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
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