Argynnis

edusa, Zegris eupheme, Argynnis pandora, Issoria lathonia, V.

Three years of conservation work to restore the butterflies' breeding requirements is paying off and the June sunshine allowed the fritillaries - Latin name Argynnis adippe - to emerge from pupal stage to flutter in greater numbers than ever around the bracken-covered slopes of the Alun Valley.

Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Bionomie und Ethologie des aisermantels Argynnis apaphia Girard (Lep.

Chemical communication in the silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae).

Antibody to SARS-CoV in bat sera collected in 1986-1999 at 4 locations in central and southern Africa * ELISA: positive/tested (%) [dagger] Limpopo Mpumalanga Oriental Province, Province, Province, SA SA DRC Fruit bats Casinycteris argynnis Eidolon helvum Epomophorus gambianus 0/4 0/6 Epomophorus wahlbergi 0/2 Epomops franqueti Hypsignathus monstrosus Lyssonycteris angolensis 1/16 (6.3) Myonycteris torquata Rousettus aegyptiacus 11/29 17/142 (37.9) (12.0) Insect bats Chaerephon pumila 0/35 0/18 Hipposideros caffer 0/5 0/9 Hipposideros commersoni 0/16 Miniopterus inflatus 1/34 (2.9) Miniopterus schreibersi 0/1 Mops condylurus 3/19 11/96 (15.8) (11.5) Mops midas 0/15 Myotis bocagei 0/1 Nycteris argae 0/1 N.

Species contributing most flower visits were Apis mellifera (Apidae, 34.9%), Bombus terrestris (Apidae, 12.8%), [TABULAR DATA FOR TABLE 1 OMITTED] Anthidiellum breviusculum (Megachilidae, 9.9%), Ceratina cyanea + mocsaryi (Anthophoridae, 8.9%; these two species are difficult to distinguish in the field and will be treated as a single species in this paper), Thymelicus acteon (Hesperiidae, 6.0%) and Argynnis paphia (Nymphalidae, 3.4%) (all plants combined, N = 436 pollinator visits).