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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 15:10:01 -0400 From: John Connors (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Wake County, NC - Schenck Forest leps 8/8 |
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--000000000000d43b3906588ddeb9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wow, so happy to hear that a population of Checkered Whites has survived along Reedy Creek Road. We used to see them here 10-15 years ago but they slowly disappeared. Excellent find Ryan! John Connors Raleigh, NC On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 1:31=E2=80=AFPM Ryan Chaffee <carolinaleps...>= wrote: > Good afternoon butterfliers! > > I ran my Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program route at Schenck Forest > today, and while the route itself only yielded 3 species and 8 individual= s, > I picked up a lot of incidentals at a Bandwidth HQ flower garden and a > large field south of the building (typically used for state fair parking)= . > Here is my full list: > > - *Checkered White > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389381326>* - 3 - lifer > - Cabbage White - 3 > - Orange Sulphur - 1 > > > - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6 > > > - Eastern Tailed-Blue - 4 > > > - Monarch <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389380691> - 3 > - Common Buckeye - 22 - most I've seen all year > - Variegated Fritillary - 1 > > > - Common Checkered-Skipper - 7 > - Fiery Skipper - 21 > - Clouded Skipper - 1 > - *Southern Skipperling* > <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389381263> - 1 - FOY > (finally) > > Good butterflying, > Ryan Chaffee > Cary, NC > --000000000000d43b3906588ddeb9 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Wow, so happy to hear that a population of Checkered White= s has survived along Reedy Creek Road. We used to see them here 10-15 years= ago but they slowly disappeared. Excellent find Ryan!<div>John Connors</di= v><div>Raleigh, NC</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_con= tainer"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 1:31= =E2=80=AFPM Ryan Chaffee <<a href=3D"mailto:<carolinaleps...>">carol= <inaleps...></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" = style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);pa= dding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Good afternoon butterfliers!</div><di= v><br></div><div>I ran my Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program route at S= chenck Forest today, and while the route itself only yielded 3 species and = 8 individuals, I picked up a lot of incidentals at a Bandwidth HQ flower ga= rden and a large field south of the building (typically used for state fair= parking). Here is my full list:</div><div><ul><li><b><a href=3D"https://ww= w.inaturalist.org/observations/389381326" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inatur= alist.org/observations/389381326" target=3D"_blank">Checkered White</a></b>= - 3 - lifer</li><li>Cabbage White - 3</li><li>Orange Sulphur - 1</li></ul>= <ul><li>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6</li></ul><ul><li>Eastern Tailed-Blue = - 4</li></ul><ul><li><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38= 9380691" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389380691"= target=3D"_blank">Monarch</a> - 3</li><li>Common Buckeye - 22 - most I'= ;ve seen all year</li><li>Variegated Fritillary - 1</li></ul><ul><li>Common= Checkered-Skipper - 7</li><li>Fiery Skipper - 21</li><li>Clouded Skipper -= 1</li><li><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389381263" o= riginalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389381263" target=3D= "_blank"><b>Southern Skipperling</b></a> - 1 - FOY (finally)</li></ul><div>= Good butterflying,</div><div>Ryan Chaffee</div><div>Cary, NC</div></div></d= iv> </blockquote></div> --000000000000d43b3906588ddeb9-- |
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