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| List: MassLep Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 15:23:20 -0700 (PDT) From: 'Andrew Griffith' via MassLep <masslep...> Subject: [MassLep] 8/2/25 - Taunton, Raynham and Wareham |
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------=_Part_305636_2069345023.1754173400846 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_305637_941940248.1754173400846" ------=_Part_305637_941940248.1754173400846 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" We hit a few places today. Beautiful weather, upper 70's, a little breezy and full sun. *Taunton, MA - Westville Conservation Area* We went here again mainly to check on the Alder trees to see if they had any wooly aphids. They did not have any, so all hopes of a Harvester population there were sort of dashed. There were a few species flying, but not as much as we had thought. 3 Monarchs 2 Peck's Skippers 1 Least Skipper 1 Common Wood Nymph 2 Pearl Crescents 3 Cabbage Whites *Raynham, MA - Borden Colony* We have always had a bit of luck here. Today was not exception. No matter what the weather says, it feels 10 degrees hotter here every time. The place is usually overgrown with a bit of everything, but it seems as though they did some massive invasive control at some point a month or more ago, and the fields are bursting with milkweed with fresh blooms and other nectar plants! Not sure that I have ever seen so much flowering milkweed in August before. As a result, there were some good numbers of individuals and species. 20+ Monarchs 50+ Sulphurs - mostly Clouded but about 10 or so Orange in there as well 8 Common Buckeyes 1 Red-banded Hairstreak 5 Cabbage Whtes 12 Pearl Crescents 6 Eastern Tailed Blues 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (first of the year for us. How??) 5 Tawny-edged Skippers 1 Viceroy 1 Zabulon Skipper male 1 American Copper Then when we got home, there were a few notable species in the yard here in *Wareham*. Nothing too special, but it is good to see things picking up a bit more. 3 Monarchs 4 Sachems 3 Tawny-edged Skippers 1 Clouded Sulphur 1 American Copper 3 Broad-winged Skippers 3 Cabbage Whites Andrew & Lauren Griffith -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/<3e5c812b-bf31-4d01-8e73-cb12ff8f56a7n...> ------=_Part_305637_941940248.1754173400846 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We hit a few places today.=C2=A0 Beautiful weather, upper 70's, a little br= eezy and full sun.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div><br /></div><div><b>Taunton, MA - Westvi= lle Conservation Area</b></div><div>We went here again mainly to check on t= he Alder trees to see if they had any wooly aphids.=C2=A0 They did not have= any, so all hopes of a Harvester population there were sort of dashed.=C2= =A0 There were a few species flying, but not as much as we had thought.=C2= =A0=C2=A0</div><div><br /></div><div>3 Monarchs</div><div>2 Peck's Skippers= </div><div>1 Least Skipper</div><div>1 Common Wood Nymph</div><div>2 Pearl = Crescents</div><div>3 Cabbage Whites</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Raynham,= MA - Borden Colony</b></div><div>We have always had a bit of luck here.=C2= =A0 Today was not exception.=C2=A0 No matter what the weather says, it feel= s 10 degrees hotter here every time.=C2=A0 The place is usually overgrown w= ith a bit of everything, but it seems as though they did some massive invas= ive control at some point a month or more ago, and the fields are bursting = with milkweed with fresh blooms and other nectar plants!=C2=A0 Not sure tha= t I have ever seen so much flowering milkweed in August before.=C2=A0 As a = result, there were some good numbers of individuals and species.=C2=A0=C2= =A0</div><div><br /></div><div>20+ Monarchs</div><div>50+ Sulphurs - mostly= Clouded but about 10 or so Orange in there as well</div><div>8 Common Buck= eyes</div><div>1 Red-banded Hairstreak</div><div>5 Cabbage Whtes</div><div>= 12 Pearl Crescents</div><div>6 Eastern Tailed Blues</div><div>2 Eastern Tig= er Swallowtails (first of the year for us.=C2=A0 How??)</div><div>5 Tawny-e= dged Skippers</div><div>1 Viceroy</div><div>1 Zabulon Skipper male</div><di= v>1 American Copper</div><div><br /></div><div>Then when we got home, there= were a few notable species in the yard here in <b>Wareham</b>.=C2=A0 Nothi= ng too special, but it is good to see things picking up a bit more.=C2=A0= =C2=A0</div><div><br /></div><div>3 Monarchs</div><div>4 Sachems</div><div>= 3 Tawny-edged Skippers</div><div>1 Clouded Sulphur</div><div>1 American Cop= per</div><div>3 Broad-winged Skippers</div><div>3 Cabbage Whites</div><div>= <br /></div><div>Andrew & Lauren Griffith</div><div><br /></div><div><b= r /></div><div><br /></div> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<3e5c812b-bf31-4d01-8e73-cb12ff8f56a7n...>?utm_medium= =3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/3e5= <c812b-bf31-4d01-8e73-cb12ff8f56a7n...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_305637_941940248.1754173400846-- ------=_Part_305636_2069345023.1754173400846-- |
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