrooklynState Wildlife Area 10 Sep 1998 TR 9490 Papaipemanepheleptena(Dyar) RICHLAND RichwoodTwp. 16 Sep 1998 JCP 9490 Papaipemanepheleptena(Dyar) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 18 Sep 1998 TR 9490 Papaipema nepheleptena (Dyar) WAUSHARA Bass Lake Fen SNA 31 Aug 1998 TR 9493 Papaipemaappassionata(Harv.) LANGLADE Summit Lake 25 Aug 1998 JCP 9493 Papaipemaappassionata(Harv.) Marquette Comstock Bog SNA 28 Aug 1998 JCP 9493 Papaipema appæsionata (Harv.) WAUSHARA Bass Lake Fen SNA 31 Aug 1998 TR 9495 Papaipemafurcata (Sm.) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 11 Sep 1998 TR 9497 Papaipemanecopina (Grt.) Green BrooklynState Wildlife Area 28 Aug 1998 TR 9500 Papaipema maritima Bird WAUSHARA White River Wildlife Area 18 Sep 1998 TR 9500 Papaipemamaritima Bird WAUSHARA Wild Rose 5 Sep 1998 TR 9501 Papaipemaeupatorii (Lyman) OCONTO Pensaukee 12 Sep 1998 LAF 9501 Papaipemaeupatorii(Lyman) RICHLAND RichwoodTwp. 16 Sep 1998 JCP 9501 Papaipemaeupatorii (Lyman) WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 18 Sep 1998 TR 9501 Papaipema eupatorii (Lyman) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 29 Sep 1998 TR 9502 Papaipemanelita(Stkr.) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 26 Aug 1998 TR 9503 Papaipemarigida (Grt.) Marquette Comstock Bog SNA 28 Aug 1998 LAF 9503 Papaipemarigida (Grt.) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 11 Sep 1998 TR 9503 Papaipema rigida (Grt.) WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 26 Aug 1998 TR Wisconsin Entomological Society Newsletter - March 1999 Page 7

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9506 Papaipemasciata Bird WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 18 Sep 1998 TR 9509 Papaipemaunimoda (Sm.) BURNETT Kohler-PeetBarrens SNA 24 Aug 1998 LAF 9509 Papaipemaunimoda (Sm.) DOUGLAS Superior 23 Aug 1998 LAF 9509 Papaipemaunimoda(Sm.) OCONTO Pensaukee 12 Sep 1998 LAF 9509 Papaipemaunimoda(Sm.) WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 11 Sep 1998 TR 9509 Papaipemaunimoda(Sm.) WAUSHARA Bass Lake Fen SNA 31 Aug 1998 TR 9516 HydraeciastramentosaGn. MARQUETTE Comstock Bog SNA 28 Aug 1998 JCP 9522 lodopepla u-album (Gn.) MARQUETTE Comstock Bog SNA 21 May 1998 LAF 9523 Bellura gortynoidesWik. WAUSHARA Bass Lake Fen SNA 15 Aug 1998 TR 9524 Bellura brehmei (B. & McD.) PRICE Fifield Twp. 19 Jun 1998 LAF 9548 Conservulaanodonta(Gn.) Marquette Comstock Bog SNA 10 Jul 1998 LAF 9548 Conservulaanodonta(Gn.) WAUSHARA Lunch CreekFen 1 Jul 1998 TR 9551 Enargia mephistoFranc. WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 1Jul 1998 TR 9557 Chytonixsensilis Grt. WAUSHARA Wedde Creek SFA 17 Jul 1998 TR 9629 Fagitanalittera (Gn.) Marquette Comstock Bog SNA 10 Jul 1998 LAF 9629 Fagitanalittera (Gn.) WAUSHARA Bass LakeFen SNA 17 Jun 1998 TR 9629 Fagitanalittera (Gn.) WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Wildlife Area 17 Jun 1998 TR 9637 Magusaorbifera(Wik.) Dane 25 Oct 1998 LAF 9640 Amphipyraglabella(Morr.) WAUSHARA Lunch Creek Fen 17 Jul 1998 TR 9649 Athetis mendosa (McD.) DOUGLAS Superior 23 Aug 1998 LAF 9754 PlagiomimicuspityochromusGrt. Dane Walking Iron Park 29 Jul 1998 TR 9887.1 Lithophanefranclemonti Metzler Dane FestgePark 28 Mar 1998 TR 9887.1 LithophanefranclemontiMetzler GRANT Cassville 28 Mar 1998 LAF 9887.1 Lithophane franclemontiMetzler TREMPEALEAU Trempealeau 26 Mar 1998 LAF 9891 Lithophaneamanda (Sm.) TREMPEALEAU Trempealeau 24 Apr 1998 JCP 9892 Lithophanedisposita Morr. Dane FestgePark 28 Mar 1998 TR 9892 Lithophanedisposita Morr. TREMPEALEAU Trempealeau 26 Mar 1998 LAF 9946 Epiglaeadecliva (Grt.) MARQUETTE Comstock Bog SNA 16 Oct 1998 LAF 9946 Epiglaeadecliva (Grt.) TREMPEALEAU Trempealeau 24 Oct 1998 JCP 9946 Epiglaea decliva (Grt.) WAUSHARA Wild Rose 29 Sep 1998 TR 9967 iris (Zett.) OCONTO Pensaukee 12 Sep 1998 LAF 9999 Brachylomiadiscinigra (Wik.) LANGLADE SummitLake 26 Aug 1998 JCP

