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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:30:41 -0400 From: Mike Turner (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Sampson County, NC butterflies-Saturday, 7/11/2026 |
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--000000000000d454be06566ba858 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That=E2=80=99s good news. The last time I visited there, before it became p= ublic, a permit was required from the Department of Agriculture think it was. I obtained a permit for a few years then stopped applying for one. I see that as of November 2025, a section of the Mountains to Sea Trail opened through the preserve, and it is the =E2=80=9Cfirst publicly accessible natural-surf= ace trail in Sampson County=E2=80=9D. Looking forward to visiting it soon. Mike Turner Fayetteville, NC On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 9:33=E2=80=AFPM Harry LeGrand <hlegrandjr...>= > wrote: > 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 > diversity 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 east of= Roseboro > and Salemburg. > > Harry LeGrand > Raleigh > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 11, 2026, at 9:25=E2=80=AFPM, Mike Turner <carolinaleps...> = wrote: > > =EF=BB=BF > > 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 *Ve= rbena > 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 > > --000000000000d454be06566ba858 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">That=E2=80=99s good news. The last time I visited there, = before it became public, a permit was required from the Department of=C2=A0= Agriculture think it was. I obtained a permit for a few years then stopped = applying for one. I see that as of November 2025, a section of the Mountain= s to Sea Trail opened through the preserve, and it is the =E2=80=9Cfirst<sp= an style=3D"font-family:mukta,sans-serif;font-size:inherit;color:rgb(55,61,= 63)">=C2=A0publicly accessible natural-surface trail in Sampson County=E2= =80=9D.=C2=A0</span></div><div dir=3D"auto">Looking forward to visiting it = soon.<br clear=3D"all"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gma= il_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_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><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr= ">On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 9:33=E2=80=AFPM Harry LeGrand <<a href=3D"mail= to:<hlegrandjr...>"><hlegrandjr...></a>> wrote:<br></div><bloc= kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:= 1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">Pondberry Ba= y is a State-owned preserve that is a game land, any thus is publicly acces= sible.=C2=A0 It is several thousand acres and has a great diversity of habi= tats, including Longleaf pine stands. I=E2=80=99ve seen lots of rare specie= s over the years.=C2=A0 It=E2=80=99s along White Woods Road east of Rosebor= o and Salemburg.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</= div><div><br id=3D"m_-4914221988844581166lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><= div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote t= ype=3D"cite">On Jul 11, 2026, at 9:25=E2=80=AFPM, Mike Turner <<a href= =3D"mailto:<carolinaleps...>" target=3D"_blank"><carolinaleps...></= a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir= =3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF</div></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><div><bl= ockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><= div>Sampson County=C2=A0is a tough=C2=A0place to find butterflies because t= here 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>La= ntana</i> and <i>Verbena brasiliensis</i>. Most of the butterflies, especia= lly 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 a= t a vacant lot in town with a lot of the tall <i>Verbena</i>. My list is be= low. Good butterflying.</div><div><br></div><div>Spicebush Swallowtail 1<br= >Sleepy Orange 4<br>Cabbage White 3<br>Variegated Fritillary 3<br>Common Bu= ckeye 4<br>checkered-skipper sp. 2<br>Horace's Duskywing 2<br>Fiery Ski= pper 218<br>Whirlabout 4<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" clas= s=3D"gmail_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></div></blockquote></div></div> --000000000000d454be06566ba858-- |
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