[EBB Sightings] awash with painted ladys and a question?

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Frighteningly sudden is my reaction! Went walking through Mira vista field on 
El Cerrito/Richmond line...in a cotoneaster kazam! I was literally startled 
by the enormity of the emergence. in my yard as well literally dozens on the 
buddlea. It was so fabulous witnessing the spring migration and now the 
children. A few years ago I had planted six Lupinus propinqus (arboreal) in my back 
yard. At full growth they were maybe six feet across and four to five feet in 
height. and six of them to boot. Painted lady larva consumed them to the ground 
in a matter of days!! Well, I planted then as a larval food guess I got what I 
wanted. Mira vista is a lovely birding spot as well. There is a family of 
Hooded Orioles nesting locally there. Havent been able to find the nest but the 
frequent the field foraging. 

George McRae

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eld on El Cerrito/Richmond line...in a cotoneaster kazam! I was literally st=
artled by the enormity of the emergence. in my yard as well literally dozens=
 on the buddlea. It was so fabulous witnessing the spring migration and now=20=
the children. A few years ago I had planted six Lupinus propinqus (arboreal)=
 in my back yard. At full growth they were maybe six feet across and four to=
 five feet in height. and six of them to boot. Painted lady larva consumed t=
hem to the ground in a matter of days!! Well, I planted then as a larval foo=
d guess I got what I wanted. Mira vista is a lovely birding spot as well. Th=
ere is a family of Hooded Orioles nesting locally there. Havent been able to=
 find the nest but the frequent the field foraging. 

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