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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 09:44:49 -0400 From: John Connors (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Durant Nature Preserve, Raleigh |
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--000000000000f503a00657fc82f9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi Butterfliers. Ran my Pollard route at Durant Nature Preserve in north Raleigh on July 29 and like many others I found higher diversity and numbers than I have all season. Is it because the drought broke several weeks ago, or is it just that time of the year? Who knows? Here are the numbers" Tiger Swallowtail- 2, nectaring on Swamp MIlkweed Spicebush Swallowtail- 1, fresh, nectaring on Butterfly Weed Pipevine Swallowtail-1. female looking to oviposit Sleepy Orange- 3 Gray Hairstreak- 1 Monarch- 1 Silver-spotted Skipper- 1 Fiery Skipper- 5, nectaring on Sneezeweed Zabulon Skipper- 2. fresh males nectaring on Elephant's Foot Least Skipper- 1 unID dark grass skipper- 1 John Connors Raleigh, NC --000000000000f503a00657fc82f9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Butterfliers.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Ran my Pollard= =C2=A0route at Durant Nature Preserve in north=C2=A0Raleigh on July 29 and = like many others I found higher diversity and numbers than I have all seaso= n. Is it because the drought broke several weeks ago, or is it just that ti= me of the year? Who knows?</div><div><br></div><div>Here are the numbers&qu= ot;</div><div>Tiger Swallowtail- 2, nectaring on Swamp MIlkweed</div><div>S= picebush Swallowtail- 1, fresh, nectaring on Butterfly Weed=C2=A0</div><div= >Pipevine Swallowtail-1. female looking to oviposit</div><div>Sleepy Orange= - 3</div><div>Gray Hairstreak- 1</div><div>Monarch- 1</div><div>Silver-spot= ted Skipper- 1</div><div>Fiery Skipper- 5, nectaring on Sneezeweed</div><di= v>Zabulon Skipper- 2. fresh males nectaring on Elephant's Foot</div><di= v>Least Skipper- 1</div><div>unID dark grass skipper- 1</div><div><br></div= ><div>John Connors</div><div>Raleigh, NC</div></div> --000000000000f503a00657fc82f9-- |
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