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| List: MassLep Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:50:32 -0400 From: Josh <opihi...> Subject: [MassLep] Amherst yard butterflies 7/15-16 |
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Howdy folks, Yesterday, I spotted a Common Sootywing nectaring in my wife=E2=80=99s herb= garden. FOY for me, and I=E2=80=99m not seeing any recently posted to the = list either.=20 Later yesterday, our son led me to a chrysalis he had noticed on our garage= door. I took some photos and compared them to images online, and am fairly= sure it is a Spicebush Swallowtail. It=E2=80=99s right around the corner o= f our house from the Spicebushes that we planted several years ago. "Plant = it and they will come=E2=80=9D, isn=E2=80=99t that the famous line? Today=E2=80=99s FOY was a Hummingbird Clearwing moth. Our Monarda has recen= tly started blooming, both the Scarlet Bee-balm and the Wild Bergamot; when= those flower, the clearwing moths are never far behind. Also glimpsed a Mo= narch, and a Great Spangled Frit or two.=20 And, when I took the dog for her walk today, a Red-spotted Admiral popped u= p beside the path, looking like it might have just emerged from its chrysal= is this morning. It was so cooperative that I managed to get some photos wi= th my phone and post them to iNat: =20 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/381997699 Cheers, Josh Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D. Amherst, MA https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/opihiman https://www.facebook.com/opihi Writer/compiler, Bird Observer https://www.birdobserver.org/ Columnist, =E2=80=9CEarth Matters=E2=80=9D https://www.gazettenet.com/search?bodysearch=3Dearth+matters https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/category/earth-matters/ Vice-president, Hampshire Bird Club https://hampshirebirdclub.org/ Northeast Chapter head, Dragonfly Society of the Americas https://www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/northeastdsa --=20 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 e= mail to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/039= <E66A3-0625-4E15-B623-3A7630C1B8FC...> |
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