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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:24:30 -0400 From: Mike Turner (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Sampson County, NC butterflies-Saturday, 7/11/2026 |
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--0000000000009560d506565fd6bd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sampson County is a tough place to find butterflies because there are not many public natural areas. I drove through the town of Clinton, stopping at patches of nectar sources, which were mainly patches of *Lantana* and *Verbena brasiliensis*. Most of the butterflies, especially the grass skippers, were seen on the *Lantana *at the entrance of Sampson County Community College and at an elementary school in town, and at a vacant lot in town with a lot of the tall *Verbena*. My list is below. Good butterflying. Spicebush Swallowtail 1 Sleepy Orange 4 Cabbage White 3 Variegated Fritillary 3 Common Buckeye 4 checkered-skipper sp. 2 Horace's Duskywing 2 Fiery Skipper 218 Whirlabout 4 Mike Turner Fayetteville, NC --0000000000009560d506565fd6bd Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Sampson County=C2=A0is a tough=C2=A0= place to find butterflies because there are not many public natural areas. = I drove through the town of Clinton, stopping at patches of nectar sources,= which were mainly patches of <i>Lantana</i> and <i>Verbena brasiliensis</i= >. Most of the butterflies, especially the grass skippers, were seen on the= <i>Lantana </i>at the entrance of Sampson County Community College and at = an elementary school in town, and at a vacant lot in town with a lot of the= tall <i>Verbena</i>. My list is below. Good butterflying.</div><div><br></= div><div>Spicebush Swallowtail 1<br>Sleepy Orange 4<br>Cabbage White 3<br>V= ariegated Fritillary 3<br>Common Buckeye 4<br>checkered-skipper sp. 2<br>Ho= race's Duskywing 2<br>Fiery Skipper 218<br>Whirlabout 4<br></div><div><= br></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><= div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Mike Turner<br></div>Fayett= eville, NC<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> --0000000000009560d506565fd6bd-- |
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