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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 10:58:26 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Butterflies on a brief walk near the NC Museum of Art parking lot -- Wake Co., NC -- Sept. 1 |
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--000000000000573f32065a6d279d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Folks, I'm in the 4-season meteorology camp -- March-May = Spring, June-August = Summer, September-November = Fall, etc. , as opposed to the astronomy/astrology camp. So, on this first day of Fall -- Sept. 1, I did a short walk from 8:45-9:30 around the edges and near the art museum parking lot, in west Raleigh -- before the high temps hit 96-99 today! There are plantings of *Baptisia, Verbena,* and many other nectar or host plants in a narrow but long strip on the far side of the parking lot, and a planting of zinnias at the northern entrance. Here is what I found, mostly on the northern third of the strip: Sleepy Orange 9 Cloudless Sulphur 4 Monarch 1 Variegated Fritillary 1 Common Buckeye 4 Pearl Crescent 2 Silver-spotted Skipper 1 Common Checkered-Skipper 3 Horace's Duskywing 1 fresh male ZARUCCO DUSKYWING 1 fresh male scarce here WILD INDIGO DUSKYWING *5+* fresh; 3rd brood Fiery Skipper 35 Sachem 2 (no small dark skippers like Clouded or Ocola) This strip has a lot of both *Baptisia aberrans/australis* -- the Blue Wild Indigo and *Baptisia alba -*- one of the two White Wild Indigos, both in fruit now but still green. There has been a Wild Indigo Duskywing colony here in the past few years, but as it has three rather short broods, mainly in May, July, and September, it is often missed on the August Wake County butterfly count. Most I saw today were fresh, maybe one female in the mix. A trip led by Jeff Pippen in the latter half of July also found a good handful, but none were seen on the August 14 count -- between broods. Zarucco does oviposit on legumes (only), and though the *Baptisia* species are legumes, I am not sure that they oviposit on them, like the WIDW does. At any rate, Zarucco does show up here and there in the Piedmont, but is nowhere common and usually unexpected. Harry LeGrand Raleigh --000000000000573f32065a6d279d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm in the 4-seas= on meteorology camp -- March-May =3D Spring, June-August =3D Summer, Septem= ber-November =3D Fall, etc. , as opposed to the astronomy/astrology camp. S= o, on this first day of Fall -- Sept. 1, I did a short walk from 8:45-9:30 = around the edges and near the art museum parking lot, in west Raleigh -- be= fore the high temps hit 96-99 today! There are plantings=C2=A0of <i>Baptisi= a, Verbena,</i> and many other nectar or host plants in a narrow but long s= trip on the far side of the parking lot, and a planting of zinnias at the n= orthern entrance.=C2=A0 Here is what I found, mostly on the northern third = of the strip:</div><div><br></div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 9</div><div>Clou= dless Sulphur=C2=A0 4</div><div>Monarch=C2=A0 1</div><div>Variegated Fritil= lary 1</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0 4</div><div>Pearl Crescent=C2=A0 2</d= iv><div>Silver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 1</div><div>Common Checkered-Skipper= =C2=A0 3</div><div>Horace's Duskywing=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 fresh male</div><di= v>ZARUCCO DUSKYWING=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 fresh male=C2=A0 scarce here</div><div>WI= LD INDIGO DUSKYWING=C2=A0 <b>5+</b>=C2=A0 fresh; 3rd brood=C2=A0=C2=A0</div= ><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 35</div><div>Sachem=C2=A0 2</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2= =A0(no small dark skippers like Clouded or Ocola)</div><div><br></div><div>= This strip has a lot of both <i>Baptisia aberrans/australis</i> -- the Blue= Wild Indigo and <i>Baptisia alba -</i>- one of the two White Wild Indigos,= both in fruit now but still green. There has been a Wild Indigo Duskywing = colony here in the past few years, but as it has three rather short broods,= mainly in May, July, and September, it is often missed on the August Wake = County butterfly count.=C2=A0 Most I saw today were fresh, maybe one female= in the mix.=C2=A0 A trip led by Jeff Pippen in the latter half of July als= o found a good handful, but none were seen on the August 14 count -- betwee= n broods. Zarucco does oviposit on=C2=A0legumes (only), and though the <i>B= aptisia</i> species are legumes, I am not sure that they oviposit on them, = like the=C2=A0WIDW does. At any rate, Zarucco does show up here and there i= n the Piedmont, but is nowhere common and usually unexpected.</div><div><br= ></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div></div> --000000000000573f32065a6d279d-- |
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