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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:24:13 -0400 From: Mike Turner (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Duplin County, NC butterflies-Saturday, 8/29/2026 |
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--000000000000ba33ee065a4bfc45 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Yesterday, I drove through Duplin County looking for butterflies to fill in some gaps in the county list and turn some of the species to "green" on the county map. My route took me through Warsaw, Kenansville, and Rose Hill, NC. All stops were roadside stops where I saw abundant nectar sources. Most of these were *Verbena brasiliensis* and *Richardia* sp., with one patch of *Lantana*, a roadside ditch of *Eutrochium dubium* and *Vernonia noveboracensis*, and various sources at a boat ramp on the NE Cape Fear River. At first glance, new species for the county were Sachem, Whirlabout, Dun Skipper, and Byssus Skipper. The highlight, for me, was seeing TWO separate Sachems, a species that has been hard for me to find this far east. There are probably more that will turn the map to green, but I have not checked that yet. The list below is a combined list for all 6 stops. Good butterflying. Spicebush Swallowtail 2 Palamedes Swallowtail 3 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3 Sleepy Orange 139 Cloudless Sulphur 26 Red-banded Hairstreak 2 Monarch 1 Variegated Fritillary 7 Red-spotted Purple 1 Red Admiral 1 Common Buckeye 56 Pearl Crescent 19 Southern Pearly-eye 1 Silver-spotted Skipper 36 checkered-skipper sp. 2 Dun Skipper 1 Byssus Skipper 4 Fiery Skipper 67 Whirlabout 1 Sachem 2 Clouded Skipper 1 Least Skipper 2 Mike Turner Fayetteville, NC --000000000000ba33ee065a4bfc45 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Yesterday, I drove through Duplin County looking for = butterflies to fill in some gaps in the county list and turn some of the sp= ecies to "green" on the county map. My route took me through Wars= aw, Kenansville, and Rose Hill, NC. All=C2=A0stops were roadside stops wher= e I saw abundant nectar=C2=A0sources. Most of these were <i>Verbena brasili= ensis</i> and <i>Richardia</i> sp., with one patch of <i>Lantana</i>, a roa= dside ditch of <i>Eutrochium dubium</i> and <i>Vernonia noveboracensis</i>,= and various=C2=A0sources at a boat ramp on the NE Cape Fear River. At firs= t glance, new species for the county were Sachem, Whirlabout, Dun Skipper, = and Byssus Skipper. The highlight, for me, was seeing TWO separate Sachems,= a species that has been hard for me to find this=C2=A0far east. There are = probably more that will turn the map to green, but I have not checked that = yet. The list below is a combined list for all 6 stops. Good butterflying.<= /div><div><br></div><div>Spicebush Swallowtail 2<br>Palamedes Swallowtail 3= <br>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3<br>Sleepy Orange 139<br>Cloudless Sulphur 2= 6<br>Red-banded Hairstreak 2<br>Monarch 1<br>Variegated Fritillary 7<br>Red= -spotted Purple 1<br>Red Admiral 1<br>Common Buckeye 56<br>Pearl Crescent 1= 9<br>Southern Pearly-eye 1<br>Silver-spotted Skipper 36<br>checkered-skippe= r sp. 2<br>Dun Skipper 1<br>Byssus Skipper 4<br>Fiery Skipper 67<br>Whirlab= out 1<br>Sachem 2<br>Clouded Skipper 1<br>Least Skipper 2<br></div><div><br= ></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gm= ail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"= ><div>Mike Turner<br></div>Fayetteville, NC<br></div></div></div></div></di= v></div></div></div> --000000000000ba33ee065a4bfc45-- |
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