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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:08:30 -0400 From: Ryan Chaffee (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Leps from Outer Banks trip on Monday! |
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--00000000000021e27c065476f339 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all! On Monday (June 15th), I joined Jeff, Lori Arent, and Audrey Whitlock on a day trip to the Outer Banks in Dare County. While we were mostly there for the garganey <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372152546>, we picked up several great butterflies along the way, including a striped hairstreak! Here is the full list: Dare; OBM - Pea Island NWR South Pond, Bonner Bridge Pier, Coastal Studies Institute, and Sarah Owen's Welcome Center (the latter having the majority of species) - Palamedes Swallowtail - 3 - Pearl Crescent - 51 - Common Wood-Nymph - 3 - Red-banded Hairstreak - 1 - Aaron=E2=80=99s Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3721= 59848> - 2 - Broad-winged Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372159758> - 3 - Palatka Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372159890> - 2 - Dion Skipper - 1 - Southern Broken-dash - 2 - Salt Marsh Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372145053= > - 4 - Fiery Skipper - 4 - Least Skipper - 1 - Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing - 1 - Cabbage White - 1 Dare; Mainland - Nature's Harmony Nursery in Mann's Harbor - Palamedes Swallowtail - 4 - Black Swallowtail - 1 - American Lady - 1 - Red Admiral - 1 - Common Buckeye - 2 - Pearl Crescent - 6 - Common Wood-Nymph - 3 - Gray Hairstreak - 2 - Aaron=E2=80=99s Skipper - 7 - Broad-winged Skipper - 20 - Palatka Skipper - 45 - Southern Broken-dash - 3 - Delaware Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372160878> - 2 - Fiery Skipper - 3 - Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing - 6 - Cabbage White - 3 Dare; Mainland - Alligator River NWR - Palamedes Swallowtail - 26 - Black Swallowtail - 2 - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 14 - Variegated Fritillary - 100 - American Lady - 1 - Viceroy - 5 - Red Admiral - 1 - Common Buckeye - 4 - Pearl Crescent - 68 - Southern Pearly-eye <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372275311> - 1 - Common Wood-Nymph - 9 - *Striped Hairstreak!!!* <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372275126> - 1 - Red-banded Hairstreak - 1 - Palatka Skipper - 9 - Tawny-edged Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372273457> - 1 - Southern Broken-dash - 1 - Delaware Skipper - 1 - Fiery Skipper - 1 - Sleepy Orange - 40 - Cloudless Sulphur - 3 As far as non-leps, we saw 8 black bears, a raccoon, northern bobwhites, lots of shorebirds, and tons of deer flies. Overall, a fantastic day! Good butterflying, --=20 Ryan Chaffee (He/Him) *B.S. Marine Biology and Ecology* University of Miami, Class of 2026 --00000000000021e27c065476f339 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi all!</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday (June 15th= ), I joined Jeff, Lori Arent, and Audrey Whitlock on a day trip to the Oute= r Banks in Dare County. While we were mostly there for the <a href=3D"https= ://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372152546" originalSrc=3D"https://www.i= naturalist.org/observations/372152546">garganey</a>, we picked up several g= reat butterflies along the way, including a striped hairstreak! Here is the= full list:</div><div><br></div><div>Dare; OBM - Pea Island NWR South Pond,= Bonner Bridge Pier, Coastal Studies Institute, and Sarah Owen's Welcom= e Center (the latter having the majority of species)</div><div><ul><li>Pala= medes Swallowtail - 3</li><li>Pearl Crescent - 51</li><li>Common Wood-Nymph= - 3</li><li>Red-banded Hairstreak - 1</li><li><a href=3D"https://www.inatu= ralist.org/observations/372159848" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.o= rg/observations/372159848">Aaron=E2=80=99s Skipper</a> - 2</li><li><a href= =3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372159758" originalSrc=3D"http= s://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372159758">Broad-winged Skipper</a> - = 3</li><li><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372159890" or= iginalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372159890">Palatka Sk= ipper</a> - 2</li><li>Dion Skipper - 1</li><li>Southern Broken-dash - 2</li= ><li><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372145053" origina= lSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372145053">Salt Marsh Skip= per</a> - 4</li><li>Fiery Skipper - 4</li><li>Least Skipper - 1</li><li>Hor= ace=E2=80=99s Duskywing - 1</li><li>Cabbage White - 1</li></ul><div>Dare; M= ainland - Nature's Harmony Nursery in Mann's Harbor</div><div><ul><= li>Palamedes Swallowtail - 4</li><li>Black Swallowtail - 1</li><li>American= Lady - 1</li><li>Red Admiral - 1</li><li>Common Buckeye - 2</li><li>Pearl = Crescent - 6</li><li>Common Wood-Nymph - 3</li><li>Gray Hairstreak - 2</li>= <li>Aaron=E2=80=99s Skipper - 7</li><li>Broad-winged Skipper - 20</li><li>P= alatka Skipper - 45</li><li>Southern Broken-dash - 3</li><li><a href=3D"htt= ps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372160878" originalSrc=3D"https://www= .inaturalist.org/observations/372160878">Delaware Skipper</a> - 2</li><li>F= iery Skipper - 3</li><li>Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing - 6</li><li>Cabbage Whi= te - 3</li></ul><div>Dare; Mainland - Alligator River NWR</div><div><ul><li= >Palamedes Swallowtail - 26</li><li>Black Swallowtail - 2</li><li>Eastern T= iger Swallowtail - 14</li><li>Variegated Fritillary - 100</li><li>American = Lady - 1</li><li>Viceroy - 5</li><li>Red Admiral - 1</li><li>Common Buckeye= - 4</li><li>Pearl Crescent - 68</li><li><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist= .org/observations/372275311" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/obs= ervations/372275311">Southern Pearly-eye</a> - 1 </li><li>Common Wood-Nymph= - 9</li><li><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372275126"= originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372275126"><b>Stri= ped Hairstreak!!!</b></a> - 1</li><li>Red-banded Hairstreak - 1</li><li>Pal= atka Skipper - 9</li><li><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observation= s/372273457" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/372273= 457">Tawny-edged Skipper</a> - 1</li><li>Southern Broken-dash - 1</li><li>D= elaware Skipper - 1</li><li>Fiery Skipper - 1</li><li>Sleepy Orange - 40</l= i><li>Cloudless Sulphur - 3</li></ul><div>As far as non-leps, we saw 8 blac= k bears, a raccoon, northern bobwhites, lots of shorebirds, and tons of dee= r flies. Overall, a fantastic day!</div><div><br></div><div>Good butterflyi= ng,</div></div></div></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><br><span class=3D"= gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signa= ture" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"bor= der:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;ver= tical-align:baseline;color:rgb(23,78,134)!important"><div style=3D"border:0= px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Aptos Display= ","Aptos Display_EmbeddedFont","Aptos Display_MSFontSer= vice","Calibri Light","Helvetica Light",sans-serif= ;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><= div style=3D"border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-famil= y:"Aptos Display","Aptos Display_EmbeddedFont","Ap= tos Display_MSFontService","Calibri Light","Helvetica L= ight",sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;verti= cal-align:baseline"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt= ;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"color:rgb(23,78,134);font-size:12pt;back= ground-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;font-famil= y:times new roman,serif">Ryan Chaffee=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"background= -color:transparent;font-family:times new roman,serif"><font color=3D"#44444= 4">(He/Him)</font></span></p><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;ve= rtical-align:baseline;font-family:times new roman,serif"><font color=3D"#44= 4444"><b>B.S. Marine Biology and Ecology</b></font></span></div><div style= =3D"border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"A= ptos Display","Aptos Display_EmbeddedFont","Aptos Displ= ay_MSFontService","Calibri Light","Helvetica Light"= ;,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align= :baseline"><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;vertical-align:basel= ine;font-family:times new roman,serif"><font color=3D"#444444">University o= f Miami, Class of 2026</font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> --00000000000021e27c065476f339-- |
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