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| List: MassLep Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: 'Andrew Griffith' via MassLep <masslep...> Subject: [MassLep] Falmouth July Counts - Crane WMA - 6/27/26 |
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------=_Part_5526_2138495894.1782606001216 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_5527_711717880.1782606001216" ------=_Part_5527_711717880.1782606001216 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" A group of 7 of us went out to do the 2026 Falmouth July Counts today. The weather was quite nice with mostly sunny skies and temps in the mid to upper 70's. There was little breeze to speak of. Thoughts on this years numbers... terrible. The species count is WAY down. There was a time when we would round up close to or right around 30 species. This year we struggled to get to 20 and ended up with 21. The numbers are super low as well. I can't really explain it other than it seems on par with what I am seeing for posts on here. As usual, the Baltimore Checkerspot numbers were high enough to estimate after a while. Still not as many as we have seen there at this time of year, but certainly not in any danger. Notable missing species (some due to being just a bit too early... hopefully): Any duskywings Northern Broken Dash Dun Skipper Long Dash (a bit too late?) Northern Cloudywing (a bit too late?) Banded Hairstreak Common Ringlet Pearl Crescent Red banded Hairstreak Viceroy *Results* *Adult Species: 21* *Total adult individuals (counting Baltimore Checkerspot as 200): 301* *Caterpillar Species: 2* *Total Caterpillar individuals 17* *Adults:* Baltimore Checkerspot 200+ European Skipper 4 Spicebush Swallowtail 10 Clouded Sulphur 11 Orange Sulphur 12 American Lady 10 Eastern Tailed Blue 17 Monarch 4 Crossline Skipper 5 Coral Hairstreak 1 American Copper 5 Southern Cloudywing 2 Delaware Skipper 10 Least Skipper 1 Edwards Hairstreak 4 Common Buckeye 1 Little Wood Satyr 1 Little Glassywing 1 Silver Spotted Skipper 1 Red spotted Purple 1 Black Swallowtail 1 *Caterpillars:* Baltimore Checkerspot 12 Red spotted Purple 5 Andrew Griffith Lauren Griffith Larry Barry Peter Johnson-Staub Mark Kasprzyk Sheryl Johnson Karl Johnson -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/<b236452a-ff29-46a2-b9dc-e1b79af1e333n...> ------=_Part_5527_711717880.1782606001216 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A group of 7 of us went out to do the 2026 Falmouth July Counts today.=C2= =A0 The weather was quite nice with mostly sunny skies and temps in the mid= to upper 70's.=C2=A0 There was little breeze to speak of.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div>= <br /></div><div>Thoughts on this years numbers... terrible.=C2=A0 The spec= ies count is WAY down.=C2=A0 There was a time when we would round up close = to or right around 30 species.=C2=A0 This year we struggled to get to 20 an= d ended up with 21.=C2=A0 The numbers are super low as well.=C2=A0 I can't = really explain it other than it seems on par with what I am seeing for post= s on here.=C2=A0 As usual, the Baltimore Checkerspot numbers were high enou= gh to estimate after a while.=C2=A0 Still not as many as we have seen there= at this time of year, but certainly not in any danger.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><d= iv><br /></div><div>Notable missing species (some due to being just a bit t= oo early... hopefully):</div><div>Any duskywings</div><div>Northern Broken = Dash</div><div>Dun Skipper</div><div>Long Dash (a bit too late?)</div><div>= Northern Cloudywing (a bit too late?)</div><div>Banded Hairstreak</div><div= >Common Ringlet</div><div>Pearl Crescent</div><div>Red banded Hairstreak</d= iv><div>Viceroy</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Results</b></div><div><b>Adul= t Species: 21</b></div><div><b>Total adult individuals (counting Baltimore = Checkerspot as 200): 301</b></div><div><b>Caterpillar Species: 2</b></div><= div><b>Total Caterpillar individuals 17</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>A= dults:</b></div><div>Baltimore Checkerspot 200+</div><div>European Skipper = 4</div><div>Spicebush Swallowtail 10</div><div>Clouded Sulphur 11</div><div= >Orange Sulphur 12</div><div>American Lady 10</div><div>Eastern Tailed Blue= 17</div><div>Monarch 4</div><div>Crossline Skipper 5</div><div>Coral Hairs= treak 1</div><div>American Copper 5</div><div>Southern Cloudywing 2</div><d= iv>Delaware Skipper 10</div><div>Least Skipper 1</div><div>Edwards Hairstre= ak 4</div><div>Common Buckeye 1</div><div>Little Wood Satyr 1</div><div>Lit= tle Glassywing 1</div><div>Silver Spotted Skipper 1</div><div>Red spotted P= urple 1</div><div>Black Swallowtail 1</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Caterpi= llars:</b></div><div>Baltimore Checkerspot 12</div><div>Red spotted Purple = 5</div><div><br /></div><div>Andrew Griffith</div><div>Lauren Griffith</div= ><div>Larry Barry</div><div>Peter Johnson-Staub</div><div>Mark Kasprzyk</di= v><div>Sheryl Johnson</div><div>Karl Johnson</div><div><br /></div><div><br= /></div> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<b236452a-ff29-46a2-b9dc-e1b79af1e333n...>?utm_medium= =3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/b23= <6452a-ff29-46a2-b9dc-e1b79af1e333n...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_5527_711717880.1782606001216-- ------=_Part_5526_2138495894.1782606001216-- |
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