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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:26:00 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Butterflies in the Butner, NC, area of Granville and Durham counties, March 26 |
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--00000000000089fd5d064df408f8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Folks, Today, Lori Arent and I visited three sites in the Butner/Old Oxford Road area in northeastern Durham and adjacent Granville counties. The weather was partly cloudy and warm, in the 70s; droughty conditions continue, with dusty roads as well. Here are our combined totals, first for Durham and then for Granville (second). Note -- we ran into Lori White, who was running her Brickhouse Road Carolina BMP survey. Thus, there is some overlap between our Durham list and hers, but I wanted to post just what Lori and I saw. Jeff Pippen can take both sets of totals for the Butterflies of North Carolina database, or contact me for any potential overlap! The few Granville butterflies were near Veazey Road, not on a butterfly survey route. Zebra Swallowtail 2, - Pipevine Swallowtail 4, - Black Swallowtail 1, - male Spicebush Swallowtail 1, - E. Tiger Swallowtail 45, 3 tons; many at a single puddle party Sleepy Orange 12, - Orange Sulphur 1, - Falcate Orangetip 6, 1 Cabbage White 3, - WHITE-M HAIRSTREAK -, 1 Lori got photos, to be posted to iNaturalist Summer Azure 2, - E. Tailed-Blue 3, - Question Mark 1, - our only brushfoot!! Juvenal's Duskywing 40, 10 our only skipper We did see a few decent dragonflies, highlighted by a Springtime Darner in Granville County. Harry LeGrand Raleigh --00000000000089fd5d064df408f8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>Today, Lori Arent and= I visited three sites in the Butner/Old Oxford Road area in northeastern D= urham and adjacent Granville counties. The weather was partly cloudy and wa= rm, in the 70s; droughty conditions continue,=C2=A0with dusty roads as well= . Here are our combined totals, first for Durham and then for Granville (se= cond). Note -- we ran into Lori White, who was running her Brickhouse Road = Carolina BMP survey. Thus, there is some overlap between our Durham list an= d hers, but I wanted to post just what Lori and I saw. Jeff Pippen can take= both sets of totals for the Butterflies of North Carolina database, or con= tact me for any potential overlap!=C2=A0 The few Granville butterflies were= near Veazey Road, not on a butterfly survey route.</div><div><br></div><di= v>Zebra Swallowtail=C2=A0 2, -</div><div>Pipevine Swallowtail=C2=A0 4, -</d= iv><div>Black Swallowtail=C2=A0 1, -=C2=A0 =C2=A0male</div><div>Spicebush S= wallowtail=C2=A0 1, -</div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail=C2=A0 45, 3=C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0tons; many at a single puddle party</div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0= 12, -</div><div>Orange Sulphur=C2=A0 1, -</div><div>Falcate Orangetip=C2= =A0 6, 1</div><div>Cabbage White=C2=A0 3, -</div><div>WHITE-M HAIRSTREAK=C2= =A0 -, 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0Lori got photos, to be posted to iNaturalist</div><div= >Summer Azure=C2=A0 2, -</div><div>E. Tailed-Blue=C2=A0 3, -</div><div>Ques= tion Mark=C2=A0 1, -=C2=A0 =C2=A0our only brushfoot!!</div><div>Juvenal'= ;s Duskywing=C2=A0 40, 10=C2=A0 =C2=A0 our only skipper</div><div><br></div= ><div>We did see a few decent dragonflies, highlighted by a Springtime=C2= =A0Darner in Granville County.</div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div>= <div>Raleigh</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></d= iv><div><br></div></div> --00000000000089fd5d064df408f8-- |
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