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| List: MassLep Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 19:43:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Loshin <peter.loshin...> Subject: [MassLep] 2026-05-27 Breakneck Hill Reservation, Southborough MA |
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------=_Part_40932_344053166.1779936220623 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_40933_82267282.1779936220623" ------=_Part_40933_82267282.1779936220623 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I went to Breakneck Hill today, from 10:30 to 1:00. Conditions were decent, high 80s and not too much wind, but the sun was in and out at times. I saw: 1,000+ Little Wood Satyr 16 Silvery Blue 12 Sulphur (Orange and Clouded) 20 Common Ringlet 2 Cabbage White 3 Eastern Tailed-blue 1 Spicebush Swallowtail 1 Tiger Swallowtail (sp) 3 Pearl Crescent 1 Monarch 4 Baltimore Checkerspot caterpillars The number of Little Wood Satyr was astonishing. Almost everywhere I walked on the property, there they were. I walked slowly at first, stopping every few steps which was just about how long it took to see another LWS. I'd see one, then three and then 7 or 8, or more. I had to start counting by fives instead of ones before I'd gotten to the top of the hill from the parking area, and got up to 200 or more (when I started to count by 25's) within the first 20 minutes or so. I kept counting for another hundred or so before I stopped counting, and after a while I had to try to filter them out when I saw other species flying. The Monarch and swallowtails were fly-bys. The Silvery Blues were still pretty active and easy to spot among the Little Wood Satyrs. Peter Loshin -- 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/<b4c2e3fb-b516-454f-bdf1-5166f45be484n...> ------=_Part_40933_82267282.1779936220623 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>I went to Breakneck Hill today, from 10:30 to 1:00. Conditions were de= cent, high 80s and not too much wind, but the sun was in and out at times. = I saw:</div><div><br /></div><div>1,000+ Little Wood Satyr</div><div>16 Sil= very Blue</div><div>12 Sulphur (Orange and Clouded)</div><div>20 Common Rin= glet</div><div>2 Cabbage White</div><div>3 Eastern Tailed-blue</div><div>1 = Spicebush Swallowtail</div><div>1 Tiger Swallowtail (sp)</div><div>3 Pearl = Crescent</div><div>1 Monarch</div><div><br /></div><div>4 Baltimore Checker= spot caterpillars</div><div><br /></div><div>The number of Little Wood Saty= r was astonishing. Almost everywhere I walked on the property, there they w= ere. I walked slowly at first, stopping every few steps which was just abou= t how long it took to see another LWS. I'd see one, then three and then 7 o= r 8, or more.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had to start counting by fives i= nstead of ones before I'd gotten to the top of the hill from the parking ar= ea, and got up to 200 or more=C2=A0 (when I started to count by 25's) within the first 20 minutes or so. I kept counting for another hundred or s= o before I stopped counting, and after a while I had to try to filter them = out when I saw other species flying.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Monarch= and swallowtails were fly-bys. The Silvery Blues were still pretty active = and easy to spot among the Little Wood Satyrs.</div><div><br /></div><div><= br /></div><div>Peter Loshin</div> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<b4c2e3fb-b516-454f-bdf1-5166f45be484n...>?utm_medium= =3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/b4c= <2e3fb-b516-454f-bdf1-5166f45be484n...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_40933_82267282.1779936220623-- ------=_Part_40932_344053166.1779936220623-- |
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