Just to make sure everyone is/stays on the same page.... The term "host plant" is generally referred to as the plant that the larva feed on. While adults feeding on flowers are usually referred to as nectaring. I assume this butterfly was an adult nectaring. Kent At 04:32 PM 4/18/2004, you wrote: >4/17 Milbert's tortoiseshell feeding on Colts Ft. Block 5 (E. Mont.) >Gary Ann Lewis Kent McFarland Conservation Biology Department Vermont Institute of Natural Science 27023 Church Hill Rd. Woodstock, VT 05091 802-457-1053 x124 http://www.vinsweb.org/cbd/