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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:09:41 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Field butterflies south of Raleigh, Wake Co., NC today -- Aug. 15, 2026 |
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--0000000000006e447806591901c6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Folks, Despite a weak cold front last night, we got no rain, and are still bone dry in the Raleigh area since August 2. Wake County has had more rainfall in July (over 13") than in all of Jan-June (12") added to the meager Aug total to Aug. 14 (0.2"). That meant that Mid-Pines Road was still very dusty with no puddles, mud, etc. And, the roadbanks were mostly mowed yesterday -- Friday mowing is standard here by NC State U. staff -- arrrgh. There are still a few flower patches in the ditches and on the other side of the fences. I also stopped as usual behind the Treasuring Christ Church. Here are my totals in about 1.5 hours of slow driving and some walking, this morning, under PC skies, temps around 80, and muggy: E. Tiger Swallowtail 4 CHECKERED WHITE about *17*, still increasing; males and females Cabbage White 1 sadly, no sulphurs of any kind Variegated Fritillary 1 still very low; poor year for them here Common Buckeye 8 Monarch 8 most at Common Milkweed patch just east of the creek I watched a female Checkered White ovipositing on a *Lepidium* [Pepperweed] plant behind the church, but the photo I got here was of her resting or nectaring on the same plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/391447779 Harry LeGrand Raleigh --0000000000006e447806591901c6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>Despite a weak cold f= ront=C2=A0last night, we got no rain, and are still bone dry in the Raleigh= area since August 2. Wake County has had more rainfall in July (over 13&qu= ot;) than in all of Jan-June (12") added to the meager Aug total to Au= g. 14 (0.2"). That meant that Mid-Pines Road was still very=C2=A0dusty= with no puddles, mud, etc. And, the roadbanks were mostly mowed yesterday = -- Friday mowing is standard here by NC=C2=A0State U. staff -- arrrgh.=C2= =A0 There are still a few flower patches in the ditches and on the other si= de of the fences. I also stopped as usual behind the Treasuring Christ Chur= ch.=C2=A0 Here are my totals in about 1.5 hours of slow driving and some wa= lking, this morning, under PC skies, temps around 80, and muggy:</div><div>= <br></div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail 4</div><div>CHECKERED WHITE=C2=A0 about= <b>17</b>, still increasing; males and females</div><div>Cabbage White=C2= =A0 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0sadly, no sulphurs of any kind</div><div>Variegated Friti= llary=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 still very low; poor year for them here</div><div>Commo= n Buckeye=C2=A0 8</div><div>Monarch=C2=A0 8=C2=A0 most at Common Milkweed p= atch just east of the creek</div><div><br></div><div>I watched a female Che= ckered White ovipositing on a <i>Lepidium</i> [Pepperweed] plant behind the= church, but the photo I got here was of her resting or nectaring on the sa= me plant:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/o= bservations/391447779" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observati= ons/391447779">https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/391447779</a></div>= <div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div><div><br></div></d= iv> --0000000000006e447806591901c6-- |
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