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
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Vermont Institute of Natural Science
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