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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 15:56:12 -0400 From: Roger Shaw (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Caswell Co. NC gamelands, 24 May 2025 |
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Hi all, a bit of a belated post. After seeing Randy Emmitt=E2=80=99s report of an Eastern Pine Elfin in = the Caswell Gamelands, I decided to visit a few days later, as this has = been a long-standing nemesis species of mine. In turned into quite a fun = day of butterflying through the county. Many thanks to Randy for posting = about his sighting! Caswell Game Lands, Caswell Co. NC, 24 May 2025 2 Zebra Swallowtail 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1 Orange Sulphur 2 Gray Hairstreak 1 EASTERN PINE ELFIN (lifer, finally!) 1 CORAL HAIRSTREAK 2 Gray Hairstreak 8 Summer Azure 15 Eastern Tailed-Blue 1 American Snout 1 Variegated Fritillary 30 Great Spangled Fritillary 2 Red-spotted Purple 1 Question Mark 1 Eastern Comma 2 American Lady 2 Common Buckeye 15 Little Wood-Satyr 5 Hoary Edge 3 Southern Cloudywing 3 Silver-spotted Skipper 12 Tawny-edged/Crossline Skipper 2 Little Glassywing 1 Zabulon Skipper 2 Swarthy Skipper 1 Eufala Skipper (surprised to see, quite early) Good butterflying, ... Roger Shaw <roger.w.shaw...> Chapel Hill, NC |
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