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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:28:12 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Raulston Arboretum, Wake Co., butterflies today -- Sept. 18 |
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--0000000000008013a9063f15d7a8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT We got a perfectly clear and sunny morning today, after about 3 cloudy and cool ones, with still essentially NO rain. I don't remember what real rain is like; all we get these last few weeks is drizzle and spitting drops. At least, the staff at Raulston, in west Raleigh, do water their plants to keep them alive and blooming. The butterflies were VERY active and eager to get nectar, and the numbers were impressive, but sadly there is still a lack of rarities in 2025. Even "the" Gulf Fritillary" was absent this morning. Here is the list for an hour from 950-1050, with a few from Yates Mill County Park (YM) added in: Pipevine Swallowtail 4 Black Swallowtail 1 male E. Tiger Swallowtail 2 Sleepy Orange 10 Cloudless Sulphur 6 Cabbage White 20+ Gray Hairstreak 1 has the E. Tailed-Blue completely disappeared from here? Used to be regular here Monarch 1 (YM) Variegated Fritillary 3 Red-spotted Purple 2 YM Common Buckeye 3 still few brushfoots at Raulston all year Silver-spotted Skipper 18 Common Checkered-Skipper 12 Horace's Duskywing 1 worn male Fiery Skipper 60 Sachem 4 females only Eufala Skipper 3 Clouded Skipper 25 Ocola Skipper 5 Least Skipper 7 YM Harry LeGrand Raleigh --0000000000008013a9063f15d7a8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>We got a perfectly clear and sunny morning today, aft= er about 3 cloudy and cool ones, with still essentially NO rain.=C2=A0 I do= n't remember what real rain is like; all we get these=C2=A0last few wee= ks is drizzle and spitting drops.=C2=A0 At least, the staff at Raulston, in= west Raleigh, do water their plants to keep them alive and blooming.=C2=A0= The butterflies were VERY active and eager to get nectar, and the numbers = were impressive, but sadly there is still a lack of rarities in 2025. Even = "the" Gulf Fritillary" was absent this morning.=C2=A0 Here i= s the list for an hour from 950-1050, with a few from Yates Mill County Par= k (YM) added in:</div><div><br></div><div>Pipevine Swallowtail=C2=A0 4</div= ><div>Black Swallowtail=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 male</div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail= =C2=A0 2</div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 10</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0= 6</div><div>Cabbage White 20+</div><div>Gray Hairstreak=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 =C2= =A0has the E. Tailed-Blue completely disappeared from here?=C2=A0 Used to b= e regular here</div><div>Monarch=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 (YM)</div><div>Variegated Fr= itillary=C2=A0 3</div><div>Red-spotted Purple=C2=A0 2=C2=A0 YM</div><div>Co= mmon Buckeye=C2=A0 3=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0still few brushfoots at Raulston al= l year</div><div>Silver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 18</div><div>Common Checkered= -Skipper=C2=A0 12</div><div>Horace's Duskywing=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0worn= male</div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 60</div><div>Sachem=C2=A0 4=C2=A0 =C2= =A0females only</div><div>Eufala=C2=A0Skipper=C2=A0 3</div><div>Clouded Ski= pper=C2=A0 25</div><div>Ocola Skipper=C2=A0 5</div><div>Least Skipper=C2=A0= 7=C2=A0 YM</div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div><= /div> --0000000000008013a9063f15d7a8-- |
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