My friend Peter Adler studied puddling behavior of lepidoptera when we were at Penn State. He analyzed substrate moisture going into and discharge moisture going out of the moths feeding on a dirt road at night. I think of Peter when I see puddling Leps. The link to his Master's publication is below. Michael. 


http://peabody.research.yale.edu//jls/pdfs/1980s/1982/1982-36(3)161-Adler.pdf 
Michael T. Quinn 

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From: "Kent McFarland" <[log in to unmask]> 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 8:10:50 AM 
Subject: [UVB] Butterfly question 

Hi Rob, 
There is a Vermont butterfly and moth listserve called VTLEPS. You can join 
it if you want at http://list.uvm.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=VTLEPS. In general, the 
wet June apparently hampered some butterfly species but not substantially, 
although there is no monitoring program. This is just from general 
observations. On the other hand, some butterflies have been on the high end. 
So we really can't generally say butterflies as a whole this year are down. 

There are several butterflies in Vermont that are considered tortoiseshells. 
You might be referring to one of my favorite species, Milbert's 
Tortoiseshell, which is quite common in Vermont. If you are able to take 
even mediocre digital photos of butterflies, many are easily identified and 
the above group is often very good about helping folks with identification 
and getting them hooked on butterflying. 

Additionally, you can get more information about Vermont butterflies from 
the recent Vermont Butterfly Survey report found here: 
http://www.vtecostudies.org/VBS/news.html 

Thanks, 
Kent 

Kent McFarland 

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