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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:49:23 -0400 From: Jason Love (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Macon County, NC leps from 26 April 2026 |
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--00000000000046a9ad065063f93c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Folks, I just got back from a 6.15 mile, 6 hr and 50 minute ramble along a ridge near my house that has some open woods, including some cedar cliff/glades. Good day for butterflies after yesterday's 0.5" worth of rain. Partly sunny and in the mid 60s for the most part. Hiked along a finger ridge of Cowee Mountains that forms the southern border of Middle Creek in Otto, NC. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 8 Spicebush Swallowtail - 10 Pipevine Swallowtail - 3 Dark swallowtail spp. - 8 Appalachian Swallowtail (probably) - 2 Painted Lady - 1 Pearl Crescent - 12 (mostly along gated USFS road) *Tawny Crescent* - 8 (these were in the open woods/glade areas - got a good look at them through binoculars; creamy underside of hind wing that had few markings. Dorsal more black than Pearl; not surprised to see them here, as the habitat is right) Crescent spp - 15 (there were several more crescents along the ridgetop; some looked different than Tawny and Pearl's, but most of the crescents would never land to give me a proper look, much less a picture) Silvery Checkerspot - 8 Azure spp. - 2 Red-banded Hairstreak - 2 Gemmed Satyr - 8 (along ridge in open areas; often found alongside the crescents) Carolina Satyr - 4 (lower, more mesic areas) Silver-spotted Skipper - 3 Lace-winged Roadside Skipper - 1 Duskywing spp. - 8 Juvenal's Duskywing - 2 (worn) Dreamy/Sleepy Duskywing - 4 Dreamy Duskywing - 2 Also found a female Aurora Damsel in an open patch of Mountain Mint on the ridge, rather far from any water sources. Cheers, Jason Love Otto, NC --00000000000046a9ad065063f93c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Folks,<div>I just got back=C2=A0from a 6.15 mile, 6 hr and= 50 minute ramble along a ridge near my house that has some open woods, inc= luding some cedar cliff/glades. Good day for butterflies after yesterday= 9;s 0.5" worth of rain. Partly sunny and in the mid 60s for the most p= art. Hiked along a finger ridge of Cowee Mountains that forms the southern = border of Middle Creek in Otto, NC.</div><div><br></div><div>Eastern Tiger = Swallowtail - 8</div><div>Spicebush Swallowtail - 10</div><div>Pipevine Swa= llowtail - 3</div><div>Dark swallowtail spp. - 8</div><div>Appalachian Swal= lowtail (probably) - 2</div><div>Painted Lady - 1</div><div>Pearl Crescent = - 12 (mostly along gated USFS road)</div><div><b>Tawny Crescent</b> - 8 (th= ese were in the open woods/glade areas - got a good look at them through bi= noculars; creamy underside of hind wing that had few markings. Dorsal more = black than Pearl; not surprised to see them here, as the habitat is right)<= /div><div>Crescent spp - 15 (there were several more crescents along the ri= dgetop; some looked different than Tawny and Pearl's, but most of the c= rescents would never land to give me a proper look, much less a picture)</d= iv><div>Silvery Checkerspot - 8=C2=A0<br></div><div>Azure spp. - 2</div><di= v>Red-banded Hairstreak - 2</div><div>Gemmed Satyr - 8 (along ridge in open= areas; often found alongside the crescents)</div><div>Carolina Satyr - 4 (= lower, more mesic areas)</div><div>Silver-spotted Skipper - 3</div><div>Lac= e-winged Roadside Skipper - 1</div><div>Duskywing spp. - 8</div><div>Juvena= l's Duskywing - 2 (worn)</div><div>Dreamy/Sleepy Duskywing - 4</div><di= v>Dreamy Duskywing - 2</div><div><br></div><div>Also found a female Aurora = Damsel in an open patch of Mountain Mint on the ridge, rather far from any = water sources.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br></div><div>Jason Love</d= iv><div>Otto, NC</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br= ></div></div> --00000000000046a9ad065063f93c-- |
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