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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 14:02:19 -0400 From: Doug Allen (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Thursday October 1, Polk County noon hour |
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--000000000000a2a3df065d07917d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" This wasn't intended to be a butterfly field trip, just a quick look at the once wonderful butterflying location on the south side of Tryon Mountain at about 1600' ASL, and then afterwards a walk with a friend at Ridge Road ~2900' ASL northeast of the 3200' summit. However, Jeff Peppin wanted me to record it since there are so few reports from Polk County. The lower elevation, overgrown gravel road and road side, which NC DOT had cut back to within an inch of the ground a year ago, still had little vegetation except grass. Had they also herbicided it? I saw 3 butterflies- 1 E.Tiger Swallowtail 1 Silver-spotted Skipper 1 Fiery Skipper Up above near the Tryon Mountain peak had wildflowers and some butterflies- 1 dark, unid Swallowtail 8 Cloudless Sulphur 1 Gulf Fritillary 1 Variegated Fritillary 2 Pearl Crescent 3 Fiery Skipper 2 Sachem 2 Clouded Skipper Doug Allen Inman, SC --000000000000a2a3df065d07917d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">This wasn't=C2=A0 intended to be a butterfly field tri= p, just a quick look at the once wonderful butterflying location on the sou= th side of Tryon Mountain at about 1600' ASL, and then afterwards a wal= k with a friend at Ridge Road ~2900' ASL northeast of the 3200' sum= mit.=C2=A0 =C2=A0However, Jeff Peppin wanted=C2=A0me to record it since the= re are so few reports from Polk County.=C2=A0=C2=A0<div>The lower elevation= , overgrown gravel road and road side, which NC DOT had=C2=A0</div><div>cut= back to within an inch of the ground a year ago, still had little vegetati= on except grass.=C2=A0 Had they also herbicided it?=C2=A0 I saw 3 butterfli= es-<br><div>1 E.Tiger Swallowtail</div><div>1 Silver-spotted Skipper</div><= div>1 Fiery Skipper</div><div><br></div><div>Up above near the Tryon Mounta= in peak had wildflowers and some butterflies-</div><div><br></div><div>1 da= rk, unid Swallowtail</div><div>8 Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0</div><div>1 Gulf F= ritillary</div><div>1 Variegated Fritillary</div><div>2 Pearl Crescent</div= ><div>3 Fiery Skipper</div><div>2 Sachem</div><div>2 Clouded Skipper</div><= div><br></div><div>Doug Allen</div><div>Inman, SC</div><div><br></div><div>= <br></div></div></div> --000000000000a2a3df065d07917d-- |
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