10008 - Feraliacomstocki (Grt.) TREMPEALEAU Tamarack Creek BogSNA 24 Apr 1998 LAF 10059 Homohadenabadistriga (Grt.) GRANT Cassville 26 Jun 1998 LAF 10108 Oncocnemisviriditincta Sm. BURNETT Kohler-Peet BarrensSNA 24 Aug 1998 LAF 10434 Faronta rubripennis(G. & R.) Green Albany 14 Aug 1998 RJB 10440 Leucanialinita Gn. WAUSHARA Bass Lake Fen SNA 17 Jun 1998 TR 10694 Eucoptocnemisfimbriaris (Gn.) MARQUETTE Comstock Bog SNA 18 Sep 1998 JCP 10738 Euxoamimallonis (Grt.) WAUSHARA White River Wildlife Area 11 Sep 1998 TR 10755 Euxoadeclarata (Wik.). MARQUETTE Comstock Bog SNA 28 Aug 1998 LAF 10755 Euxoadeclarata (Wik.) WAUSHARA White River Wildlife Area 15 Aug 1998 TR 10801 Euxoaochrogaster(Gn.) DOUGLAS Superior 23 Aug 1998 . LAF 10817 Euxoaobeliscoides (Gn.) Columbia Rocky Run Oak SavannaSNA 10 Aug 1998 TR 10831 Euxoaniveilinea(Grt.) MARQUETTE Comstock Bog SNA 28 Aug 1998 LAF 10863 EuxoamanitobanaMcD. Columbia Rocky Run Oak SavannaSNA 7 Jul 1998 TR 10869 Richiagrotei(Franc. & Todd) COLUMBIA Rocky Run Oak SavannaSNA 10 Aug 1998 TR 10869 Richiagrotei (Franc.& Todd) GREEN Albany 14 Aug 1998 RJB 10997 Cerastisfishii (Grt.) BURNETT Webb LakeTwp. 16 May1998 LAF 11012.1 Noctuapronuba(L.) GRANT Cassville 29 Aug 1998 JCP 11012.1 Noctuapronuba(L.) VILAS BoulderJunction 2 Aug 1998 JCP 11012.1 Noctua pronuba(L.) WAUSHARA Wedde Creek SFA 1 Jul 1998 TR 11012.1 Noctua pronuba(L.) WAUSHARA Bass LakeFen SNA 26 Jul 1998 TR 11063 Pyrrhia umbra (Hufn.) COLUMBIA RockyRun Oak SavannaSNA 7 Jul 1998 TR 11072 Heliothis phloxiphagus G. & R. Dane Walking Iron Park 15 May 1998 TR 11072.1 Heliothis acesiasF. & R. Dane Walking Iron Park 15 Jul 1998 TR 11072.1 Heliothis acesias F. & R. WAUSHARA White River Wildlife Area 17 Jul 1998 TR 11072.1 Heliothis acesiasF. & R. WAUSHARA Bass Lake Fen SNA 26 Jul 1998 TR 11095 Schinia indiana(Smith) Jackson Jackson CF & Black River SF 02-Jun-98 SAS 11148 SchiniaoleaginaMorr. Columbia Rocky Run Oak SavannaSNA 10Aug 1998 TR 11149 Schiniatrifascia Hbn. Marquette Comstock Bog SNA 28 Aug 1998 JCP 11174 Schinialucens (Morr.) Waushara Wedde Creek SFA 1Jul 1998 TR 11177 Schinianundina (Drury) Columbia RockyRun Oak SavannaSNA 22 Jul 1998 TR

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MONARCH, from Page 1 flocked to see the beauty of the BUG BYTES had bW o dn e ,R 2nuth thse n eresand b k Mhs racs Backyard and Field Observations annual flights south but had not colorful splendor which was not to be n e-mail was received from learned exactly where the Monarchs visualized by Brugger, however. He at Seawell, in San Antonio, spent the winter. Brugger recalled was totally color-blind and could only Texas on March 5, 1999. Compared that he had once driven through a see the Monarchs in shades of gray. to our climate, where we are still sudden storm of Monarch butterflies Unfortunately, we all suffered a looking at prospects of more snow during a trip through the volcanic great loss when Brugger died at his before we actually can say spring is mountains west of Mexico City. He home in Austin, Texas on November here, she has butterflies nectaring on related this experience to Ur quhart _5, 98 the age of .W______blooming plants in her yard, Here is by letter and, ultimately, was talked a paragraph from her e-mail: into returning to the area to search Altthougdh Kennethde rruggh mnevh "Yesterday, while clipping the for the butterflies. THEN IT matical genius and mechanical aptitude dead Passion vines,* I spied three- HAPPENED| On January 2, 1975, served him well. He was chief engineer orfour-day-old Gulf Fritillary cater- Brugger, along with his for Jockey International's worldwide pillars on fresh new sprouts. There wife,Catalina,weremaking knttting operations, which involved are also about 40 Fritillary eggs on their way through a forest designing, installing and working with the outside of the riet-covered of Oyamel Firs. When they innovative textile machines. One of the protective custody cage I built last reachedthe10,000ft.level, machines was the compactor, which summer. I'm going to have my all of a sudden they became aware [aoeme eddsco onb{cbkersnhoethwathuohtehnehandsfull when they all hatch and that the trees were covered with machine compensated for the inevitable must be transferred to plants!"'a' Monarchs. Later estimates indicated shrinkage. If Brugger had not picked up ._____Ho p o GuN FN e that there were as many as 4 million that Mexican newspaper on that Please send any observations for our butterflies per acre. momentous day in 1973, his future BUG BYTES column to: Janice Brugger's discovery opened the acnndeevements might have been limited to Stiefel, W6311 Mullet Lane. Plymouth. WI flood gates for tourists, as they 53073 or e-mail: [email protected]