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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:03:29 -0400 From: Heather Rayburn (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Haywood County 4/17 and 4/26 |
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--Apple-Mail=_3FFACBF6-93E4-4994-B6B9-0AD3E39E68F2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Harmon Den, Haywood County =20 This is a great place for puddle parties for viewing Eastern and Appalachia= n Tiger Swallowtails side-by-side. On April 17, I had one nice puddle party= with approximately 10 yellow swallowtails flying in and out. On April 26, = I had two large puddle parties of all yellow swallowtails and one smaller p= arty of yellow STs and Pipevines. Most of the yellow STs I saw were on the = wing, and I don=E2=80=99t yet feel confident about identifying between them= that way. There I saw Appalachian Swallowtails in the parties, but find it= hard to make a count when the butterflies are so clumped together. I put s= ome pics of the puddle parties on my flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/= 190206870@N03/> account. =20 April 17, 2026 (11:30 am-5:15 pm) (Lots of Trilliums; Sweet Shrub; Wild Geranium; Foam Flower, Blue Coetc., b= looming. I picked up an entire bag of trash at the road entrance to Harmon = Den and a partial bag of cans for recycling. I did lots of cussing and then= moved on to the fun part.) =20 Pipevine Swallowtail, 66 Spicebush Swallowtail, 4 Eastern and Appalachian Tiger sp. 75+ Cloudless Sulphur, 1 Sulphur sp., 1 West Virginia White, 4 Red-banded Hairstreak, 1 Spring/Summer Azure sp., 1 Appalachian Azure <https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/55236937705/= in/datetaken/>, 1 (see pic, basing this on size and time of year =E2=80=93 = I only saw the two Azures shown in pic the whole day) Eastern Tailed-Blue, 7 Fritillary sp., 3 Eastern Comma, 3 Anglewing sp., 2 Red Admiral, 1 Pearl Crescent, 13 Northern Cloudywing <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/356153740>, 1 Silver-spotted Skipper, 17 Sleepy Duskywing, 1 Juvenal=E2=80=99s Duskywing, 7 Duskywing sp., 30+ =20 I checked out a part of the forest that I hadn=E2=80=99t explored before ab= ove a meadow and enjoyed watching the Silver-spotted Skippers nectaring on = a huge patch of Wild Geranium. Unfortunately, I also found invasive Garlic = Mustard (pulled what I saw in the woods) and Japanese Honeysuckle. Ugh. =20 April 26, 2026 (1:30 am-6 pm) =20 Pipevine Swallowtail, 19 Spicebush Swallowtail, 1 Eastern/App Tiger sp., 100+ Unid=E2=80=99d dark Swallowtails, 5 White sp., 2 Azure sp., 2 Eastern Tailed-Blue, 9 Fritillary sp., 1 Eastern Comma, 2 Anglewing sp., 2 Pearl Crescent, 18 Northern Pearly-eye <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/356619821>, 1= (FOY) Carolina Satyr, 1 Northern Cloudywing, 1 Silver-spotted Skipper, 33 Dreamy Duskywing <https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/55239088873/i= n/datetaken/>, 1=20 Sleepy Duskywing, 3 Juvenal=E2=80=99s Duskywing, 4 Duskywing sp., 14 Zabulon, 1 =20 Bonus: Hummingbird moth, 1 Heather Rayburn Asheville, NC= --Apple-Mail=_3FFACBF6-93E4-4994-B6B9-0AD3E39E68F2 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;"><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"m= argin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", se= rif;"><b>Harmon Den, Haywood County<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal= " style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Rom= an", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"marg= in: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif= ;">This is a great place for puddle parties for viewing Eastern and Appalac= hian Tiger Swallowtails side-by-side. On April 17, I had one nice puddle pa= rty with approximately 10 yellow swallowtails flying in and out. On April 2= 6, I had two large puddle parties of all yellow swallowtails and one smalle= r party of yellow STs and Pipevines. Most of the yellow STs I saw were on t= he wing, and I don=E2=80=99t yet feel confident about identifying between t= hem that way. There I saw Appalachian Swallowtails in the parties, but find= it hard to make a count when the butterflies are so clumped together. I pu= t some pics of the puddle parties on my <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.= com/photos/190206870@N03/" originalSrc=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/190= 206870@N03/" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">flickr</a> account.<o= :p></o:p></p><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"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: = "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>April 17, 2026 (11:30 am-5:15 pm)<o= :p></o:p></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: me= dium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">(Lots of Trilliums;= Sweet Shrub; Wild Geranium; Foam Flower, Blue Coetc., blooming. I picked u= p an entire bag of trash at the road entrance to Harmon Den and a partial b= ag of cans for recycling. I did lots of cussing and then moved on to the fu= n part.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-si= ze: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b> </b>= </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-fa= mily: "Times New Roman", serif;">Pipevine Swallowtail, 66<o:p></o= :p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font= -family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Spicebush Swallowtail, 4<o:p>= </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; f= ont-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Eastern and Appalachian Ti= ger sp. 75+<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font= -size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Cloudless = Sulphur, 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-= size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sulphur sp.