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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:02:40 -0400 From: Ryan Chaffee (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Carteret & Craven leps, July 30th |
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--0000000000006896c90657edacc0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Good afternoon butterfliers, Yesterday (July 30th), Jeff Pippen and I went to Carteret and Craven counties to target some coastal species and run a Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program survey. Due to the time of year, we didn't see as much diversity as we would in a few weeks (22 species), but still racked up some good species, including Carolina Roadside-Skipper and Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper! Here is our full list: *Carteret County* - Fort Macon State Park, Hoop Pole Creek Nature Trail (Survey), Croatan National Forest - Sleepy Orange - 9 - Orange Sulphur - 1 - Cloudless Sulphur - 2 - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6 - Palamedes Swallowtail - 2 - Red-banded Hairstreak - 1 - Monarch - 1 - Red-spotted Purple - 1 - Common Buckeye - 3 - Pearl Crescent - 3 - Horace's Duskywing - 1 - Southern Cloudywing - 2 - *Crystal Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386723631> - 35 *- including a marked individual for research #43 <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386716058> - Salt Marsh Skipper - 3 - Fiery Skipper - 1 - Clouded Skipper - 2 *Craven County* - Croatan National Forest - Sleepy Orange - 1 - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 10 - Palamedes Swallowtail - 31 - Gray Hairstreak - 1 - Red Admiral - 2 - Pearl Crescent - 2 - Common Wood-Nymph - 4 - Southern Cloudywing - 2 - Silver-spotted Skipper - 1 - *Carolina Roadside-Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386722580> *- 3 - *Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper* <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386762335> - 2 - Clouded Skipper - 1 Good butterflying, Ryan Chaffee Cary, NC --0000000000006896c90657edacc0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Good afternoon butterfliers,</div><div><br></div><div= >Yesterday (July 30th), Jeff Pippen and I went to Carteret and Craven counties to target some=20 coastal species and run a Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program survey. Due to the time of year, we didn't see as much diversity as we would i= n a few weeks (22 species), but still racked up some good species,=20 including Carolina Roadside-Skipper and Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper!=20 Here is our full list:</div><div><br></div><div><u>Carteret County</u> - Fo= rt Macon State Park, Hoop Pole Creek Nature Trail (Survey), Croatan Nationa= l Forest</div><div><ul><li>Sleepy Orange - 9</li><li>Orange Sulphur - 1</li= ><li>Cloudless Sulphur - 2</li></ul><ul><li>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6</= li><li>Palamedes Swallowtail - 2</li></ul><ul><li>Red-banded Hairstreak - 1= </li></ul><ul><li>Monarch - 1</li><li>Red-spotted Purple - 1</li><li>Common= Buckeye - 3</li><li>Pearl Crescent - 3</li></ul><ul><li>Horace's Dusky= wing - 1</li><li>Southern Cloudywing - 2</li><li><b><a href=3D"https://www.= inaturalist.org/observations/386723631" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inatural= ist.org/observations/386723631" target=3D"_blank">Crystal Skipper</a> - 35= =C2=A0</b>- including a marked individual for research=C2=A0<a href=3D"http= s://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386716058" originalSrc=3D"https://www.= inaturalist.org/observations/386716058" target=3D"_blank">#43</a></li><li>S= alt Marsh Skipper - 3</li><li>Fiery Skipper - 1</li><li>Clouded Skipper - 2= </li></ul><div><u>Craven County</u>=C2=A0-=C2=A0Croatan National Forest</di= v><div><ul><li>Sleepy Orange - 1</li></ul><ul><li>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail= - 10</li><li>Palamedes Swallowtail - 31</li></ul><ul><li>Gray Hairstreak -= 1</li></ul><ul><li>Red Admiral - 2</li><li>Pearl Crescent - 2</li><li>Comm= on Wood-Nymph - 4</li></ul><ul><li>Southern Cloudywing - 2</li><li>Silver-s= potted Skipper - 1</li><li><b><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observ= ations/386722580" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3= 86722580" target=3D"_blank">Carolina Roadside-Skipper</a> </b>- 3</li><li><= a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386762335" originalSrc= =3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386762335" target=3D"_blank"><= b>Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper</b></a> - 2</li><li>Clouded Skipper - 1</li>= </ul><div>Good butterflying,</div><div>Ryan Chaffee</div><div>Cary, NC</div= ></div></div><br></div> --0000000000006896c90657edacc0-- |
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