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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 14:29:39 -0400 From: NICHOLAS FLANDERS (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Great Dismal Swamp NWR, NC, 7/3/26 |
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--000000000000bdb8280655f57500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I ran a Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) in the NC portion of Great Dismal Swamp NWR on July 3, and the butterflies below were noted in Gates, Camden, and Pasquotank Co.'s, NC. It was hot and sunny, but we have had some storm-produced rainfall recently so there were some puddles. The main nectar source was buttonbush, with a few things on Brazilian vervain and Clethra that was just starting to bloom. Surprises were a Pipevine Swallowtail and the number of Cabbage Whites, including a conservative count of 11 along roads deep within the NWR, and a cloud of at least 45 counted quickly while driving on a highway adjacent to the Refuge in between stretches of the BBS route. I'm sure a triple digit count would have been no problem with more time spent in such areas. Nick Flanders Portsmouth, VA BBS route on NWR property, Gates Co. Zebra Swallowtail - 4 Pipevine Swallowtail - 1 Worn Spicebush Swallowtail - 1 Palamedes Swallowtail - 17 E. Tiger Swallowtail - 9 One dark female Cabbage White - 11 Red-banded Hairstreak - 1 Summer Azure - 1 Common Buckeye - 2 Yehl Skipper - 2 BBS route on NWR property, Camden Co. Palamedes Swallowtail - 14 Red-banded Hairstreak - 1 Horace's Duskywing - 1 Ag. field near SR 32 x Folly Rd., Gates Co. Cabbage White - 45 BBS route on NWR property, Pasquotank Co. Zebra Swallowtail - 2 Palamedes Swallowtail - 3 E. Tiger Swallowtail - 10 Orange Sulphur - 3 Ag. field edge off Tadmore Rd. (right-of-way for NWR property) Common Buckeye - 1 Pearl Crescent - 5 Silver-spotted Skipper - 1 --000000000000bdb8280655f57500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto">I ran a Breeding Bird = Survey (BBS) in the NC portion of Great Dismal Swamp NWR on July 3, and the= butterflies below were noted in Gates, Camden, and Pasquotank Co.'s, N= C. It was hot and sunny, but we have had some storm-produced rainfall recen= tly so there were some puddles. The main nectar source was buttonbush, with= a few things on Brazilian vervain and Clethra that was just starting to bl= oom. Surprises were a Pipevine Swallowtail and the number of Cabbage Whites= , including a conservative count of 11 along roads deep within the NWR, and= a cloud of at least 45 counted quickly while driving on a highway adjacent= to the Refuge in between stretches of the BBS route. I'm sure a triple= digit count would have been no problem with more time spent in such areas.= </div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Nick Flanders=C2=A0</di= v><div dir=3D"auto">Portsmouth, VA</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div di= r=3D"auto"><br></div>BBS route on NWR property, Gates Co.<div dir=3D"auto">= <br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Zebra Swallowtail - 4</div><div dir=3D"auto"><d= iv dir=3D"auto">Pipevine Swallowtail - 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0Worn</div></div><div d= ir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto">Spicebush Swallowtail - 1</div></div><div dir= =3D"auto">Palamedes Swallowtail - 17</div><div dir=3D"auto">E. Tiger Swallo= wtail - 9=C2=A0 =C2=A0One dark female</div><div dir=3D"auto">Cabbage White = - 11</div><div dir=3D"auto">Red-banded Hairstreak - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto= ">Summer Azure - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Common Buckeye - 2</div><div dir= =3D"auto">Yehl Skipper - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"aut= o"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">BBS route on NWR property, Camden Co.</div><= div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Palamedes Swallowtail - 14</di= v><div dir=3D"auto">Red-banded Hairstreak - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Horace= 's Duskywing - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br= ></div><div dir=3D"auto">Ag. field near SR 32 x Folly Rd., Gates Co.</div><= div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Cabbage White - 45</div><div d= ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">BBS rou= te on NWR property, Pasquotank Co.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div di= r=3D"auto">Zebra Swallowtail - 2</div><div dir=3D"auto">Palamedes Swallowta= il - 3</div><div dir=3D"auto">E. Tiger Swallowtail - 10</div><div dir=3D"au= to">Orange Sulphur - 3=C2=A0 =C2=A0Ag. field edge off Tadmore Rd. (right-of= -way for NWR property)=C2=A0 =C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto">Common Buckeye -= 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Pearl Crescent - 5</div><div dir=3D"auto">Silver-= spotted Skipper - 1</div></div> </div> --000000000000bdb8280655f57500-- |
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