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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:29:41 -0400 From: Heather Rayburn (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Madison County 8/22/26 |
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--Apple-Mail=_F154C743-0F9A-4092-8DBE-BF653E44038D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 On 8/22/26, Ben Gillum and I were able to butterfly near the Appalachian Tr= ail in Madison County for about 30 minutes, starting at 4 pm. With gobs of = Joe Pye, Ironweed, and Virgin=E2=80=99s Bower in full bloom, we were hoping= for better numbers. Thank you, Dianas, for making the visit special: Pipevine Swallowtail, 1 Spicebush Swallowtail, 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, 4 (one dark) Summer Azure, 1 Eastern Tailed-Blue, 1 DIANA FRITILLARY <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394134318>, 2 Great Spangled Fritillary, 2 Pearl Crescent, 2 Silver-spotted Skippers, 3 Heather Rayburn Asheville --Apple-Mail=_F154C743-0F9A-4092-8DBE-BF653E44038D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset= =3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mod= e: space; line-break: after-white-space;">On 8/22/26, Ben Gillum and I were= able to butterfly near the Appalachian Trail in Madison County for about 3= 0 minutes, starting at 4 pm. With gobs of Joe Pye, Ironweed, and Virgin=E2= =80=99s Bower in full bloom, we were hoping for better numbers. Thank you, = Dianas, for making the visit special:<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Pip= evine Swallowtail, 1</div><div>Spicebush Swallowtail, 2</div><div>Eastern T= iger Swallowtail, 4 (one dark)</div><div>Summer Azure, 1</div><div>Eastern = Tailed-Blue, 1</div><div><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observation= s/394134318" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394134= 318">DIANA FRITILLARY</a>, 2</div><div>Great Spangled Fritillary, 2</div><d= iv>Pearl Crescent, 2</div><div>Silver-spotted Skippers, 3</div><div><br></d= iv><div>Heather Rayburn</div><div>Asheville</div><div><br></div><div><br></= div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_F154C743-0F9A-4092-8DBE-BF653E44038D-- |
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