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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 01:39:41 +0000 (UTC) From: ROBERT CAVANAUGH (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Silvery Checkerspot in Craven County |
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------=_Part_954457_1275424079.1780537181007 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While grounds keeping at Lynaire Kennels in Craven County "very large Pearl= Crescent" on white clover blooms caught my eye.=C2=A0 It flew up and perch= ed upon a nearby wax myrtle bush where I was able to get a very good look a= t it.=C2=A0 I knew immediately that it was not a Pearl Crescent nor a local= species. My phone and net were in my truck and I ran to fetch both. Upon r= eturn, the butterfly was gone.=C2=A0 I searched the general area for about = an hour to no avail. I always have a copy of Glassberg's "Swift Guide to Butterflies" in the tru= ck and searched through the pictures.=C2=A0 The butterfly I saw was definit= ely a female Silvery Checkerspot.=C2=A0 The past couple days has been very = windy out of the north and northwest and I assume this was a windblown stra= y.=C2=A0 Sure wish I was able to catch it.=C2=A0 With luck, maybe she will = deposit some eggs since the is no shortage of wild aster species. =C2=A0=C2=A0 ------=_Part_954457_1275424079.1780537181007 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <br>While grounds keeping at Lynaire Kennels in Craven County "very large P= earl Crescent" on white clover blooms caught my eye. It flew up and p= erched upon a nearby wax myrtle bush where I was able to get a very good lo= ok at it. I knew immediately that it was not a Pearl Crescent nor a l= ocal species. My phone and net were in my truck and I ran to fetch both. Up= on return, the butterfly was gone. I searched the general area for ab= out an hour to no avail.<div><br></div><div>I always have a copy of Glassbe= rg's "Swift Guide to Butterflies" in the truck and searched through the pic= tures. The butterfly I saw was definitely a female Silvery Checkerspo= t. The past couple days has been very windy out of the north and nort= hwest and I assume this was a windblown stray. Sure wish I was able t= o catch it. With luck, maybe she will deposit some eggs since the is = no shortage of wild aster species.<br><div> <br><div><br><div><b= r></div></div></div></div> ------=_Part_954457_1275424079.1780537181007-- |
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