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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 22:18:02 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Second county record in NC for Cassius Blue! |
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--00000000000039fe84063989ce91 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I see from the* Butterflies of North Carolina *website that two of Randy's photos have now been posted on the species page. It may take a few weeks or a month before we get the range map updated to show Carteret County. I will edit the text tonight. Harry LeGrand On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 10:14=E2=80=AFPM Harry LeGrand <hlegrandjr...>= > wrote: > Folks, > > Today at Fort Macon State Park in Carteret County, Josh Emm and Ranger > Randy Newman were butterflying in the park, with Randy doing his butterfl= y > survey and Josh there to look for Crystal Skipper. They did find at leas= t > one skipper, but they spotted a CASSIUS BLUE apparently along the route. > Both Josh and Randy got photos, and it appeared to be ovipositing on a > *Hydrocotyle* species, likely *bonariensis*. Here is the iNaturalist > report from Josh: > > https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/296575265 > > There are three previous records in NC, all from Mark Jones in his yard > south of Wilmington in New Hanover County, from 2006, 2007, and 2010. So= , > Carteret is the second county record and the northernmost in the state. > There is at least one record for southeastern Virginia. It is a sporadic > breeding species in coastal SC. > > It will be interesting to see if the butterfly DID deposit eggs, and if > so, if any of them survive to eclose to adults later in the summer. It > happened with likely a single Zebra Longwing at this park in 2008, which > produced several DOZEN adults later in the summer! > > Harry LeGrand > Raleigh > --00000000000039fe84063989ce91 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I see from the<u> Butterflies of North Carolina </u>w= ebsite that two of Randy's photos have now been posted on the species p= age.=C2=A0 It may take a few weeks or a month before we get the range map u= pdated=C2=A0to show Carteret County.=C2=A0 I will edit the text tonight.</d= iv><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo= te gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul= 9, 2025 at 10:14=E2=80=AFPM Harry LeGrand <<a href=3D"mailto:hlegrandjr= @gmail.com"><hlegrandjr...></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg= b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Folks,</div><div><br= ></div><div>Today at Fort Macon State Park in Carteret County, Josh Emm and= Ranger Randy Newman were butterflying in the park, with Randy doing his bu= tterfly survey and Josh there to look for Crystal Skipper.=C2=A0 They did f= ind at least one skipper, but they spotted a CASSIUS BLUE apparently along = the route.=C2=A0 Both Josh and Randy got photos, and it appeared to be ovip= ositing on a <i>Hydrocotyle</i> species, likely <i>bonariensis</i>.=C2=A0 H= ere is the iNaturalist report from Josh:</div><div></div><div><br></div><di= v><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/296575265" originalSr= c=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/296575265" target=3D"_blank">= https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/296575265</a></div><div><br></div>= <div>There are three previous records in NC, all from Mark Jones in his yar= d south of Wilmington in New Hanover County, from 2006, 2007, and 2010.=C2= =A0 So, Carteret is the second county record and the northernmost in the st= ate. There is at least one record for southeastern Virginia.=C2=A0 It is a = sporadic breeding species in coastal SC.</div><div><br></div><div>It will b= e interesting to see if the butterfly DID deposit eggs, and if so, if any o= f them survive to eclose to adults later=C2=A0in the summer.=C2=A0 It happe= ned with likely a single Zebra Longwing at this park in 2008, which produce= d several DOZEN adults later in the summer!</div><div><br></div><div>Harry = LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div></div> </blockquote></div> --00000000000039fe84063989ce91-- |
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