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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:43:11 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Some Wake Co., NC, butterflies -- June 28 |
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--000000000000b1ca230638a5548c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Folks, I wanted to get in a bit of "exercise" fairly early today, so from about 815 - 1045 I covered most of the Mid-Pines Road area south of Raleigh. The roadsides thankfully had not been mowed in a while, and thus thousands of Cat's-ears were in bloom. (Though the NC State U. Agro-Ecology Farm was closed, the milkweeds there seem to be about finished and the Johnson Grass has surpassed the plants anyway.) I walked portions of the roadsides and did quite well. Afterwards, I drove by Dix Park to see what was going on there. The sunflower field is a few weeks from blooming -- butterflies seldom are on those flowers -- but there is a large planting of Zinnias off to the side near the bee garden and white fence, just getting into bloom. Some verbenas were in bloom near the gravel parking area, as well. Here are my totals, on a sunny and very warm morning; sites combined, but where appropriate, M = Mid-Pines, DP = Dix Park Black Swallowtail 1 male MP Spicebush Swallowtail 1 female DP E. Tiger Swallowtail 6 Sleepy Orange 1 Orange Sulphur 2 CHECKERED WHITE 1 fresh male MP see photo link Cabbage White 30 MP Monarch 3 MP Variegated Fritillary 50 nearly all MP American Lady 1 MP Common Buckeye 10 Silver-spotted Skipper 12 DP Common Checkered-Skipper 1 MP Horace's Duskywing 2 DP Fiery 12 I'm including any and all small orange skippers here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293413343 Harry LeGrand Raleigh --000000000000b1ca230638a5548c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>I want= ed to get in a bit of "exercise" fairly early today, so from abou= t 815 - 1045 I covered most of the Mid-Pines Road area south of Raleigh.=C2= =A0 The roadsides thankfully had not been mowed in a while, and thus thousa= nds of Cat's-ears were in bloom.=C2=A0 (Though the NC State U. Agro-Eco= logy Farm was closed, the milkweeds there seem to be about finished and the= Johnson Grass has surpassed=C2=A0the plants anyway.)=C2=A0 I walked portio= ns of the roadsides and did quite well.=C2=A0 Afterwards, I drove by Dix Pa= rk to see what was going on there.=C2=A0 The sunflower field is a few weeks= from blooming -- butterflies seldom are on those flowers -- but there is a= large planting of Zinnias=C2=A0off to the side near the bee garden and whi= te fence, just getting into bloom.=C2=A0 Some verbenas were in bloom near t= he gravel parking area, as well.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Here = are my totals, on a sunny and very warm morning; sites combined, but where = appropriate, M =3D Mid-Pines, DP =3D Dix Park</div><div><br></div><div>Blac= k Swallowtail=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 male=C2=A0 MP</div><div>Spicebush Swallowtail= =C2=A0 1 female=C2=A0 DP</div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 6</div><div>S= leepy Orange=C2=A0 1</div><div>Orange Sulphur=C2=A0 2=C2=A0</div><div>CHECK= ERED WHITE=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 fresh male=C2=A0 MP=C2=A0 =C2=A0see photo link</di= v><div>Cabbage White=C2=A0 30=C2=A0 =C2=A0MP</div><div>Monarch=C2=A0 3=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 MP</div><div>Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 50=C2=A0 nearly all MP<= /div><div>American Lady=C2=A0 =C2=A01=C2=A0 =C2=A0MP</div><div>Common Bucke= ye=C2=A0 =C2=A010</div><div>Silver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 12=C2=A0 =C2=A0 DP= </div><div>Common Checkered-Skipper=C2=A0 =C2=A01=C2=A0 =C2=A0MP</div><div>= Horace's Duskywing=C2=A0 2=C2=A0 DP</div><div>Fiery=C2=A0 =C2=A012=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 I'm including any and all small orange skippers here</div><d= iv><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29341= 3343" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293413343">ht= tps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293413343</a></div><div><br></div><d= iv>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div></div> --000000000000b1ca230638a5548c-- |
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