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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 18:42:29 -0500 From: Dennis Forsythe (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: 5 Eastern Buckmoths - Colleton County, SC |
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--000000000000b0ca240647846161 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nate I am jealous Dennis M. Forsythe PhD Emeritus Professor of Biology The Citadel 171 Moultrie St, Charleston, SC 29409 843.795.3996-home 843.953.7264-fax 843.708.1605-cell <dennis.forsythe...> On Sat, Jan 3, 2026 at 6:39=E2=80=AFPM Nate Dias <carolinaleps...> wr= ote: > Warm late December days in sandy habitat with certain oak species in > Lowcountry South Carolina mean you have a shot at seeing Eastern Buckmoth= . > > I was fortunate enough to see five on a recent warm day on a plantation i= n > Colleton County, SC. Some were super close - but they are still the devi= l > to photograph well. Buggers never perch and their flight is so erratic. > > But they are such a charming species! > > Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC > > -- > https://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/ > > https://www.youtube.com/@NathanDiasNatureVideos > > "These days I prefer to hunt with a camera. A good photograph demands > more skill from the hunter, better nerves and more patience than the rifl= e > shot." -- Bror Blixen > > --000000000000b0ca240647846161 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">Nate</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I= am jealous=C2=A0<br clear=3D"all"><br clear=3D"all"><div dir=3D"auto"><div= dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><= div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Dennis M= . Forsythe PhD<div>Emeritus Professor of Biology<br></div><div>The Citadel<= /div><div><div><div>171 Moultrie St,<br>Charleston, SC 29409<br>843.795.399= 6-home<br>843.953.7264-fax<br>843.708.1605-cell<br><a href=3D"mailto:dennis= <.forsythe...>" target=3D"_blank"><dennis.forsythe...></a></div><= /div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><b= r><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, = Jan 3, 2026 at 6:39=E2=80=AFPM Nate Dias <<a href=3D"mailto:carolinaleps= @duke.edu"><carolinaleps...></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Warm late December days in sandy habita= t with certain oak species in Lowcountry South Carolina mean you have a sho= t at seeing Eastern Buckmoth.</div><div><br></div><div>I was fortunate enou= gh to see five on a recent warm day on a plantation in Colleton County, SC.= =C2=A0 Some were super close - but they are still the devil to photograph= =C2=A0well.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Buggers never perch and their flight is so erratic.= </div><div><br></div><div>But they are such a charming species!</div><div><= br></div><div>Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC</div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>= <span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class= =3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><a= href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/" originalSrc=3D"htt= ps://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/" target=3D"_blank">https://www.= flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/</a><br><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"ht= tps://www.youtube.com/@NathanDiasNatureVideos" originalSrc=3D"https://www.y= outube.com/@NathanDiasNatureVideos" target=3D"_blank">https://www.youtube.c= om/@NathanDiasNatureVideos</a></div><div><br></div><div><font color=3D"#888= 888">"These days I prefer to hunt with a camera.=C2=A0 A=20 good photograph demands more skill from the hunter, better nerves and=20 more patience than the rifle shot." =C2=A0 =C2=A0-- Bror Blixen</font>= <br><br></div></div></div></div> </blockquote></div></div> --000000000000b0ca240647846161-- |
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