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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 23:36:46 +0000 From: Matt Spangler (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Cataloochee Valley leps |
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--_000_SJ2P220MB11853DF075EAFD6CA4269BBBB1032SJ2P220MB1185NAMP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks, below are observations from this past weekend in the mountains. The = Cataloochee Valley was exploding with butterflies, but relatively few that = stopped to nectar or puddle. Thanks to Harry L for the ID help. This trip i= ncluded a handful of lifers for me (in bold), including some relatively com= mon mountain leps that were nonetheless overdue for me! It was also a great= weekend for Blue Ghost Fireflies and some nice odes, herps, birds, mammals= , and wildflowers. 5/14/26 Biltmore Estate/French Broad River (incidentals), Buncombe Co NC Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 15 Appalachian Swallowtail (likely) 2 5/15/26 Great Smoky Mtns NP-Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co NC Photos: https://www.e-butterfly.org/ebapp/en/checklists/view/154952 Eastern Tiger ST 200+ flying everywhere, but not puddling Appalachian Tiger ST 25 ID based on striking large size in flight Pipevine ST 35 most puddling Spicebush ST 4 dark swallowtail sp 30 Meadow Frit 1 Aphrodite Frit 1 Little Wood Satyr 1 E Comma 1 crescent sp 3 seen in flight only Orange Sulphur 2 Summer Azure 15 estimate Spring Azure 2 very small and dingy/worn next to appies Appalachian Azure 6 huge Eastern Tailed-Blue 1 Silver-spotted Skipper 6 Juvenal's Duskywing 10 Dreamy Duskywing 1 Zabulon Skipper 1 --_000_SJ2P220MB11853DF075EAFD6CA4269BBBB1032SJ2P220MB1185NAMP_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Aptos;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:#467886; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"#467886" vlink=3D"#96607D" style=3D"word-wrap:= break-word"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Folks, below are observations from this past weekend= in the mountains. The Cataloochee Valley was exploding with butterflies, b= ut relatively few that stopped to nectar or puddle. Thanks to Harry L for t= he ID help. This trip included a handful of lifers for me (in bold), including some relatively common mountain leps= that were nonetheless overdue for me! It was also a great weekend for Blue= Ghost Fireflies and some nice odes, herps, birds, mammals, and wildflowers= . <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><u>5/14/26 Biltmore Estate/French Broad River (in= cidentals), Buncombe Co NC<o:p></o:p></u></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 15<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>Appalachian Swallowtail</b> (likely) 2<o:p></o:p>= </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><u>5/15/26 Great Smoky Mtns NP—Cataloochee = Valley, Haywood Co NC<o:p></o:p></u></b></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Photos: <a href=3D"https://www.e-butterfly.org/ebapp= /en/checklists/view/154952" originalSrc=3D"https://www.e-butterfly.org/ebap= p/en/checklists/view/154952"> https://www.e-butterfly.org/ebapp/en/checklists/view/154952</a><o:p></o:p><= /p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Eastern Tiger ST 200+ flying everywhere, but not pud= dling<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Appalachian Tiger ST 25 ID based on striking large s= ize in flight<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Pipevine ST 35 most puddling<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Spicebush ST 4<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">dark swallowtail sp 30<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Meadow Frit 1<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>Aphrodite Frit</b> 1<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Little Wood Satyr 1<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">E Comma 1<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">crescent sp 3 seen in flight only<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Orange Sulphur 2<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Summer Azure 15 estimate<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>Spring Azure</b> 2 very small and dingy/worn next= to appies<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>Appalachian Azure</b> 6 huge<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Eastern Tailed-Blue 1<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Silver-spotted Skipper 6<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Juvenal’s Duskywing 10<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>Dreamy Duskywing</b> 1<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Zabulon Skipper 1<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_SJ2P220MB11853DF075EAFD6CA4269BBBB1032SJ2P220MB1185NAMP_-- |
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