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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:46:25 -0400 From: Ryan Chaffee (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Mountains Trip Leps - June 24th & 25th |
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--00000000000059c75606552856b0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Good morning, butterfliers! The past two days, Jeff Pippen and I have been in the mountains of Mitchell County, NC to set up a fantastic new survey route for the Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program and explore the area. We were excited to find a very healthy population of Pepper and Salt Skippers, which was the 2nd record of the species in Mitchell County ever, with the last record being in 1992! It was also the record for most Pepper and Salt Skippers documented at a site on a given day. Pepper and Salt Skipper expert Harry Pavulaan suggested this population *might* be the recently described species *A. nemoris*, but more research is needed. Here is our total list of leps: Mitchell County - June 24th, 2026 - Green Mountain, Beauty Spot - Pipevine Swallowtail - 31 - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6 - Spicebush Swallowtail - 1 - Orange Sulphur - 4 - Clouded Sulphur - 2 - Cabbage White - 1 - Summer Azure - 17 - Eastern Tailed-Blue - 4 - Great Spangled Fritillary - 11 - Great Spangled/Aphrodite Fritillary - 24 - Variegated Fritillary - 1 - Silvery Checkerspot - 2 - Pearl Crescent - 4 - Common Buckeye - 1 - Red-spotted Purple - 1 - Red Admiral - 1 - Eastern Comma - 1 - Common Wood-Nymph - 1 - Northern Pearly-eye - 3 - Little Wood-Satyr - 1 - Carolina Satyr - 2 - Silver-spotted Skipper - 74 - *Pepper and Salt Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375176845> - 35!!!* - Little Glassywing - 1 - Dun Skipper - 2 Mitchell County - June 25th, 2026 - Beauty Spot, Beauty Spot Road - Pipevine Swallowtail - 2 - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1 - Eastern/Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail - 1 - flyby, very large! - Orange Sulphur - 12 - Clouded Sulphur - 3 - Summer Azure - 10 - Eastern Tailed-Blue - 14 - Unidentified Satyrium hairstreak - 1 - briefly perched at a bad angle, appeared quite large - Great Spangled Fritillary - 33 - *Aphrodite Fritillary <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375507824> - 25* - Great Spangled/Aphrodite Fritillary - 26 - Variegated Fritillary - 2 - *Meadow Fritillary <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375508202> - 1* - Silvery Checkerspot - 5 - Pearl Crescent - 12 - Red-spotted Purple - 1 - Red Admiral - 1 - Eastern Comma - 2 - Unidentified Anglewing - 1 - Silver-spotted Skipper - 6 - *Wild Indigo Duskywing <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375508584> - 1* - appeared to be ovipositing on Crown Vetch Burke County; M - June 25th, 2026 - Blue Ridge Parkway - Summer Azure - 1 - Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1 - Great Spangled Fritillary - 2 - *Aphrodite Fritillary - 3* - Great Spangled/Aphrodite Fritillary - 6 - Variegated Fritillary - 2 - *Meadow Fritillary - 4* - Pearl Crescent - 1 - Silver-spotted Skipper - 8 Good butterflying, Ryan Chaffee, Cary, NC --00000000000059c75606552856b0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Good morning, butterfliers!</div><di= v><br></div><div><span style=3D"font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;le= tter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;wh= ite-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:i= nline;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size=3D"2">The p= ast two days, Jeff <font style=3D"font-style:normal">Pippen</font> and I ha= ve been in the mountains of Mitchell County<font style=3D"font-style:normal= ">, NC</font> to set up a fantastic new <font style=3D"font-style:normal">s= urvey</font> route <font style=3D"font-style:normal">for the Carolinas Butt= erfly Monitoring Program</font> and explore the area. We were excited to find a very healthy population of Pepper and Salt Skippers, which was the 2nd record of the species in Mitchell County ever, with the last record being in 1992! It was also=20 the record for most Pepper and Salt Skippers documented at a site on a=20 given day.