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| List: MassLep Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:25:55 +0000 (UTC) From: 'Wendy Howes' via MassLep <masslep...> Subject: [MassLep] Butterflies remain elusive |
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------=_Part_93940_1538997527.1787347555324 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Despite a huge pollinator-friendly garden that includes one butterfly bush = (Buddleia) that butterflies usually cover, I have noticed no butterflies in= my yard the past few days. Of course I'm not always home, and we've had ov= ercast periods, but it's still unusual. At Oxbow NWR in Harvard for a couple of hours on 8/20 we found:1 Cabbage Wh= ite2 Pearl Crescent1 Red-spotted Purple1 Least Skipper1 Zabulon Skipper Today 8/21 at Quabbin Gate 44, hardwick, which has large open roadsides and= wetlands holding goldenrod, boneset, black-eyed Susan, lots of Persicaria = sp., and more, we found:2 Gray Hairstreak1 Zabulon Skipper Wendy Howes & Ala nrawleHardwick --=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/413= <60176.93941.1787347555326...> ------=_Part_93940_1538997527.1787347555324 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;">Despite a huge pollinator-friendly garden that includes one b= utterfly bush (</span></span><i><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva= , sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Buddleia</span></span></i><= span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"fon= t-size: 10pt;">) that butterflies usually cover, I have noticed no butterfl= ies in my yard the past few days. Of course I'm not always home, and we've = had overcast periods, but it's still unusual.</span></span></div><div style= =3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><br></div><d= iv style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><spa= n style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-s= ize: 10pt;">At Oxbow NWR in Harvard for a couple of hours on 8/20 we found:= </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 Cabbage White</span></span></div><div s= tyle=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span st= yle=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:= 10pt;">2 Pearl Crescent</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verd= ana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verda= na, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">1 Red-spotted Pur= ple</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-ser= if; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-seri= f;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">1 Least Skipper</span></span></div><di= v style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span= style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-si= ze: 10pt;">1 Zabulon Skipper</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"><span style=3D"font-f= amily: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Today= 8/21 at Quabbin Gate 44, hardwick, which has large open roadsides and wetl= ands holding goldenrod, boneset, black-eyed Susan, lots of </span></span><i= ><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"f= ont-size: 10pt;">Persicaria</span></span></i><span style=3D"font-family: Ve= rdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"> sp., and more= , we found:</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, = sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, s= ans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">2 Gray Hairstreak</span></span= ></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 1= 0pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style= =3D"font-size: 10pt;">1 Zabulon Skipper</span></span></div><div style=3D"fo= nt-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><br></div><div sty= le=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span styl= e=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 1= 0pt;">Wendy Howes & Ala nrawle</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-fa= mily: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Hardwic= k</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif= ; font-size: 10pt"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sa= ns-serif; font-size: 10pt"><br></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/<41360176.93941.1787347555326...>?utm_medium=3Demail&ut= m_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/41360176.93941= <.1787347555326...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_93940_1538997527.1787347555324-- |
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