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List: Carolina-Leps
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:55:12 -0400
From: TAYLOR PIEPHOFF (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...>
Subject: Some Brunswick Co NC butterflies 3/21

Spent a while today 3/21 watching blooming Symplocus in Juniper Creek Gamela=
nds (Big Timber Rd) Nectar sources Symplocus and ground-running Rubus. 10:45=
am-12:00 pm. 70 F.=20

Black Swallowtail 1
Palamedes Swallowtail: 4
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: 10
Hessel=E2=80=99s Hairstreak: 1 minimum
Eastern Pine Elfin: 1=20
Henry=E2=80=99s Elfin: 3 minimum
Great Purple Hairstreak: 4 minimum
Azure sp: 2
Variegated Fritillary: 1 worn
American Lady: 1 puddling

Also some sharp looking day-flying moths:
Eight-Spotted Forester: many
Grapevine Epimenis: 2 minimum

Taylor Piephoff
Matthews, NC=