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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:51:35 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Bladen Co., NC, butterflies -- August 20 |
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--00000000000070c344063ce13a31 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Folks, Yesterday (Aug. 20), Jeff Pippen had to drive to Bladen County to work with a Jones Lake State Park (JONE) ranger/staff to set up a Carolina Butterfly Monitoring Survey route(s) at the park. So, Lori Arent and I rode down and back with him, and Al Hooks came down from Johnston County. The weather was mostly overcast until about 1100, but afterward the sun came out and we had mostly sunny conditions in the afternoon and temps in the mid-80s. We saw a few things at JONE, but after a quick lunch we drove a number of roads, mostly dirt, in the nearby Bladen Lakes State Forest (BLSF). Late in the day we stopped by Suggs Mill Pond Game Land (SMP). To be honest, there were few good nectar plants anywhere, especially at the first two sites, with the best source being considerable *Vernonia angustifolia* in a 2025 burned area at SMP. Note the quite small numbers of butterflies for a group of 4 people over 7+ hours of effort! I have flagged which ones of these were seen at JONE by ***, for State Parks' records, but no numbers are provided. Black Swallowtail 1 SMP Spicebush Swallowtail 15 *** Palamedes Swallowtail 60 *** E. Tiger Swallowtail 1 dark female *** Little Yellow 4 decent total a single one at *** Sleepy Orange 22 *** Orange Sulphur 1 albino SMP, a bit of a surprise there Cloudless Sulphur 4 *** very low Red-banded Hairstreak 3 Gray Hairstreak 4 *** E. Tailed-Blue 15 Monarch 4 *** Gulf Fritillary 1 bit of a surprise, quick fly-by at BLSF Variegated Fritillary 10 Common Buckeye 35 *** Pearl Crescent 4 *** Southern Cloudywing 3 BLSF Silver-spotted Skipper 1 Horace's Duskywing 1 Zarucco Duskywing 5 most or all at BLSF Delaware Skipper 1 a surprise BLSF, edge of abandoned airstrip Fiery Skipper 5 *** Whirlabout 1 female BLSF Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 2 *** one in the park and one at BLSF Swarthy Skipper 1 SMP Clouded Skipper 2 seems low Harry LeGrand Raleigh --00000000000070c344063ce13a31 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>Yesterday (Aug. 20), = Jeff Pippen had to drive to Bladen County to work with a Jones Lake State P= ark (JONE) ranger/staff to set up a Carolina Butterfly Monitoring Survey ro= ute(s) at the park.=C2=A0 So, Lori Arent and I rode down and back with him,= and Al Hooks came down from Johnston County.=C2=A0 The weather=C2=A0was mo= stly overcast until about 1100, but afterward the sun came out and we had m= ostly sunny=C2=A0conditions in the afternoon and temps in the mid-80s.=C2= =A0 We saw a few things at JONE, but after a quick lunch we drove a number = of roads, mostly dirt, in the=C2=A0nearby=C2=A0Bladen Lakes State Forest (B= LSF).=C2=A0 Late in the day we stopped by Suggs Mill Pond Game Land (SMP).= =C2=A0 To be honest, there were few good nectar plants anywhere, especially= at the first two sites, with the best source=C2=A0being considerable <i>Ve= rnonia angustifolia</i> in a 2025 burned area at SMP.=C2=A0 Note the quite = small numbers of butterflies for a group of 4 people over 7+ hours of effor= t!</div><div><br></div><div>I have flagged which ones of these were seen at= JONE by ***, for State Parks' records, but no numbers are provided.</d= iv><div><br></div><div>Black Swallowtail 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0SMP</div><div>Spiceb= ush Swallowtail=C2=A0 15=C2=A0 =C2=A0***</div><div>Palamedes Swallowtail=C2= =A0 60=C2=A0 ***</div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 dark female= =C2=A0 =C2=A0***</div><div>Little Yellow=C2=A0 =C2=A04=C2=A0 =C2=A0 decent = total=C2=A0 =C2=A0a single one at ***</div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 22=C2= =A0 =C2=A0***</div><div>Orange Sulphur=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0albino=C2=A0 SMP= , a bit of a surprise there</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 =C2=A04=C2=A0= ***=C2=A0 =C2=A0very low</div><div>Red-banded Hairstreak=C2=A0 3</div><div= >Gray Hairstreak=C2=A0 4=C2=A0 ***</div><div>E. Tailed-Blue=C2=A0 15</div><= div>Monarch=C2=A0 4=C2=A0 ***</div><div>Gulf Fritillary=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 bit o= f a surprise, quick fly-by at BLSF</div><div>Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 10= </div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0 35=C2=A0 ***</div><div>Pearl Crescent=C2=A0= 4=C2=A0 ***</div><div>Southern Cloudywing=C2=A0 3=C2=A0 BLSF</div><div>Sil= ver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 1</div><div>Horace's Duskywing=C2=A0 1</div><= div>Zarucco Duskywing=C2=A0 5=C2=A0 most or all at BLSF</div><div>Delaware = Skipper=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 a surprise=C2=A0 BLSF, edge of abandoned airstrip</di= v><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 5=C2=A0 ***</div><div>Whirlabout=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 f= emale=C2=A0 BLSF</div><div>Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper=C2=A0 2=C2=A0 =C2= =A0*** one in the park=C2=A0and one at BLSF</div><div>Swarthy Skipper=C2=A0= 1=C2=A0 SMP</div><div>Clouded Skipper=C2=A0 2=C2=A0 =C2=A0seems low</div><= div><br></div><div>Harry=C2=A0LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div><div><br></div= ><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div= ></div> --00000000000070c344063ce13a31-- |
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