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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 12:57:01 +0000 From: Will Stuart (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Carolina Sandhills NWR, 03-04-2026 |
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--_000_SJ2PR13MB6529821FA52C35C1E58B7547D47DASJ2PR13MB6529namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT It has been a very slow start for butterflies at the Carolina Sandhills NWR, Chesterfield County, SC. The Pixie Moss is at 20% bloom but that should increase rapidly over the next few days. My favorite Brown Elfin site was thinned last year and is something of a mess post-logging. The Pixie Moss loves the disturbance. No butterflies on the Pixie Moss so far. I found a small patch of early Chickasaw Plum which rescued my day with a nectaring Question Mark, a briefly nectaring Tiger Swallowtail, and a fly-by Azure. Question Mark 1 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1 Azure species 1 Will Stuart Matthews, NC --_000_SJ2PR13MB6529821FA52C35C1E58B7547D47DASJ2PR13MB6529namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir="ltr"> <div style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> It has been a very slow start for butterflies at the Carolina Sandhills NWR, Chesterfield County, SC. The Pixie Moss is at 20% bloom but that should increase rapidly over the next few days. My favorite Brown Elfin site was thinned last year and is something of a mess post-logging. The Pixie Moss loves the disturbance. No butterflies on the Pixie Moss so far.</div> <div style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> I found a small patch of early Chickasaw Plum which rescued my day with a nectaring Question Mark, a briefly nectaring Tiger Swallowtail, and a fly-by Azure.</div> <div style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <br> </div> <div style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Question Mark 1</div> <div style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1</div> <div style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Azure species 1</div> <div style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> </div> <div class="elementToProof" id="Signature"> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> <span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"></span>Will Stuart</div> <div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof"> Matthews, NC</div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_SJ2PR13MB6529821FA52C35C1E58B7547D47DASJ2PR13MB6529namp_-- |
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