=C2=A0Pepper and Salt Skipper expert Harry Pavulaan suggested thi= s population *might* be the recently described species <i>A. nemoris</i>, b= ut more research is needed.=C2=A0=C2=A0Here is our total list of leps:</fon= t></span></div><div><br></div><div>Mitchell County - June 24th, 2026 - Gree= n Mountain, Beauty Spot</div><div><ul><li>Pipevine Swallowtail - 31</li><li= >Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6</li><li>Spicebush Swallowtail - 1</li></ul><= ul><li>Orange Sulphur - 4</li><li>Clouded Sulphur - 2</li><li>Cabbage White= - 1</li></ul><div><ul><li>Summer Azure - 17</li><li>Eastern Tailed-Blue - = 4</li></ul></div><ul><li>Great Spangled Fritillary - 11</li><li>Great Spang= led/Aphrodite Fritillary - 24</li><li>Variegated Fritillary - 1</li><li>Sil= very Checkerspot - 2</li><li>Pearl Crescent - 4</li><li>Common Buckeye - 1<= /li><li>Red-spotted Purple - 1</li><li>Red Admiral - 1</li><li>Eastern Comm= a - 1</li><li>Common Wood-Nymph - 1</li><li>Northern Pearly-eye - 3</li><li= >Little Wood-Satyr - 1</li><li>Carolina Satyr - 2</li></ul><ul><li>Silver-s= potted Skipper - 74</li><li><b><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/obser= vations/375176845" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/= 375176845">Pepper and Salt Skipper</a> - 35!!!</b></li><li>Little Glassywin= g - 1</li><li>Dun Skipper - 2</li></ul><div><div>Mitchell County - June 25t= h, 2026 - Beauty Spot, Beauty Spot Road</div></div><div><ul><li>Pipevine Sw= allowtail - 2</li><li>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1</li><li>Eastern/Appalac= hian Tiger Swallowtail - 1 - flyby, very large!</li></ul><ul><li>Orange Sul= phur - 12</li><li>Clouded Sulphur - 3</li></ul><div><ul><li>Summer Azure - = 10</li><li>Eastern Tailed-Blue - 14</li><li>Unidentified Satyrium hairstrea= k - 1 - briefly perched at a bad angle, appeared quite large</li></ul></div= ><ul><li>Great Spangled Fritillary - 33</li><li><b><a href=3D"https://www.i= naturalist.org/observations/375507824" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturali= st.org/observations/375507824">Aphrodite Fritillary</a> - 25</b></li><li>Gr= eat Spangled/Aphrodite Fritillary - 26</li><li>Variegated Fritillary - 2</l= i><li><b><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375508202" ori= ginalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375508202">Meadow Frit= illary</a> - 1</b></li><li>Silvery Checkerspot - 5</li><li>Pearl Crescent -= 12</li><li>Red-spotted Purple - 1</li><li>Red Admiral - 1</li><li>Eastern = Comma - 2</li><li>Unidentified Anglewing - 1</li></ul><ul><li>Silver-spotte= d Skipper - 6</li><li><b><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observation= s/375508584" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375508= 584">Wild Indigo Duskywing</a> - 1</b> - appeared to be ovipositing on Crow= n Vetch</li></ul><div>Burke County; M=C2=A0- June 25th, 2026 - Blue Ridge P= arkway</div><div><div><ul><li>Summer Azure - 1</li><li>Eastern Tailed-Blue = - 1</li></ul></div><ul><li>Great Spangled Fritillary - 2</li><li><b>Aphrodi= te Fritillary - 3</b></li><li>Great Spangled/Aphrodite Fritillary - 6</li><= li>Variegated Fritillary - 2</li><li><b>Meadow Fritillary - 4</b></li><li>P= earl Crescent - 1</li></ul></div><div><ul><li>Silver-spotted Skipper - 8</l= i></ul><div><br></div><div>Good butterflying,</div><div>Ryan Chaffee, Cary,= NC</div></div></div></div><br></div> </div> --00000000000059c75606552856b0-- |
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