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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:01:10 -0400 From: Heather Rayburn (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Scouting trip 8/23 Cataloochie (Haywood County) |
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--Apple-Mail=_F68BD9CF-3F4E-46E1-8350-9255AE48A6C6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 8/23/26 Cataloochie Valley, Haywood County 1-3:30 pm =20 This was a scouting trip for the CBS WNC Chapter outing this Saturday. I st= uck mainly to the roadside fields and a secret spot where I can always coun= t on finding a Diana (had two at that spot). I also explored past the bridg= e to the house/barn for about an additional 15 minutes. It=E2=80=99s all in= cluded here.=20 =20 In bloom: Ironweed, Jewelweed, Panicaled Ticktrefoil, Pale Indian Plantain,= etc. Unfortunately, the Mountain Mint is played out. =20 Total species positively identified: 24 =20 Pipevine Swallowtail, 50+ Spicebush Swallowtail, 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, 50+, including lots of the dark form Swallowtail sp., loads! Sleepy Orange, 2 Cloudless Sulphur, 7 Red-banded Hairstreak, 1 (very worn) Summer Azure, 5 Eastern Tailed-Blue, 2 Monarch, 1 Variegated Fritillary, 2 Meadow Fritillary, 9 DIANA FRITILLARY, 6 (5 females <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39= 4165373>, 2 males <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394157194>) Great Spangled Fritillary, 2 Aphrodite Fritillary, 1 Fritillary sp., 5 Eastern Comma, 1 Painted Lady, 1 Common Buckeye, 2 Pearl Crescent, 11 Common Wood-Nymph, 5 Silver-spotted Skipper, 70+=20 Fiery Skipper, 3 Peck=E2=80=99s Skipper, 2 Sachem, 1 Clouded Skipper, 3 Skipper sp., 5 =20 Bonuses: Hummingbirds, a turkey, and a herd of Elk. =20 Cheers, Heather Rayburn Asheville= --Apple-Mail=_F68BD9CF-3F4E-46E1-8350-9255AE48A6C6 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;"><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"m= argin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", se= rif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">8/23/26= <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-siz= e: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D= "font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Cataloochie Valley, Haywood= County<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; f= ont-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span s= tyle=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">1-3:30 pm<o:p></o:p>= </span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; = font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size:= 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal= " style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Rom= an", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, ser= if;">This was a scouting trip for the CBS WNC Chapter outing this Saturday.= I stuck mainly to the roadside fields and a secret spot where I can always= count on finding a Diana (had two at that spot). I also explored past the = bridge to the house/barn for about an additional 15 minutes. It=E2=80=99s a= ll included here. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman"= ;, serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">&n= bsp;</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medi= um; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style=3D"fon= t-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">In bloom:</span></b><span style= =3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> Ironweed, Jewelwee= d, Panicaled Ticktrefoil, Pale Indian Plantain, etc. Unfortunately, the Mou= ntain Mint is played out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman"= ;, serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">&n= bsp;</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medi= um; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span style=3D"fon= t-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Total species positively identi= fied:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif= ;"> 24<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0i= n; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><sp= an style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></p= ><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-famil= y: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; fon= t-family: Georgia, serif;">Pipevine Swallowtail, 50+<o:p></o:p></span></p><= p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family:= "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-= family: Georgia, serif;">Spicebush Swallowtail, 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p c= lass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &q= uot;Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-fam= ily: Georgia, serif;">Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, 50+, including lots of the= dark form<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in= ; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><spa= n style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Swallowtail sp., = loads!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; fo= nt-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span st= yle=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sleepy Orange, 2<o:p>= </o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: me= dium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font= -size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Cloudless Sulphur, 7<o:p></o:p><= /span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; f= ont-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: = 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Red-banded Hairstreak, 1 (very worn)<o:= p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: = medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"fo= nt-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Summer Azure, 5<o:p></o:p></sp= an></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font= -family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14p= t; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Eastern Tailed-Blue, 2<o:p></o:p></span></= p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-fami= ly: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; fo= nt-family: Georgia, serif;">Monarch, 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"Mso= Normal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times N= ew Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgi= a, serif;">Variegated Fritillary, 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNor= mal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New = Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, = serif;">Meadow Fritillary, 9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" st= yle=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman&q= uot;, serif;"><b><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, seri= f;">DIANA FRITILLARY</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family:= Georgia, serif;">, 6 (5 <a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observ= ations/394165373" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3= 94165373" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">females</a>, 2 <a href= =3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394157194" originalSrc=3D"http= s://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394157194" style=3D"color: rgb(149, 79= , 114);">males</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"ma= rgin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", ser= if;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Great Sp= angled Fritillary, 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"m= argin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", se= rif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Aphrodi= te Fritillary, 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margi= n: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;= "><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Fritillary = sp., 5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; fo= nt-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span st= yle=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Eastern Comma, 1<o:p>= </o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: me= dium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font= -size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Painted Lady, 1<o:p></o:p></span= ></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-f= amily: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt;= font-family: Georgia, serif;">Common Buckeye, 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p cl= ass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &qu= ot;Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-fami= ly: Georgia, serif;">Pearl Crescent, 11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"Ms= oNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times = New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georg= ia, serif;">Common Wood-Nymph, 5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal= " style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Rom= an", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, ser= if;">Silver-spotted Skipper, 70+ <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"Mso= Normal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times N= ew Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgi= a, serif;">Fiery Skipper, 3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" sty= le=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman&qu= ot;, serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">= Peck=E2=80=99s Skipper, 2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style= =3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman"= ;, serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sa= chem, 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; f= ont-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span s= tyle=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Clouded Skipper, 3<o= :p></o:p></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size:= medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"f= ont-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Skipper sp., 5<o:p></o:p></sp= an></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font= -family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14p= t; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" st= yle=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman&q= uot;, serif;"><b><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, seri= f;">Bonuses:</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia= , serif;"> Hummingbirds, a turkey, and a herd of Elk.<o:p></o:p></span= ></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-f= amily: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt;= font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" styl= e=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman&quo= t;, serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">C= heers,</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: me= dium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font= -size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Heather Rayburn</span></p><p cla= ss=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: &quo= t;Times New Roman", serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-famil= y: Georgia, serif;">Asheville</span></p></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_F68BD9CF-3F4E-46E1-8350-9255AE48A6C6-- |
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