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| List: MassLep Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 12:37:07 -0400 From: Jason Forbes <jason...> Subject: Re: [MassLep] Another early swallowtail |
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I didn't get around to posting at the time (should have checked how early it was), but I had a Spicebush in Maynard on April 20. Just put an awful shot up on inat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/357569230. Fortunately, the only part not obscured by the pine it landed in was the hindwing spots. Only other record of even mild interest for me so far this year was an American Lady at Belle Isle, East Boston on the 25th. Jason On Sat, May 2, 2026 at 10:31=E2=80=AFAM Josh <opihi...> wrote: > > Hi again, > > On May 1, a friend photographed a Spicebush Swallowtail in north Amherst: > > https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/357268174 > > Butterflies of Massachusetts only listed one date earlier than this for t= he species, and that was in Plymouth: > > https://www.butterfliesofmassachusetts.net/spice-swt.htm > > I know that BoM hasn=E2=80=99t been updated in several years, so presumab= ly some other earlier dates have been documented since then, both for this = species and for my previously reported April 29 Canadian Tiger in east Amhe= rst. They still seem noteworthy, especially since I haven=E2=80=99t seen an= y swallowtails reported here yet this year, even in reports from more south= ern and coastal locations that usually get seasonal species earlier than we= do here in Hampshire County. > > I do see one earlier report of a tiger this year in the Massachusetts But= terflies group on FaceBook, from April 26 in Longmeadow. I haven=E2=80=99t = searched iNaturalist yet, might find a few more there=E2=80=A6. > > Cheers, > > Josh > > > > Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D. > Amherst, MA > https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/opihiman > https://www.facebook.com/opihi > > Writer/compiler, Bird Observer > https://www.birdobserver.org/ > > Columnist, =E2=80=9CEarth Matters=E2=80=9D > https://www.gazettenet.com/search?bodysearch=3Dearth+matters > https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/category/earth-matters/ > > Vice-president, Hampshire Bird Club > https://hampshirebirdclub.org/ > > Northeast Chapter head, Dragonfly Society of the Americas > https://www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/northeastdsa > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups= "MassLep" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an= email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/D= <B262176-A109-4D71-B41F-194EB8FDDF8B...> --=20 Jason Forbes Waltham, MA <jason...> www.brewsterslinnet.com --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/CAN= OFpavNHYmVx%3DrtX4YN0fziUi3v0XNSa30HB-CZ9L%<3DFf8G-uQ...> |
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