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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 20:22:56 -0400 From: Ryan Chaffee (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Croatan NF Leps, 10/3 |
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--00000000000002bccb065cf8c56d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Good evening butterfliers, Today I went to Croatan National Forest in Craven and Carteret Counties, NC for butterflying. I was there from around 9 until 2 pm when it started to rain. The weather started partly cloudy but became overcast after 10:30. Despite the suboptimal weather, there was still decent activity, and I came across 2 gorgeous Red Cornsnakes <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405480858>! Notably missed Georgia Satyr and Yehl Skipper this week. Here is my full list: *Craven County* - primarily powerline and roadside habitats; primary nectar was Blue Mistflower with some on Virgnia Thistle, Boneset, and Glade Lobelia - Palamedes Swallowtail - 1 - Cloudless Sulphur - 36 - far fewer than the last 2 weeks - Sleepy Orange - 6 - Gray Hairstreak - 2 - Red-banded Hairstreak - 2 - *Great Purple Hairstreak <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405626980> - 1* - Eastern Tailed-Blue - 2 - Gulf Fritillary - 1 - Common Buckeye - 14 - Viceroy - 1 - Pearl Crescent - 20 - Silver-spotted Skipper - 9 - Clouded Skipper - *386 - huge numbers on Blue Mistflower* - Ocola Skipper - 29 - Swarthy Skipper - 1 - Fiery Skipper - 9 - Least Skipper - 1 - *Lace-winged Roadside Skipper <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405627692> - 1* - almost missed in the sea of Cloudeds *Carteret County* - primarily savannah and roadside habitats; primary nectar was Blue Mistflower and Turkey Tangle Frogfruit on roadsides. Very little nectar in the savannah; the small amount of Carphephorus is severely stunted in growth. - Cloudless Sulphur - 20 - Sleepy Orange - 1 - Gray Hairstreak - 3 - 1 recently eaten by an Ambush Bug <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405616556> - Red-banded Hairstreak - 1 - Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1 - Little Metalmark - 4 - mostly out of the savannah on roadside nectar plants - Gulf Fritillary - 1 - Common Buckeye - 20 - Pearl Crescent - 1 - Common Wood-Nymph - 1 - Clouded Skipper - 6 - Fiery Skipper - 1 - Ocola Skipper - 19 - Least Skipper - 2 Overall, a solid day with *20 species and 605 individuals*, with an easy majority being Clouded Skippers. Best, Ryan Chaffee Morehead City, NC --00000000000002bccb065cf8c56d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Good evening butterfliers,<div><br></div><div>Today I went= to Croatan National Forest in Craven and Carteret Counties, NC for butterf= lying. I was there from around 9 until 2 pm when it started to rain. The we= ather started partly cloudy but became overcast after 10:30. Despite the su= boptimal weather, there was still decent activity, and I came across 2 gorg= eous <a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405480858" origina= lSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405480858">Red Cornsnakes<= /a>! Notably missed Georgia Satyr and Yehl Skipper this week. Here is my fu= ll list:</div><div><br></div><div><b><u>Craven County</u></b> - primarily p= owerline and roadside habitats; primary nectar was Blue Mistflower with som= e on Virgnia Thistle, Boneset, and Glade Lobelia</div><div><ul><li>Palamede= s Swallowtail - 1</li></ul><ul><li>Cloudless Sulphur - 36 - far fewer than = the last 2 weeks</li><li>Sleepy Orange - 6</li></ul><ul><li>Gray Hairstreak= - 2</li><li>Red-banded Hairstreak - 2</li><li><b><a href=3D"https://www.in= aturalist.org/observations/405626980" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalis= t.org/observations/405626980">Great Purple Hairstreak</a> - 1</b></li><li>E= astern Tailed-Blue - 2</li></ul><ul><li>Gulf Fritillary - 1</li><li>Common = Buckeye - 14</li><li>Viceroy - 1</li><li>Pearl Crescent - 20</li></ul><ul><= li>Silver-spotted Skipper - 9</li><li>Clouded Skipper - <b>386 - huge numbe= rs on Blue Mistflower</b></li><li>Ocola Skipper - 29</li><li>Swarthy Skippe= r - 1</li><li>Fiery Skipper - 9</li><li>Least Skipper - 1</li><li><b><a hre= f=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405627692" originalSrc=3D"htt= ps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405627692">Lace-winged Roadside Skipp= er</a> - 1</b> - almost missed in the sea of Cloudeds</li></ul><div><b><u>C= arteret County</u></b> - primarily savannah and roadside habitats; primary = nectar was Blue Mistflower and Turkey Tangle Frogfruit on roadsides. Very l= ittle nectar in the savannah; the small amount of Carphephorus is severely = stunted in growth.</div></div><div><ul><li>Cloudless Sulphur - 20</li><li>S= leepy Orange - 1</li></ul><ul><li>Gray Hairstreak - 3 - <a href=3D"https://= www.inaturalist.org/observations/405616556" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inat= uralist.org/observations/405616556">1 recently eaten by an Ambush Bug</a></= li><li>Red-banded Hairstreak - 1</li><li>Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1</li></ul><= ul><li>Little Metalmark - 4 - mostly out of the savannah on roadside nectar= plants</li></ul><ul><li>Gulf Fritillary - 1</li><li>Common Buckeye - 20</l= i><li>Pearl Crescent - 1</li><li>Common Wood-Nymph - 1</li></ul><ul><li>Clo= uded Skipper - 6</li><li>Fiery Skipper - 1</li><li>Ocola Skipper - 19</li><= li>Least Skipper - 2</li></ul><div>Overall, a solid day with <b>20 species = and 605 individuals</b>, with an easy majority being Clouded Skippers.</div= ></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Ryan Chaffee</div><div>Morehead = City, NC</div></div> --00000000000002bccb065cf8c56d-- |
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