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| List: MassLep Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:48:27 +0000 (UTC) From: 'Wendy Howes' via MassLep <masslep...> Subject: [MassLep] Lake Wampanoag, Gardner field trip 8/16 |
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------=_Part_3562077_1878437956.1787017707061 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There were three MBC members on this 3+ hour walk through some promising ha= bitat. Obvious nectar sources were goldenrod, black-eyed Susan, and boneset= , but there were other wildflowers in bloom. Except for one Clouded Sulphur= and - at the very end of the walk - two Monarchs, there were no butterflie= s flying over the expanse of open fields. Two species were about in good nu= mbers, but diversity, sadly, was lacking. In past years we've been very suc= cessful at finding a lot more butterflies. 1 Clouded Sulphur1 Great Spangled Fritillary1 Eastern Tailed-Blue10 Pearl C= rescent1 Red-spotted Purple50+ Common Ringlet, abundant; surely the numbers= would have been into the hundreds if the areas without trails were counted= 13 Common Wood-Nymph, likely more staying low in the fields2 Monarch1 Dun S= kipper, worn Wendy HowesHardwick =C2=A0 --=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/130= <4950188.3562078.1787017707062...> ------=_Part_3562077_1878437956.1787017707061 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><s= pan style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font= -size: 10pt;">There were three MBC members on this 3+ hour walk through som= e promising habitat. Obvious nectar sources were goldenrod, black-eyed Susa= n, and boneset, but there were other wildflowers in bloom. Except for one C= louded Sulphur and - at the very end of the walk - two Monarchs, there were= no butterflies flying over the expanse of open fields. Two species were ab= out in good numbers, but diversity, sadly, was lacking. In past years we've= been very successful at finding a lot more butterflies.</span></span></div= ><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><= br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:= 10pt">1 Clouded Sulphur</div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, s= ans-serif; font-size: 10pt">1 Great Spangled Fritillary</div><div style=3D"= font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">1 Eastern Tailed= -Blue</div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-siz= e: 10pt">10 Pearl Crescent</div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva,= sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">1 Red-spotted Purple</div><div style=3D"font-= family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">50+ Common Ringlet, a= bundant; surely the numbers would have been into the hundreds if the areas = without trails were counted</div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva= , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">13 Common Wood-Nymph, likely more staying lo= w in the fields</div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif= ; font-size: 10pt">2 Monarch</div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Genev= a, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">1 Dun Skipper, worn</div><div style=3D"font= -family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><br></div><div style= =3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">Wendy Howes<= /div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10p= t">Hardwick</div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; fo= nt-size: 10pt"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-s= erif; font-size: 10pt"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva= , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana= , Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana,= Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span>= </div> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<1304950188.3562078.1787017707062...>?utm_medium=3Demai= l&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/1304950188= <.3562078.1787017707062...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_3562077_1878437956.1787017707061-- |
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