Volume 10 - Issue 1, February 15, 2008 - Lake Chapala Review

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Page 64 Lake Chapala Review February 2008 Gems in the Garden by Yale Weatherby www.mexicanadventure.smugmug.com 33rd Annual North American Butterfly Count -2007 3rd Annual Jalisco Butterfly Count – 2007 We were privileged to have Ms. Kim Garwood of Mission, Tx with us for our Annual Butterfly Count in Lake Chapala. Kim is the co-author of the premier book “Butterflies – Northeastern Mexico”. This book is a bible for those wanting to identify the butterflies found in Mexico. She also is coauthor of the book titled “Butterflies of Southern Amazonia”, which is defined as the State of Madre de Dios in southeaster Peru, the State of Rondonia is west-central Brazil, and the State of Mato Grosso is south-central Brazil. As we learned that Kim is also a avid “Birder”, as she says: Birds and Butterflies seem to go together. This year, we took advantage of Kim’s visit to turn this count into both a annual count and educational count for us that had never participated in a organized annual count stateside. The participants were Yale Weatherby, Philomena Weatherby, Gale Streun and Kim Garwood. Our Count Circle defined as: Center being the Catholic Church in Riberas del Pilar, East boundary being Vista del Lago, West boundary being the Racquet Club in San Juan Cosala. We started the count at 1030 hrs on 24 September and completed the count at 1630 hrs. Areas visited were: Lake Chapala Society Grounds, lakeside near Rio Bravo, the cactus garden & Mexican Plum Tree on Rio Naza, Chapala Hacienda, and Vista de Lago. Results of the 3rd Annual Jalisco Butterfly Count – 2007 Swallowtails 7 species Montezuma Polydamas Giant Broad-banded Two-tailed Magnificent Pink-spotted Whites 4 species Mexican Dartwhite Florida Great Southern Mountain Sulphurs 8 species Southern Dogface Cloudless Orange-barred Large Orange Barred Yellow Mexican Yellow Tailed Orange Mimosa Yellow Blues 1 species Cassius Blue Brushfoots 11 species Gulf Fritillary Mexican Silverspot Texan Crescent Zebra Longwing Mexican Fritillary Banded Peacock Blomfield/s Beauty White Peacock Juno Black-patch Cracker Bordered Patch Satyrs 1 species Carolina Satyr Milkweed Butterflies 1 species Monarch Spreadwing Skippers 11 species Elbella Scylla White-stripped Longtail Zilpa Longtail Dorantes Longtail Brown Longtail Staphylus Sp. Pallid Sicklewing Sickle-wing sk. Guava Skipper White-patched Skipper Tropical Checkered-Skipper Grass-Skippers 1 species Quinta cannae Interesting to Note: On Saturday, we visited the Mexican Plum Tree/Cactus Garden and were overwhelmed with the multitude of “Blomfild’s Beauty’s”. The fruit of the plum tree was just ripe enough to attract those butterflies who feed on rotting fruit. There were approximately 50 – 60 Blomfild’s Beauty feeding in this single tree, Kim stated that she had never seen that many Blomfild’s Beauty at any one time. At the same time, we saw two (2) Gray Crackers in the vicinity of the Plum Tree. On Sunday, we drove up to Mazamitla to observe butterflies at this higher elevation (7,300 ft); we were surprised to find a large mowed lot in a gated area that had 12 – 18 “Pipevine Swallowtail” obviously searching for host plants on which to lay their eggs. They didn’t seem to mind the intrusion into their area, but continued to search for the plants. We put Kim on the Bus for McAllen Texas, she left one day to early, as on the 26th September, we had about 12 – 18 Juno butterflies cruising around our yard, looking to lay eggs on our “Passion Vines”, while 200 – 300 caterpillars are gorging their way through the passion-vines.. What a sight!!! Juno butterflies lay a cluster of about 100 eggs at a time at a single site, while many other butterflies lay single egg on 100 sites.
