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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 20:42:05 -0500 From: David Campbell (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Sleepy Orange at 38F Alligator River NWR 12/30/2025 |
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| --000000000000bb634506475dd130Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableLikely glimpse of a Sleepy Orange on 30 Dec at Croft State Park,Spartanburg Co SC - sunny but cold weather. The butterfly wasorange-yellow and the right general size, but briefly seen so I could notconfirm more specifically.<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlink&utm_c=ampaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Dwebmail>Virus-free.http://www.avast.com/<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlink&utm_c=ampaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Dwebmail><#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 8:27=E2=80=AFPM <badgerboy...> wrote:> During the Alligator River CBC on Tuesday, it was very cold, starting> the day at 30F and not really warming up much, but around noon with> temperature hovering around the high 30's, a sleepy orange was a big> surprise for me flying around a sunny sandbank.>> Guy (McGrane, Boone NC)>>>--=20Dr. David CampbellProfessor, GeologyDepartment of Natural Sciences110 S Main St, #7270Gardner-Webb UniversityBoiling Springs NC 28017--000000000000bb634506475dd130Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8"Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<div dir=3D"ltr">Likely glimpse of a Sleepy Orange on 30 Dec at Croft State= Park, Spartanburg Co SC - sunny but cold weather.=C2=A0 The butterfly was =orange-yellow and the right general size, but briefly seen so I could not c=onfirm more specifically.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div id=3D"DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1=B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><table style=3D"border-top:1px solid #d3d4de"><tr><td =style=3D"width:55px;padding-top:13px"><a href=3D"https://www.avast.com/sig-=email?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlink&utm_campaign=3Dsig-email=&utm_content=3Dwebmail" originalSrc=3D"https://www.avast.com/sig-email?=utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlink&utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content==3Dwebmail" target=3D"_blank"><img src=3D"https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/p=review/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt==3D"" width=3D"46" height=3D"29" style=3D"width: 46px; height: 29px;"></a><=/td><td style=3D"width:470px;padding-top:12px;color:#41424e;font-size:13px;=font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px">Virus-free.<a href==3D"https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlin=k&utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Dwebmail" originalSrc=3D"ht=tps://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlink&utm_camp=aign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Dwebmail" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:#4=453ea">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></table><a href=3D"#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1=B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></a></div><br><div class=3D"gmail=_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu,= Jan 1, 2026 at 8:27=E2=80=AFPM <<a href=3D"mailto:<badgerboy...>"=><badgerboy...></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=ote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,20=4);padding-left:1ex">During the Alligator River CBC on Tuesday, it was very= cold, starting <br>the day at 30F and not really warming up much, but around noon with <br>temperature hovering around the high 30's, a sleepy orange was a big <b=r>surprise for me flying around a sunny sandbank.<br><br>Guy (McGrane, Boone NC)<br><br><br></blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div><br></div><span class==3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_s=ignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Dr. David Campbell</d=iv><div>Professor, Geology</div><div>Department of Natural Sciences</div><d=iv>110 S Main St, #7270</div><div>Gardner-Webb University</div><div>Boiling= Springs NC 28017</div></div></div></div></div>--000000000000bb634506475dd130-- | ||||
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