Location:
Species:
Painted lady
Date and Time:
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 10:00
Number Observed:
200
Type:
Migrating individual(s)
Wind Speed:
7
Flight Direction:
45.00
Wind Direction:
67.50
Description/Notes:
South Lake Tahoe, California. Location precision: estimated within a 4 km radius. Observed by Ian Watkinson, DesertLeps newsgroup. Even though I’m a moth man, thought I would pass on that painted ladies are in amazing abundance here in South Lake Tahoe where we are taking a few days break. Mostly they are flying fast in an approximate NE direction. We did notice that many would nectar on flowering sallow catkins. Ian. [Wind data from Earth.nullschool.net: Blowing from azimuth 60 degrees, 11 km/hour.]