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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:19:37 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Butterflies at the N.C. State U. farm fields, Wake Co, NC -- Aug. 23 |
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--000000000000239d44063d0c5ea7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Folks, This morning I covered Mid-Pines Road, Inwood Road, beside and behind Treasuring Chest Church, and Yates Pond -- south of Raleigh, under relatively mild and partly cloudy skies. Mid-Pines was very dusty (no rain since about Aug. 14), and most roadsides were again mowed the day before, a constant "PITA" that the farm staff seems to enjoy for "beautification". Still, there were enough areas of blooming Cat's-ear (*Hypochaeris radicata*) and a few other things to provide some decent butterfly totals. There were also lots of things nectaring on Virgin's-bower (*Clematis virginiana*) at the marsh bridge at Yates Pond. Here are my totals: Black Swallowtail 1 female E. Tiger Swallowtail 20 all over the *Clematis* Sleepy Orange 3 Cabbage White 1 still a lull between broods? Monarch 9 Variegated Fritillary 8 low, but not that much nectar for them Viceroy 3 on the *Clematis* Red-spotted Purple 1 American Lady 1 fresh; on zinnias at the church; tough to find in much of August Common Buckeye 5 also low Pearl Crescent 2 Silver-spotted Skipper 8 mostly on the *Clematis* COMMON SOOTYWING 2 scattered along Inwood; colonies in the area but alway a good find Common Checkered-Skipper 50 tons behind church and a few other places Horace's Duskywing 1 church zinnias Fiery Skipper 85 Sachem 1 worn male; tougher to find here each year Zabulon Skipper 2 wooded tunnel north of fields Clouded Skipper 50 tons on *Centrosema* in wooded tunnel area SOUTHERN SKIPPERLING 1 fresh; on Cat's-ear along Mid-Pines; first along this road in a few years Ocola Skipper 3 only on *Clematis* at Yates Pond photo of Common Sootywing: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308484807 Harry LeGrand Raleigh --000000000000239d44063d0c5ea7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div></div><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>This morni= ng I covered Mid-Pines Road, Inwood Road, beside and behind Treasuring Ches= t Church, and Yates Pond -- south of Raleigh, under relatively mild and par= tly cloudy skies.=C2=A0 Mid-Pines was very dusty (no rain since about Aug. = 14), and most roadsides were again mowed the day before, a constant "P= ITA" that the farm staff seems to enjoy for "beautification"= .=C2=A0 Still, there were enough areas of blooming Cat's-ear (<i>Hypoch= aeris radicata</i>) and a few other things to provide some decent butterfly= totals.=C2=A0 There were also lots of things nectaring on Virgin's-bow= er (<i>Clematis virginiana</i>) at the marsh bridge at Yates Pond.=C2=A0 He= re are my totals:</div><div><br></div><div>Black Swallowtail=C2=A0 1 female= </div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 20=C2=A0 all over the <i>Clematis</i>= </div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 3</div><div>Cabbage White=C2=A0 1 still a lu= ll between broods?</div><div>Monarch=C2=A0 9</div><div>Variegated Fritillar= y=C2=A0 8=C2=A0 low, but not that much nectar for them</div><div>Viceroy=C2= =A0 3=C2=A0 =C2=A0on the <i>Clematis</i></div><div>Red-spotted Purple=C2=A0= 1</div><div>American Lady=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 fresh; on zinnias at the church; t= ough to find=C2=A0in much of August</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0 =C2=A05= =C2=A0 also low</div><div>Pearl Crescent=C2=A0 2</div><div>Silver-spotted S= kipper=C2=A0 8=C2=A0 mostly on the <i>Clematis</i></div><div>COMMON SOOTYWI= NG=C2=A0 2=C2=A0 scattered along Inwood; colonies in the area but alway a g= ood find</div><div>Common Checkered-Skipper=C2=A0 50=C2=A0 =C2=A0tons behin= d church and a few other places</div><div>Horace's Duskywing=C2=A0 1=C2= =A0 =C2=A0church zinnias</div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 85</div><div>Sachem= =C2=A0 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0worn male; tougher to find here each year</div><div>Za= bulon Skipper=C2=A0 2=C2=A0 wooded tunnel north of fields</div><div>Clouded= Skipper=C2=A0 50=C2=A0 =C2=A0tons on <i>Centrosema</i> in wooded tunnel ar= ea</div><div>SOUTHERN SKIPPERLING=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 fresh; on Cat's-ear alo= ng Mid-Pines; first along this road in a few years</div><div>Ocola Skipper= =C2=A0 3=C2=A0 =C2=A0only on <i>Clematis</i> at Yates Pond</div><div><br></= div><div>photo of Common Sootywing:<div><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.= org/observations/308484807" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/obse= rvations/308484807">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308484807</a><= /div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div> </div></div> --000000000000239d44063d0c5ea7-- |
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