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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:31:42 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Butterflies at the NC fairground parking lot, Wake Co., NC -- Aug. 29 |
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--000000000000587201065a321b8b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Folks, Despite it being cloudy this morning, with a tad of "Raleigh rain" -- a few tiny droplets falling -- I sat in my car and waited for anything to start flying by 9:00. Yes. Though the diversity is always restricted here, I managed to walk around the field a good bit, finding a new nectar plant there -- the exotic (either) Japanese Clover or Korean Clover (*Kummerowia* sp.), mat-forming legumes with tiny purple and white flowers. Here is my list for about 45 minutes: dark swallowtail sp. 1 odds favor Black, but Spicebush possible Orange Sulphur 4 3 bright golden and 1 albino Sleepy Orange 12 CHECKERED WHITE *12+ *fresh males and females; have yet to see a Cabbage White here Variegated Fritillary 1 Common Buckeye 3 Common Checkered-Skipper 1 Fiery Skipper 1 (Southern Skipperling 0) probably a few out there, but most nectar has dried up The second drought of the summer is getting worse, with barely 0.1" of rain since August 2 around Raleigh. The total rainfall from early July - August 2 is about EQUAL to all of the rainfall from January to June, and August 3 to today!! The US Drought Monitor map is incorrect for most of Wake County and northeastward, with the one on Thursday still showing pale orange for "Moderate", the same as farther westward. It should be bright orange for "Severe" now. And, if we don't get rain today, there will be baking, desert-like weather all week here, with highs in the mid-upper 90s and little chance of rain. Oy! Harry LeGrand Raleigh --000000000000587201065a321b8b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>Despite it being clou= dy this morning, with a tad of "Raleigh rain" -- a few tiny dropl= ets falling -- I sat in my car and waited for anything to start flying by 9= :00. Yes. Though the diversity is always restricted here, I managed to walk= around the field a good bit, finding a new nectar plant there -- the exoti= c (either) Japanese Clover or Korean Clover (<i>Kummerowia</i> sp.), mat-fo= rming legumes with tiny purple and white flowers.</div><div><br></div><div>= Here is my list for about 45 minutes:</div><div><br></div><div>dark swallow= tail=C2=A0 sp. 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0odds favor Black, but Spicebush possible</div>= <div>Orange Sulphur=C2=A0 4=C2=A0 =C2=A03 bright golden and 1 albino</div><= div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 12</div><div>CHECKERED WHITE=C2=A0 <b>12+=C2=A0 =C2= =A0</b>fresh males and females; have yet to see a Cabbage White here</div><= div>Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 1</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0 3</div><di= v>Common Checkered-Skipper=C2=A0 1</div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 1</div><di= v>(Southern Skipperling=C2=A0 0)=C2=A0 probably=C2=A0a few out there, but m= ost nectar has dried up</div><div><br></div><div>The second drought of the = summer is getting worse, with barely 0.1" of rain since August 2 aroun= d Raleigh.=C2=A0 The total rainfall from early July - August 2 is about EQU= AL to all of the rainfall from January to June, and August 3 to today!!=C2= =A0 The US Drought Monitor map is incorrect for most of Wake County and nor= theastward, with the one on Thursday still showing pale orange for "Mo= derate", the same as farther westward. It should be bright=C2=A0orange= for "Severe" now. And, if we don't get rain today, there wil= l be baking, desert-like=C2=A0weather all week here, with highs in the mid-= upper 90s and little chance of rain.=C2=A0 Oy!</div><div><br></div><div>Har= ry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div><div><br></div></div> --000000000000587201065a321b8b-- |
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