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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 14:28:07 -0400 From: NICHOLAS FLANDERS (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Hertford Co., NC butterflies, 8/23/25 |
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--00000000000004e294063d48d674 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Dear all, Elisa and the kids joined me as I walked my CarBMP route on Chowan Swamp Game Land near the Wiccacon R., Hertford Co., NC this past Sat, Aug 23. It was mostly cloudy and mild, and it was fun but challenging to count the Buckeyes and Sleepy Oranges and I was pleased with the diversity as well. Most nectaring was at sneezeweed, with some things at boneset, especially Red-banded Hairstreaks and Silver-spotted Skippers. List below. Nick Flanders Portsmouth, VA Black Swallowtail - 2 Spicebush Swallowtail - 4 Palamedes Swallowtail - 2 E. Tiger Swallowtail - 4 Sleepy Orange - 47 Cloudless Sulphur - 4 Expected more Red-banded Hairstreak - 16 Gray Hairstreak - 2 Summer Azure - 14 E. Tailed-Blue - 4 Monarch - 3 Variegated Fritillary - 3 Viceroy - 3 Red-spotted Purple - 2 Common Buckeye - 102 Plus two caterpillars on *Agalinis* Pearl Crescent - 26 Pearly-eye sp. - 1 Hoary Edge - 3 1 worn Silver-spotted Skipper - 8 Common Checkered-Skipper - 2 Dun Skipper - 1 Fresh male Fiery Skipper - 11 Zabulon Skipper - 3 Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper - 1 Clouded Skipper - 3 Ocola Skipper - 1 Least Skipper - 2 --00000000000004e294063d48d674 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto">Dear all, Elisa and the kids joined me = as I walked my CarBMP route on Chowan Swamp Game Land near the Wiccacon R.,= Hertford Co., NC this past Sat, Aug 23. It was mostly cloudy and mild, and= it was fun but challenging to count the Buckeyes and Sleepy Oranges and I = was pleased with the diversity as well. Most nectaring was at sneezeweed, w= ith some things at boneset, especially Red-banded Hairstreaks and Silver-sp= otted Skippers. List below.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"au= to">Nick Flanders</div><div dir=3D"auto">Portsmouth, VA</div><div dir=3D"au= to"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Black Swallowtail - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto= ">Spicebush Swallowtail - 4</div><div dir=3D"auto">Palamedes Swallowtail - = 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">E. Tiger Swallowtail - 4</div><div dir=3D"auto">Sl= eepy Orange - 47</div><div dir=3D"auto">Cloudless Sulphur - 4=C2=A0 =C2=A0E= xpected more</div><div dir=3D"auto">Red-banded Hairstreak - 16</div><div di= r=3D"auto">Gray Hairstreak - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Summer Azure - 14</di= v><div dir=3D"auto">E. Tailed-Blue - 4</div><div dir=3D"auto">Monarch - 3</= div><div dir=3D"auto">Variegated Fritillary - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto">Vice= roy - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto">Red-spotted Purple - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto= ">Common Buckeye - 102=C2=A0 =C2=A0Plus two caterpillars on <i>Agalinis</i>= </div><div dir=3D"auto">Pearl Crescent - 26</div><div dir=3D"auto">Pearly-e= ye sp. - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Hoary Edge - 3=C2=A0 =C2=A01 worn</div><d= iv dir=3D"auto">Silver-spotted Skipper - 8</div><div dir=3D"auto">Common Ch= eckered-Skipper - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Dun Skipper - 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0Fres= h male</div><div dir=3D"auto">Fiery Skipper - 11</div><div dir=3D"auto">Zab= ulon Skipper - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto">Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper - 1</d= iv><div dir=3D"auto">Clouded Skipper - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto">Ocola Skipp= er - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Least Skipper - 2</div></div> --00000000000004e294063d48d674-- |
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