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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:33:33 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Sampson County, NC butterflies-Saturday, 7/11/2026 |
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--Apple-Mail-65FE2A4E-79D4-4A7F-B605-1060A8836FAB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pondberry Bay is a State-owned preserve that is a game land, any thus is pub= licly accessible. It is several thousand acres and has a great diversity of= habitats, including Longleaf pine stands. I=E2=80=99ve seen lots of rare sp= ecies over the years. It=E2=80=99s along White Woods Road east of Roseboro a= nd Salemburg.=20 Harry LeGrand Raleigh Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 11, 2026, at 9:25=E2=80=AFPM, Mike Turner <carolinaleps...> w= rote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BF > Sampson County is a tough place to find butterflies because there are not m= any public natural areas. I drove through the town of Clinton, stopping at p= atches of nectar sources, which were mainly patches of Lantana and Verbena b= rasiliensis. Most of the butterflies, especially the grass skippers, were se= en 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. >=20 > 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 >=20 > Mike Turner > Fayetteville, NC --Apple-Mail-65FE2A4E-79D4-4A7F-B605-1060A8836FAB Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html class=3D"apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equi= v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D= "auto">Pondberry Bay is a State-owned preserve that is a game land, any thus= is publicly accessible. It is several thousand acres and has a great d= iversity of habitats, including Longleaf pine stands. I=E2=80=99ve seen lots= of rare species over the years. It=E2=80=99s along White Woods Road e= ast of Roseboro and Salemburg. <div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><= div>Raleigh</div><div><br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir=3D= "ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite= ">On Jul 11, 2026, at 9:25=E2=80=AFPM, Mike Turner <<carolinaleps...>= > wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"= ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Sampson County is a= tough place to find butterflies because there are not many public natu= ral areas. I drove through the town of Clinton, stopping at patches of necta= r sources, which were mainly patches of <i>Lantana</i> and <i>Verbena brasil= iensis</i>. Most of the butterflies, especially the grass skippers, were see= n on the <i>Lantana </i>at the entrance of Sampson County Community College a= nd at an elementary school in town, and at a vacant lot in town with a lot o= f the tall <i>Verbena</i>. My list is below. Good butterflying.</div><div><b= r></div><div>Spicebush Swallowtail 1<br>Sleepy Orange 4<br>Cabbag= e White 3<br>Variegated Fritillary 3<br>Common Buckeye 4<br>checke= red-skipper sp. 2<br>Horace's Duskywing 2<br>Fiery Skipper 218= <br>Whirlabout 4<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gm= ail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">= <div>Mike Turner<br></div>Fayetteville, NC<br></div></div></div></div></div>= </div></div></div></div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-65FE2A4E-79D4-4A7F-B605-1060A8836FAB-- |
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