Tactics and Vectors 98/99
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Tactics and Vectors Database

Indexes to Field Studies of the Flight Behaviour of Migrating Butterflies and Dragonflies
in the late Summer and Fall for:
Georgia, USA
Texas, USA
Ontario, Canada

 

Index to Glider Pilot reports of sightings of Butterflies and Dragonflies in the late Summer and Fall for:

North America

  Georgia, USA, Indexes

Indexes for the fall migrations of 1986, 1987, and 1988, in Northwest Georgia

[Or skip the indexes and go directly to Field Data Tables for 1986, 1987, and 1988.]

  • Index I:     List of Species observed in  1986,   1987, and  1988

  • Index II:    List of Tables of Descriptive Statistics for flight behaviour of selected species

  • Index III:   List of Tables of Statistical Analyses of Pooled Data for selected species

  • Index IV:  List of  Tables with Observations of flight behaviour for selected species for the 1986, 1987, and 1988 field studies

  • Index V:  List of all Tables of Field Data and Field Notes for 1986, 1987, and 1988

Ontario, Canada Indexes

[Or skip the indexes and go directly to the Field Data Tables for 1998]

[Or check the Pooled Data for the 1978, 1979, and 1981 Monarch butterfly migrations}

Indexes for the late summer and fall migration for 1998 in southern Ontario
 
  • Index I:      List of species observed in  1998
  • Index II:    List of Tables of Descriptive Statistics of flight behaviours for selected species
  • Index III:  List of Tables of Statistical Analyses of Pooled Data for the 1978, 1979, and 1981 Monarch butterfly migration
  • Index IV:  List of  Tables with observations of flight behaviour for selected species for the 1998 field studies
  • Index IV:  List of all Tables of Field Data and field Notes for 1998



Index I
Northwest Georgia

Lists of Species observed and numbers of observations for the fall 1986, 1987, and 1988 migrations in Northwest Georgia

 

1986
List of Species observed in Northwest Georgia in the Fall of 1986   (Sept. 29 - Oct. 10)
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1987
List of Species observed in Northwest Georgia during the Fall, 1987, migration   (Sept. 28 - Oct. 10)
Location Species observed Number observed
 


Calhoun, Gordon Co.,
and  
Jasper, Jasper Co.,
Georgia, USA 





1)  Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)    391  
2)  Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)       2
3)  Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia)         25
4)  Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)        76
5)  Red Admiral   (Vanessa atalanta)                  4
6)  Gulf Fritillary  (Agraulis vanillae)                 2
7)  Saddlebag Dragonfly (Tramea lacerata)       2
Total observations = 502
(Fourteen observations of other species
were not included in total.)


1988
List of Species observed in Northwest Georgia during the Fall, 1988 migration   (Sept. 26 - Oct. 2)  

Location

Species observed

Number observed





Calhoun, Gordon Co.,
and  
Resaca, Gordon Co.,
Georgia, USA 


1)  Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) 

  
206


2)  Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)  

     
  27


3)  Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia)        

      
      20    


4)  Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)      

     
    7


5)  Red Admiral   (Vanessa atalanta)           

    
   4

6)  Gulf Fritillary  (Agralis Vanillae)           

   
   2


7)  Saddlebag Dragonfly (Tramea lacerata)


    8

Total Observations =274
(Two unidentified Sulphur Butterflies
were not included in total.)

 

 


Index I
Southern Ontario

List of species observed and number of observations for the late summer and fall 1998 migration
(Sept 1 - end of season)

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Date

Location

Species observed

Number
observed

Sept. 1

U. Toronto at Mississauga,  Mississauga, Peel Co.,
Ontario, Canada  

1)  Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

7

Sept. 6

York Soaring Glider Field, Arthur East, West Garafraxa,
Ontario, Canada  

1)  Monarch Butterfly (D. plexippus)

1

Sept 12

U. Toronto at Mississauga,   Mississauga, Peel Co.,
Ontario, Canada   


1)  Monarch Butterfly (D.  plexippus)
2)  Green Darner Dragonfly (Anax junuis)

2

13 

Sept 16

 Home in Mississauga, and U. Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Peel Co., Ontario, Canada   1) Monarch butterfly (D. plexippus)

5
 


More about unpublished field data.  Pipevine Swallowtails were observed migrating in Georgia (see 1987 and 1988 field data) and Texas.  Buckeye Butterflies (see 1987 and 1988 field data) and Gulf Fritillaries were observed migrating by soaring flight in Georgia in 1986.  Red Admirals were observed soaring in southern Ontario and Texas.  Last Fall I announced my plans to make all of my unpublished field observations of migratory flight behaviour of Monarch Butterflies, Pipevine Swallowtails, Buckeye Butterflies, Cloudless Sulphurs , Gulf Fritillaries, Red Admirals, Saddlebag Dragonflies, and other species available on Tactics and Vectors.  I had hoped to have the data on-line by early 1998 but things have worked out differently It's taking about three to four times longer than planned, and I suspect that I will still be entering data well into 1999.  I can only plead for patience.  The Georgia 1988  field observations were put on-line in February  1998 and the Georgia 1987 field observations went on-line in August 1988.  The Georgia 1986 data,  the Texas 1982, 1983, and 1984 data, and my Ontario data  will be put on-line as soon as possible. 


cray super computer

An older model CRAY super computer

I may have to purchase one of these at a fire sale to handle the mass of field observations, data analysis, and figures of flight vectors, etc., that flood into the Tactics and Vectors database each fall.  It could happen.