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Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:45:25 -0400
From: Salman Abdulali (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...>
Subject: Re: red-banded hairstreak behavior at porch light

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This phenomenon sounded familiar, and I found the following with Google=E2=
=80=99s help:

https://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls//1960s/1962/1962-16(3)174-Curtis=
.pdf

Salman Abdulali
Greenville, NC

> On Jun 25, 2026, at 3:27=E2=80=AFPM, M Campbell (via carolinaleps Mailing=
List) <carolinaleps...> wrote:
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> Abbeville County SC
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> On June 14, 2026 at 10pm, I had a porch light turned on when it was after=
dark and during a thunderstorm. A red-banded hairstreak came to the porch=
light with various small moths. I turned off the light for the night, and=
the red-banded hairstreak was perched close to the light in the morning.
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> Matthew Campbell
> Abbeville, SC


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break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">This =
phenomenon sounded familiar, and I found the following with Google=E2=80=99=
s help:<div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepso=
c/jls//1960s/1962/1962-16(3)174-Curtis.pdf" originalSrc=3D"https://images.p=
eabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls//1960s/1962/1962-16(3)174-Curtis.pdf">https://im=
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div><div><br></div><div>Salman Abdulali</div><div>Greenville, NC<br id=3D"l=
ineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Ju=
n 25, 2026, at 3:27=E2=80=AFPM, M Campbell (via carolinaleps Mailing List) =
&lt;<carolinaleps...>&gt; wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-ne=
wline"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Abbeville County SC<div><br></div><div>On June=
14, 2026 at 10pm, I had a porch light turned on when it was after&nbsp;dar=
k and during&nbsp;a thunderstorm.&nbsp; A red-banded&nbsp;hairstreak came t=
o the porch light&nbsp;with various small&nbsp;moths.&nbsp; I turned off&nb=
sp;the light for the&nbsp;night,&nbsp;and the red-banded&nbsp;hairstreak wa=
s perched close to the light in the morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Matth=
ew Campbell</div><div>Abbeville, SC</div></div>
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