= , 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: m= edium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">West Virginia Whit= e, 4<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: = medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Red-banded Hairst= reak, 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-siz= e: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Spring/Summer = Azure sp., 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; fon= t-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href= =3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/55236937705/in/datetaken/" = originalSrc=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/55236937705/in/d= atetaken/" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Appalachian Azure</a>, 1 (se= e pic, basing this on size and time of year =E2=80=93 I only saw the two Az= ures shown in pic the whole day)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman"= ;, serif;">Eastern Tailed-Blue, 7<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" styl= e=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman&quo= t;, serif;">Fritillary sp., 3<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D= "margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", = serif;">Eastern Comma, 3<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"marg= in: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif= ;">Anglewing sp., 2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0= in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Re= d Admiral, 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; fon= t-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Pearl Cre= scent, 13<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-s= ize: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href=3D"h= ttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/356153740" originalSrc=3D"https://w= ww.inaturalist.org/observations/356153740" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79, 114= );">Northern Cloudywing</a>, 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman"= ;, serif;">Silver-spotted Skipper, 17<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman= ", serif;">Sleepy Duskywing, 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" st= yle=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman&q= uot;, serif;">Juvenal=E2=80=99s Duskywing, 7<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoN= ormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times Ne= w Roman", serif;">Duskywing sp., 30+<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNorm= al" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New R= oman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"ma= rgin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", ser= if;">I checked out a part of the forest that I hadn=E2=80=99t explored befo= re above a meadow and enjoyed watching the Silver-spotted Skippers nectarin= g on a huge patch of Wild Geranium. Unfortunately, I also found invasive Ga= rlic Mustard (pulled what I saw in the woods) and Japanese Honeysuckle. Ugh= .<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: med= ium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-famil= y: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b>April 26, 2026 (1:30 am-6 pm)<o:= p></o:p></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: med= ium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-famil= y: "Times New Roman", serif;">Pipevine Swallowtail, 19<o:p></o:p>= </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-fa= mily: "Times New Roman", serif;">Spicebush Swallowtail, 1<o:p></o= :p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font= -family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Eastern/App Tiger sp., 100+<o= :p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium= ; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Unid=E2=80=99d dark Swa= llowtails, 5<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; fon= t-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">White sp.= , 2<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: m= edium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Azure sp., 2<o:p><= /o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; fo= nt-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Eastern Tailed-Blue, 9<o:p>= </o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; f= ont-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Fritillary sp., 1<o:p></o:= p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-= family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Eastern Comma, 2<o:p></o:p></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-famil= y: "Times New Roman", serif;">Anglewing sp., 2<o:p></o:p></p><p c= lass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &q= uot;Times New Roman", serif;">Pearl Crescent, 18<o:p></o:p></p><p clas= s=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "= ;Times New Roman", serif;"><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/obse= rvations/356619821" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations= /356619821" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Northern Pearly-eye</a>, 1 = (FOY)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size:= medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Carolina Satyr, = 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: med= ium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Northern Cloudywing,= 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: me= dium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Silver-spotted Skip= per, 33<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-siz= e: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href=3D"htt= ps://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/55239088873/in/datetaken/" origina= lSrc=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/55239088873/in/datetake= n/" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Dreamy Duskywing</a>, 1 <o:p><= /o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; fo= nt-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Sleepy Duskywing, 3<o:p></o= :p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font= -family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Juvenal=E2=80=99s Duskywing, = 4<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: med= ium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Duskywing sp., 14<o:= p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium;= font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Zabulon, 1<o:p></o:p></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-famil= y: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3D"Ms= oNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times = New Roman", serif;">Bonus: Hummingbird moth, 1<o:p></o:p></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "= Times New Roman", serif;"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"marg= in: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif= ;">Heather Rayburn</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-siz= e: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Asheville, NC<= /p></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_3FFACBF6-93E4-4994-B6B9-0AD3E39E68F2-- |
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