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| List: MassLep Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:29:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Loshin <peter.loshin...> Subject: [MassLep] Trip report: Sedge Meadows in Wayland, 2026-06-28 |
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------=_Part_217228_962000124.1782696540822 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_217229_2037780209.1782696540822" ------=_Part_217229_2037780209.1782696540822 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" There were 23 of us in all on this morning's field trip to Sedge Meadows in Wayland, mostly from Wayland and nearby towns, along with five MBC members -- Dolores Price Marvin St. Onge, Bette Robo, Lisa Wolfe and myself -- and Ava Maurer and James Maurer, working on Ava's documentary about MBC. We started at the parking area off Moore Road, where we saw a Monarch and a Silver-spotted Skipper, along with numerous Cabbage White. The first leg took us along the outer perimeter road, to a stand of Hemp Dog Bane where Silver-spotted Skippers and an Eastern Comma had been seen last week -- but this morning we saw nothing but more Cabbage White. We lost about half of our group at that point, but the rest of us carpooled to the south meadow parking area on Glezen Lane. Over the next hour and a half we circled the south meadow and saw a good variety of butterfly species, as well as at least 4 Viceroy (probably) caterpillars. Overall, today we saw: 10+ Cabbage White 12 Clouded Sulphur 1 Orange Sulphur 10 Silver-spotted Skipper 1 Banded Hairstreak 3 Monarch 1 European Skipper 1 American Lady 1 Red-spotted Purple 2 Red Admiral 3 Bronze Copper (1m and 1f) 3 Eastern-tailed Blue 1 Summer Azure 3 Peck's Skipper 1 Zabulon Skipper 4 Viceroy (caterpillars) A total of 16 species, 57+ individuals. Community members had a great time, and did well at spotting some of the more interesting butterflies we saw. Peter Loshin -- 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/<b9d367af-d87f-49c3-90e0-a76211c51759n...> ------=_Part_217229_2037780209.1782696540822 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>There were 23 of us in all on this morning's field trip to Sedge Meado= ws in Wayland, mostly from Wayland and nearby towns, along with five MBC me= mbers -- Dolores Price Marvin St. Onge, Bette Robo, Lisa Wolfe and myself -= - and Ava Maurer and James Maurer, working on Ava's documentary about MBC.<= /div><div><br /></div><div>We started at the parking area off Moore Road, w= here we saw a Monarch and a Silver-spotted Skipper, along with numerous Cab= bage White. The first leg took us along the outer perimeter road, to a stan= d of Hemp Dog Bane where Silver-spotted Skippers and an Eastern Comma had b= een seen last week -- but this morning we saw nothing but more Cabbage Whit= e.</div><div><br /></div><div>We lost=C2=A0about half of our group at that = point, but the rest of us=C2=A0carpooled to the south meadow parking area o= n Glezen Lane. Over the next hour and a half we circled the south meadow an= d saw a good variety of butterfly species, as well as at least 4 Viceroy (p= robably) caterpillars.</div><div><br /></div><div>Overall, today we saw:</d= iv><div><br /></div><div>10+ Cabbage White</div><div>12 Clouded Sulphur</di= v><div>1 Orange Sulphur</div><div>10 Silver-spotted Skipper</div><div>1 Ban= ded Hairstreak</div><div>3 Monarch</div><div>1 European Skipper</div><div>1= American Lady</div><div>1 Red-spotted Purple</div><div>2 Red Admiral</div>= <div>3 Bronze Copper (1m and 1f)</div><div>3 Eastern-tailed Blue</div><div>= 1 Summer Azure</div><div>3 Peck's Skipper</div><div>1 Zabulon Skipper</div>= <div>4 Viceroy (caterpillars)</div><div><br /></div><div>A total of 16 spec= ies, 57+ individuals.</div><div><br /></div><div>Community members had a gr= eat time, and did well at spotting some of the more interesting butterflies= we saw.</div><div><br /></div><div>Peter Loshin</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/<b9d367af-d87f-49c3-90e0-a76211c51759n...>?utm_medium= =3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/b9d= <367af-d87f-49c3-90e0-a76211c51759n...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_217229_2037780209.1782696540822-- ------=_Part_217228_962000124.1782696540822-- |
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