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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:50:33 -0400 From: Heather Rayburn (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: 4/15/26 Mt. Mitchell |
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--Apple-Mail=_D32B9DB0-0A57-4482-99C8-29CF90E37C19 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi All, Ben Gillum and I did my Carolina Butterfly Monitoring Project survey route = yesterday. We had perfect weather for it, starting at 67=C2=B0 and ending a= t 72=C2=B0 with clear skies and no wind. Started the trail at 11:57 am. Route Butterflies, includes incidentals: Pipevine Swallowtail, 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, 12 (most of these were on the drive up; two were= on the trail) Sleepy Orange, 1 Cloudless Sulphur, 2 Eastern Tailed Blue, 67 MEADOW FRITILLARY <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/350267975>, 1 F= OY Eastern Comma, 1 American Lady, 2 Pearl Crescent, 48 Silver-spotted Skipper, 2 Juvenal=E2=80=99s Duskywing, 2 Unidentified Swallowtail sp. 2 (these were on the trail, there were lots ne= ctaring on dandelion on the way up and down. I wouldn=E2=80=99t hazard a gu= ess.) Unidentified Duskywing sp., 2 --Apple-Mail=_D32B9DB0-0A57-4482-99C8-29CF90E37C19 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset= =3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mod= e: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Ben Gi= llum and I did my Carolina Butterfly Monitoring Project survey route yester= day. We had perfect weather for it, starting at 67<span style=3D"font-famil= y: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">=C2=B0 and endin= g at 72</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", seri= f; font-size: medium;">=C2=B0 with clear skies and no wind. Started the tra= il at 11:57 am.</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: "Times Ne= w Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><br></span></div><div><span style= =3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Ro= ute Butterflies, includes incidentals:</span></div><div><br></div><div><fon= t face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" size=3D"3">Pipevine Swallowtail, 2</font>= </div><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" size=3D"3">Eastern Tiger S= wallowtail, 12 (most of these were on the drive up; two were on the trail)<= /font></div><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" size=3D"3">Sleepy Or= ange, 1</font></div><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" size=3D"3">C= loudless Sulphur, 2</font></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: "Time= s New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Eastern Tailed Blue, 67</span= ></div><div><b><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35026797= 5" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/350267975">MEADO= W FRITILLARY</a><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", se= rif; font-size: medium;">, 1 FOY</span></b></div><div><span style=3D"font-f= amily: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Eastern Comm= a, 1</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&quo= t;, serif; font-size: medium;">American Lady, 2</span></div><div><span styl= e=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">P= earl Crescent, 48</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: "Times = New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;">Silver-spotted Skipper, 2</span= ></div><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" size=3D"3">Juvenal=E2=80= =99s Duskywing, 2</font></div><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" si= ze=3D"3"><br></font></div><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" size= =3D"3">Unidentified Swallowtail sp. 2 (these were on the trail, there were = lots nectaring on dandelion on the way up and down. I wouldn=E2=80=99t haza= rd a guess.)</font></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New R= oman", serif; font-size: medium;">Unidentified Duskywing sp., 2</span>= </div><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-= family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"Mso= Normal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times N= ew Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></p></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D32B9DB0-0A57-4482-99C8-29CF90E37C19-- |
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