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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:18:49 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Duplin County, NC butterflies-Sunday, 8/30/2026 |
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I see from the website that Checkered White is a first Duplin record in deca= des, as the other record was from a county atlas with no data other than the= species and county.=20 Lots of them around the state in recent months after about two decades of ve= ry few records. That species and Painted Lady are MUCH more widespread in th= e state than in recent years.=20 Harry LeGrand Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 31, 2026, at 8:02=E2=80=AFPM, Mike Turner <carolinaleps...> w= rote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BF > I returned to Duplin County on Sunday to look for butterflies to update th= e county list. I made 4 stops, revisiting three of yesterday's stops. I don'= t believe any of the 27 species I saw on Sunday are Duplin County records, b= ut I did add a FOY Long-tailed Skipper. The combined list for both Saturday a= nd Sunday is 31 species. The list below is a combined list of all four stops= on Sunday.. Good butterflying. >=20 > Spicebush Swallowtail 2 > Palamedes Swallowtail 3 > Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1 > Sleepy Orange 46 > Cloudless Sulphur 23 > Checkered White 9 > Cabbage White 4 > Red-banded Hairstreak 1 > Gray Hairstreak 2 > Variegated Fritillary 31 > Viceroy 1 > Question Mark 1 > Red Admiral 2 > Common Buckeye 12 > Pearl Crescent 24 > Long-tailed Skipper 1 > Silver-spotted Skipper 12 > Common Sootywing 1 > checkered-skipper sp. 5 > Horace's Duskywing 1 > Zarucco Duskywing 1 > Dun Skipper 1 > Byssus Skipper 4 > Fiery Skipper 41 > Whirlabout 1 > Sachem 1 > Least Skipper 1 >=20 > Mike Turner > Fayetteville, NC |
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