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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:40:45 -0400 From: NICHOLAS FLANDERS (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Hertford Co., NC butterflies, 8/19/26 |
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--000000000000203a53065992fa73 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks Jeff, and awesome Orange County report! I am curious, were the Sootywings spread out across multiple sites, or did you find a field full of them? That is an awesome number of them. Best, Nick. On Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 11:33=E2=80=AFAM NICHOLAS FLANDERS <nflan005...>= wrote: > I walked the CarBMP route on Chowan Swamp Game near the Wiccacon River in > Hertford Co., NC yesterday with sunny, calm conditions and temps in the l= ow > 90's deg F. There was a considerable uptick in numbers and diversity from > my last survey on Jul 30; the highlight yesterday was a Great Purple > Hairstreak after not seeing one on that route since September 2025. There > was some nectaring observed, almost all at sneezeweed and *Eupatorium > rotundifolium*, both of which were flowering in abundance. List below, > including individuals observed incidental to the survey. > > Nick Flanders > Portsmouth, VA > > CarBMP route on Chowan Swamp Game Land near Wiccacon River, Hertford Co. > > Spicebush Swallowtail - 7 > Palamedes Swallowtail - 4 > E. Tiger Swallowtail - 10 > Sleepy Orange - 14 > Orange Sulphur - 1 > Cloudless Sulphur - 6 > Great Purple Hairstreak - 1 > Red-banded Hairstreak - 6 > Gray Hairstreak - 1 > Summer Azure - 12 > E. Tailed-Blue - 3 > Monarch - 3 > Variegated Fritillary - 3 > Red-spotted Purple - 1 > Question Mark - 1 > Polygonia sp. - 1 > American Lady - 1 > Red Admiral - 2 > Common Buckeye - 60 > Pearl Crescent - 18 > Hoary Edge - 1 > Silver-spotted Skipper - 4 > Horace's Duskywing - 1 > Fiery Skipper - 1 > Little Glassywing - 1 Photo'd > Zabulon Skipper - 1 > Clouded Skipper - 1 > > Gates Co., NC; individuals seen along highways en route to above survey > > E. Tiger Swallowtail - 1 > Cloudless Sulphur - 3 > --000000000000203a53065992fa73 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"auto"></div>Thanks Jeff, and awesome Orange C= ounty report! I am curious, were the Sootywings spread out across multiple = sites, or did you find a field full of them? That is an awesome number of t= hem. Best, Nick.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><di= v dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote" d= ir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 11:= 33=E2=80=AFAM NICHOLAS FLANDERS <<a href=3D"mailto:<nflan005...>" rel= =3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"><nflan005...></a>> wrote= :<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bor= der-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"auto= ">I walked the CarBMP route on Chowan Swamp Game near the Wiccacon River in= Hertford Co., NC yesterday with sunny, calm conditions and temps in the lo= w 90's deg F. There was a considerable uptick in numbers and diversity = from my last survey on Jul 30; the highlight yesterday was a Great Purple H= airstreak after not seeing one on that route since September 2025. There wa= s some nectaring observed, almost all at sneezeweed and <i>Eupatorium rotun= difolium</i>, both of which were flowering in abundance. List below, includ= ing individuals observed incidental to the survey.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></d= iv><div dir=3D"auto">Nick Flanders</div><div dir=3D"auto">Portsmouth, VA</d= iv><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div>CarBMP route on Chowan Swamp Game Land = near Wiccacon River, Hertford Co.</div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Spi= cebush Swallowtail - 7</div><div>Palamedes Swallowtail - 4</div><div dir=3D= "auto">E. Tiger Swallowtail - 10</div><div>Sleepy Orange - 14</div><div>Ora= nge Sulphur - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Cloudless Sulphur - 6</div><div>Grea= t Purple Hairstreak - 1</div><div>Red-banded Hairstreak - 6</div><div>Gray = Hairstreak - 1</div><div dir=3D"auto">Summer Azure - 12</div><div>E. Tailed= -Blue - 3</div><div>Monarch - 3</div><div>Variegated Fritillary - 3</div><d= iv>Red-spotted Purple - 1</div><div>Question Mark - 1</div><div>Polygonia s= p. - 1</div><div>American Lady - 1</div><div>Red Admiral - 2</div><div>Comm= on Buckeye - 60</div><div>Pearl Crescent - 18</div><div>Hoary Edge - 1</div= ><div>Silver-spotted Skipper - 4</div><div>Horace's Duskywing - 1</div>= <div>Fiery Skipper - 1</div><div>Little Glassywing - 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Photo&#= 39;d</div><div>Zabulon Skipper - 1</div><div>Clouded Skipper - 1</div><div>= <br></div><div>Gates Co., NC; individuals seen along highways en route to a= bove survey</div><div><br></div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail - 1</div><div>Clo= udless Sulphur - 3</div></div> </div> </blockquote></div></div></div> --000000000000203a53065992fa73-- |
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