February 2008 Lake Chapala Review Page 65 ANIMALS Animal Shelter 17 Dr. Delfino 29 ART/GALLERIES Aimar Stained Glass 32 Arte de Mexico 43 Aztec Studios 44 Belva & Enrique 57 Galeria di Paola 45 Maestros del Arte 48 AUTOMOTIVE Goodyear Fuentes 46 Linea Profesional 51 S & S Auto 51 BOUTIQUES Arati 56 Diane Pearl 13 El Palomar 25 Mi México 35 Opus Boutique 8 Telares Los Reyes 36 BUILDERS & BUILDING SUPPLIES Automatic Garage Door 29 Carol’s Homebuilding 33 Dist. del Lago 19 H+M Construcciones 42 Hogar Ceramico 52 Home Services 6,27 Lake Chapala Master Builders 45 CHURCHES Baptist Church 4 ENTERTAINMENT Northern Lights Festival 16 FUMIGATION SERVICES Bugs R Us 14 FURNITURE & DECOR Cabo do Mundo Center C&D Furniture 31 Electroventa 32 Mueblera del Lago 61 Ricardo Fernandez Center Tecnicos Unidos 63 Westside Center Review of Advertisers HARDWARE-LIGHTING Galvez Hardware 15 Ilumina + Decora Center Lighting & Design 39 Prisa Paint 56 Real Ortega 63 HEALTH & BEAUTY Beauty by Health Clinic 49 Chelations 43 Club Oxigen 42 Corpus Novus 4 Estetica Raquel 33 Farmacia Cristina 57 Farmacia Morelos 41 Spa & Salon del Lago 13 Total Body Care 46 HOTELS & BARS Casa Blanca 14 Casa del Sol 35 Hotel La Estancia 36 La Casa Encantada 28 La Nueva Posada 59 Casa de la Real Aduana 58 INSURANCE AIG Center Parker 59 LAUNDRY & CLEANING Escomovil 47 Lomwell Car Wash 9 Spring Clean 48 LEGAL & FINANCE Efficient Wealth Mgmt. 28 HiFX 64 Intercam 20 Intercasa 31 Lakeside Mortgage Consultants 26 Multivalores 67 MARKETS/PLAZAS Puritan Poultry 10 MEDICAL Dra. Aldana 46 Dr. Don 59 Dr. Haro 15 Dr. Heredia 26 Dr. Reyes 27 Dr. Jorge Padilla 17 Hospital San Javier BC Maskaras Clinic 41 Optica Cardona 23 MISC. SERVICES Mail Boxes Etc. 62 S.O.S.E. 42 MOVING Lake Chapala Moving 12 Strom-White Moving 23 The Movers Lakeside 11 NURSING HOMES Casa Nostra 10 REAL ESTATE Adobe Real Estate 22 Alternative 19 Absolut Fenix 55 All In 1 Service 21 Ambar Inmobilliaria 37 Casa Mexico 5 Century 21 3 Cielo Vista Center Elliott Joachim 53 Four Seasons 54 FSBO Barragan 25 FSBO Oliva 32 Hacienda La Cristina 67 Hernandez Realty 38 Interlago 50 Intl. Realty 3 Jenny Herren 8 Jorge Torres 10 Laguna Real Estate 60 Laguna Vista 37 Lake Chapala R.E. Center Laura’s Realty Group 6 Patti Robertson 7 Raul Gonzalez Center Roma Rentals 33 Tres Marias 53 Vista Alegre Center Vita 24,34 Lupita Flores 61 Wright Team 45 RESTAURANTS Armando’s 12 Beer Garden 32 Blue Agave 36 Cafe Magaña 52 Cazadores 4 Chung Chinese 27 David’s Cafe 39 El Guayabo 57 Fonda Argentina 40 Grandma’s Kitchen 25 Johnny’s Bar/Rest. 35 Jose’s Illusion 15 La Bodega 49 La Nueva Posada 59 La Tasca 32 La Taverna 8 Manix 36 Mariscos Guicho 11 Panino Deli 30 Pizzeria Toscana 44 Ricki’s Japanese 54 St. Peter’s 5 The Garden 32 Tom’s Bar 7 Tony’s Restaurant 62 Valenciana’s Pizza 48 TEL./TECHNOLOGY Adalberto Ponce 46 Direct Phone Service 43 Discount Telephone 7 Lagunanet 26 Los Alpes Internet 14 New World Technology 31 THRIFT STORES Nacho’s Trash & Treasures 63 TRAVEL Charter Club Tours 9 Focus On Mexico 19 WATER Albercas del Lago 22 Tecno Agua 59 Ultra Pure 18
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