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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:20:17 -0400
From: Jeff Pippen (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...>
Subject: Bluestem Conservation Cemetery butterflies 9/21/2026


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Butterfliers,

Given the last local day of =E2=80=9Cbutterfly weather=E2=80=9D for the =
next several days, I conducted the Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring =
Program Pollard Surveys at Bluestem Conservation Cemetery in =
northeastern Orange County, NC today. Skippers numbers were down =
compared to the last couple of weeks, but it was still a fun day afield =
with butterflies and wildflowers.

Swallowtails
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2

Sulphurs & Whites
Cloudless Sulphur 5
Sleepy Orange 4

Hairstreaks & Blues
Gray Hairstreak 1
unidentified hairstreak 1
Eastern Tailed-Blue 13

Brushfoots
Monarch 3
Variegated Fritillary 2
Pearl Crescent 6
Common Buckeye 7
Carolina Satyr 1
unidentified brushfoot 1

Skippers
Common Checkered-Skipper 2
Fiery Skipper2
Least Skipper 4

Good Butterflying,
Jeff
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Jeffrey S. Pippen
Mebane, NC
Research Specialist, Georgetown University
Director, Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program =
<https://www.jeffpippen.com/butterflies/carolinasbmp/carbmp-protocols.htm>=
| N. Am. Butterfly Monitoring Network =
<https://www.thebutterflynetwork.org/> | Jeff=E2=80=99s Nature Pages =
<https://www.jeffpippen.com/>

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line-break: after-white-space;">Butterfliers,<div><br></div><div>Given =
the last local day of =E2=80=9Cbutterfly weather=E2=80=9D for the next =
several days, I conducted the Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program =
Pollard Surveys at Bluestem Conservation Cemetery in northeastern Orange =
County, NC today. &nbsp;Skippers numbers were down compared to the last =
couple of weeks, but it was still a fun day afield with butterflies and =
wildflowers.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Swallowtails</b></div><div>Easter=
n Tiger Swallowtail &nbsp;2</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Sulphurs =
&amp; Whites</b></div><div>Cloudless Sulphur &nbsp;5</div><div>Sleepy =
Orange &nbsp;4</div><div><br></div><div><b>Hairstreaks &amp; =
Blues</b></div><div>Gray Hairstreak &nbsp;1</div><div>unidentified =
hairstreak 1</div><div>Eastern Tailed-Blue =
&nbsp;13</div><div><br></div><div><b>Brushfoots</b></div><div>Monarch =
&nbsp;3</div><div>Variegated Fritillary &nbsp;2</div><div>Pearl Crescent =
&nbsp;6</div><div>Common Buckeye &nbsp;7</div><div>Carolina Satyr =
&nbsp;1</div><div>unidentified brushfoot =
&nbsp;1</div><div><br></div><div><b>Skippers</b></div><div>Common =
Checkered-Skipper &nbsp;2</div><div>Fiery Skipper2</div><div>Least =
Skipper &nbsp;4</div><div><br></div><div>Good =
Butterflying,</div><div>Jeff</div><div>
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Pippen</div><div>Mebane, NC</div><div>Research Specialist, Georgetown =
University</div><div>Director,&nbsp;<a =
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ls.htm">Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;| =
&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://www.thebutterflynetwork.org/">N. Am. =
Butterfly Monitoring Network</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;| &nbsp;&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"https://www.jeffpippen.com/">Jeff=E2=80=99s Nature =
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