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| List: MassLep Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:33:24 +0000 (UTC) From: 'Wendy Howes' via MassLep <masslep...> Subject: [MassLep] Only a few butterflies in Ware 8/18 |
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------=_Part_304612_344468618.1787106804556 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Today in the mid-day hours (warm and sunny) we walked a 1.2 mile section of= the Mass Central Rail Trail in Ware. The landscape was festooned with huge= stands of Joe-Pye-Weed, and several small pollinator gardens have been ins= talled. There was a great variety of nectar sources, and the weather seemed= perfect for butterflies. Nevertheless, we saw very few.=20 1 Black Swallowtail1 Cabbage White=C2=A01 Great Spangled Fritillary=C2=A01 = MonarchAll seen at pollinator garden alongside parking area. Wendy Howes & Alan RawleHardwick --=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/940= <303910.304613.1787106804557...> ------=_Part_304612_344468618.1787106804556 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;">Today in the mid-day hours (warm and sunny) we walked a 1.2 m= ile section of the Mass Central Rail Trail in Ware. The landscape was festo= oned with huge stands of Joe-Pye-Weed, and several small pollinator gardens= have been installed. There was a great variety of nectar sources, and the = weather seemed perfect for butterflies. Nevertheless, we saw very few. </sp= an></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; fon= t-size: 10pt"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-se= rif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-ser= if;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">1 Black Swallowtail</span></span></di= v><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt">= <span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size: 10pt;">1 Cabbage White </span></span></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;">1 Gr= eat Spangled Fritillary </span></span></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;">1 Monarch</s= pan></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; fo= nt-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><s= pan style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">All seen at pollinator garden alongside park= ing area.</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sa= ns-serif; font-size: 10pt"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Ge= neva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Gen= eva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Wendy Howes & Alan R= awle</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-se= rif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-ser= if;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Hardwick</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/<940303910.304613.1787106804557...>?utm_medium=3Demail&= utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/940303910.30= <4613.1787106804557...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_304612_344468618.1787106804556-- |
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