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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:40:35 -0400 From: Heather Rayburn (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: 6/17/26 Haywood County - Dianas! |
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--Apple-Mail=_328378CE-8AA6-4DB6-A46C-41A9EE96F453 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Harmon Den, Haywood County 6/17/26 (12:30 am-5:15 pm) =20 My target butterfly was a male Diana Fritillary, which I searched for all d= ay without success. It was looking like just an ok day with the exception o= f lots of blooming Common Milkweed in what I call the =E2=80=9Csecret meado= w,=E2=80=9D however that spot wasn=E2=80=99t getting as much action as I th= ought it should. The meadows in Harmon Den are being overrun with invasives= like Autumn Olive, Velvet Grass, Multiflora Rose, etc. It can=E2=80=99t be= good for our insects.) =20 I had called it quits when I got a wild hair and turned up a dirt road I=E2= =80=99d never explored behind the big parking lot off the main gravel road.= I drove a ways and found nothing until I hit a sunny spot and saw two male= Dianas in the road. Hooray! They were gorgeous but quite uncooperative at = letting me get as close as I wanted to stare and photograph them.=20 =20 In my experience, it seems like I can get pretty lucky for Dianas driving u= p a forested gravel road at the end of the day. Anyone else notice this?=20 =20 Cheers,=20 Heather Rayburn Asheville =20 =20 (In bloom: Pointed-leaved Tick-Trefoil; Black-eyed Susans, NJ Tea, Annual F= leabane, Flowering Spurge, Rhododendron, Blue-eyed Grass) =20 Pipevine Swallowtail, 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, 3 Orange Sulphur, 2 Sulphur sp., 3 Cabbage White, 3 Gray Hairstreak, 1 Summer Azure, 27 Eastern Tailed-Blue, 12 Monarch, 4 DIANA FRITILLARY <https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/55350658604/i= n/datetaken/> males, 2 (super fresh!) FOY Great-Spangled Fritillary, 15 Fritillary sp., 9 Anglewing sp., 1 Red Admiral, 1 Pearl Crescent, 1 Appalachian Brown <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/374364821>, 1 Carolina Saytr, 1 Silver-spotted Skipper, 48 Little Glassywing, 4 =20 Bonuses: Gray Petaltail <https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/553509= 67616/in/datetaken/>, Hummingbird, and Hummingbird moth = --Apple-Mail=_328378CE-8AA6-4DB6-A46C-41A9EE96F453 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset= =3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mod= e: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"m= argin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", se= rif;"><b><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Harmon Den, Haywood County<o:p>= </o:p></span></b></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size= : medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style= =3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">6/17/26</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;= "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-s= ize: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span sty= le=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">(12:30 am-5:15 pm)</span></b><span style=3D"font-= size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin= : 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"= ><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"= style=3D"margin: 0in;"><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" size=3D"4">My= target butterfly was a male Diana Fritillary, which I searched for all day= without success. It was looking like just an ok day with the exception of = lots of blooming Common Milkweed in what I call the =E2=80=9Csecret meadow,= =E2=80=9D however that spot wasn=E2=80=99t getting as much action as I thou= ght it should. The meadows in Harmon Den are being overrun with invasives l= ike Autumn Olive, Velvet Grass, Multiflora Rose, etc. It can=E2=80=99t be g= ood for our insects.)<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"= margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", s= erif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class=3D"MsoN= ormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times Ne= w Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">I had called it q= uits when I got a wild hair and turned up a dirt road I=E2=80=99d never exp= lored behind the big parking lot off the main gravel road. I drove a ways a= nd found nothing until I hit a sunny spot and saw two male Dianas in the ro= ad. Hooray! They were gorgeous but quite uncooperative at letting me get as= close as I wanted to stare and photograph them. <o:p></o:p></span></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-famil= y: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">= </span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: me= dium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font= -size: 13.5pt;">In my experience, it seems like I can get pretty lucky for = Dianas driving up a forested gravel road at the end of the day. Anyone else= notice this? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"ma= rgin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", ser= if;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class=3D"MsoNor= mal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New = Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Cheers, <o:p><= /o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: med= ium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-= size: 13.5pt;">Heather Rayburn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman= ", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Asheville<o:p></o:p></sp= an></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font= -family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.= 5pt;"> </span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-si= ze: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style= =3D"font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"ma= rgin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", ser= if;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">(In bloom: Pointed-leaved Tick-Tref= oil; Black-eyed Susans, NJ Tea, Annual Fleabane, Flowering Spurge, Rhododen= dron, Blue-eyed Grass)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D= "margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", = serif;"><b><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></b><span style= =3D"font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman"= ;, serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Pipevine Swallowtail, 2<o:p><= /o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: med= ium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-= size: 13.5pt;">Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, 3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "= Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Orange Su= lphur, 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; = font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Sulphur sp., 3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "= Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Cabbage W= hite, 3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; f= ont-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span s= tyle=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Gray Hairstreak, 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p clas= s=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "= ;Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Summer A= zure, 27<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; = font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Eastern Tailed-Blue, 12<o:p></o:p></span></p><= p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family:= "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Mo= narch, 4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; = font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><sp= an style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/19= 0206870@N03/55350658604/in/datetaken/" originalSrc=3D"https://www.flickr.co= m/photos/190206870@N03/55350658604/in/datetaken/" style=3D"color: rgb(149, = 79, 114);">DIANA FRITILLARY</a></span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;= "> males, 2 (super fresh!) FOY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNor= mal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New = Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Great-Spangled Frit= illary, 15<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in= ; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><spa= n style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Fritillary sp., 9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p cl= ass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &qu= ot;Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Anglew= ing sp., 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in= ; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><spa= n style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Red Admiral, 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "= Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Pearl Cre= scent, 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; = font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span = style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observa= tions/374364821" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37= 4364821" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">Appalachian Brown</a>, 1<o:p><= /o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: med= ium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-= size: 13.5pt;">Carolina Saytr, 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal= " style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Rom= an", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Silver-spotted Skipper= , 48<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font= -size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;">Little Glassywing, 4<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "= Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt;"> </s= pan></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; fon= t-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 13= .5pt;">Bonuses: <a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03= /55350967616/in/datetaken/" originalSrc=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/19= 0206870@N03/55350967616/in/datetaken/" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">= Gray Petaltail</a>, Hummingbird, and Hummingbird moth<o:p></o:p></span></p>= <p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family= : "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_328378CE-8AA6-4DB6-A46C-41A9EE96F453-- |
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