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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:44:22 -0400 From: Ryan Chaffee (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Pender County, NC leps - 9/10 |
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--0000000000003b05ce065b3472e1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Good morning butterfliers, Yesterday, Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, and I spent a day at Holly Shelter Game Land in Pender County to target pine savannah species. We fortunately did not get rained out this time and racked up some great butterflies, though we notably missed Georgia Satyrs, which seem to be absent from historical areas now. Hopefully, populations still exist somewhere within the game land. On the bright side, we had *good numbers of Little Metalmarks and Yehl Skippers*, and huge numbers of Palamedes Swallowtails, Cloudless Sulphurs, Common Buckeyes, and Red-banded Hairstreaks, thanks in part to loads of Vanillaleaf, Carphephorus, Liatris, and other nectar sources in bloom! *We had 30 species and 2250 individuals total.* Here is our full list: - Palamedes Swallowtail - *680* - hundreds on the Vanillaleaf and Carphephorus - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 11 - Spicebush Swallowtail - 1 - Cloudless Sulphur - *525* - many flybys and hundreds on various purple flowers - Sleepy Orange - 8 - Gray Hairstreak - 25 - Red-banded Hairstreak - *240* - *Great Purple Hairstreak <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399138109> - 1 - lifer for me!* - Eastern Tailed-Blue - 6 - *Little Metalmark <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399136518> - 55* - Monarch - 7 - Gulf Fritillary <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399143494> - 4 - Variegated Fritillary - 1 - American Lady - 1 - Common Buckeye - *508* - hundreds of caterpillars on Agalinis as well - Pearl Crescent - 33 - Horace's Duskywing - 3 - Zarucco Duskywing - 1 - Long-tailed Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399144474> - 1 - Silver-spotted Skipper - 2 - Fiery Skipper - 44 - Whirlabout - 2 - Southern Broken-dash - 25 - Tawny-edged Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399135516> - 3 - Swarthy Skipper - 1 - Clouded Skipper - 11 - Ocola Skipper - 27 - Dion Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399132013> - 7 - Dun Skipper - 6 - *Yehl Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399134625> - 11 - another lifer for me! Mostly found on Elephantopus* Good butterflying, Ryan Chaffee Cary, NC --0000000000003b05ce065b3472e1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Good morning butterfliers,</div><div><br></div><div>Y= esterday, Jeff Pippen, Lori Arent, and I spent a day at Holly Shelter Game = Land in Pender County to target pine savannah species. We fortunately did n= ot get rained out this time and racked up some great butterflies, though we= notably missed Georgia Satyrs, which seem to be absent from historical are= as now. Hopefully, populations still exist somewhere within the game land.= =C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>On the bright side, we had <b>good numbers = of Little Metalmarks and Yehl Skippers</b>, and huge numbers of Palamedes S= wallowtails, Cloudless Sulphurs, Common Buckeyes, and Red-banded Hairstreak= s, thanks in part to loads of Vanillaleaf,=C2=A0Carphephorus, Liatris, and = other nectar sources in bloom! <b>We had 30 species and 2250 individuals to= tal.</b></div><div><br></div><div>Here is our full list:</div><div><ul><li>= Palamedes Swallowtail - <b>680</b>=C2=A0- hundreds on the Vanillaleaf and C= arphephorus</li><li>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 11</li><li>Spicebush Swallo= wtail - 1</li></ul><ul><li>Cloudless Sulphur - <b>525</b> - many flybys and= hundreds on various purple flowers</li><li>Sleepy Orange - 8</li></ul><ul>= <li>Gray Hairstreak - 25</li><li>Red-banded Hairstreak - <b>240</b></li><li= ><b><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399138109" original= Src=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399138109">Great Purple Hai= rstreak</a> - 1 - lifer for me!</b></li><li>Eastern Tailed-Blue - 6</li></u= l><ul><li><b><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399136518"= originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399136518">Little = Metalmark</a> - 55</b></li></ul><ul><li>Monarch - 7</li><li><a href=3D"http= s://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399143494" originalSrc=3D"https://www.= inaturalist.org/observations/399143494">Gulf Fritillary</a> - 4</li><li>Var= iegated Fritillary - 1</li><li>American Lady - 1</li><li>Common Buckeye - <= b>508</b> - hundreds of caterpillars on Agalinis as well</li><li>Pearl Cres= cent - 33</li></ul><ul><li>Horace's Duskywing - 3</li><li>Zarucco Dusky= wing - 1</li><li><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399144= 474" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399144474">Lon= g-tailed Skipper</a> - 1</li><li>Silver-spotted Skipper - 2</li><li>Fiery S= kipper - 44</li><li>Whirlabout - 2</li><li>Southern Broken-dash - 25</li><l= i><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399135516" originalSr= c=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399135516">Tawny-edged Skippe= r</a> - 3</li><li>Swarthy Skipper - 1</li><li>Clouded Skipper - 11</li><li>= Ocola Skipper - 27</li><li><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observati= ons/399132013" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3991= 32013">Dion Skipper</a> - 7</li><li>Dun Skipper - 6</li><li><b><a href=3D"h= ttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399134625" originalSrc=3D"https://w= ww.inaturalist.org/observations/399134625">Yehl Skipper</a> - 11 - another = lifer for me! Mostly found on Elephantopus</b></li></ul><div>Good butterfly= ing,</div><div>Ryan Chaffee</div><div>Cary, NC</div></div></div> --0000000000003b05ce065b3472e1-- |
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