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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:13 +0000 From: Lori Arent (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Butterflies Seen in Wake County, NC on 10/12/26 |
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--_000_SJ2PR19MB75306474839CA22169D89B2DA59F2SJ2PR19MB7530namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I saw a few butterflies today at Umstead State Park in the Big Lake area. = The weather was sunny, 70-75F, and breezy. The powerline was sprayed by th= e utility company this summer and there was not much nectar. I did see a f= ew aster patches, some crownbeard, bidens, and pickerelweed near the shorel= ine. Skippers were nectaring on the pickerelweed. * LITTLE YELLOW<https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407939484> - 1, a ni= ce surprise working the powerline corridor * Sleepy Orange - 14 * Cloudless Sulphur - 2 * Gray Hairstreak - 1 * Summer Azure - 1, assumed based on behavior (flew high near the tree line) * Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1, very worn * Variegated Fritillary - 1 * Common Buckeye - 8 * Fiery Skipper - 9 * Clouded Skipper - 4 * Ocola Skipper<https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407939483> - 3, scar= ce this season Lori Arent Raleigh --_000_SJ2PR19MB75306474839CA22169D89B2DA59F2SJ2PR19MB7530namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I saw a few butterflies today at Umstead State Park in the Big Lake area.&n= bsp; The weather was sunny, 70-75F, and breezy. The powerline was spr= ayed by the utility company this summer and there was not much nectar. = ; I did see a few aster patches, some crownbeard, bidens, and pickerelweed near the shoreline. Skippers were nectaring= on the pickerelweed.</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFo= nt, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <ul data-editing-info=3D"{"applyListStyleFromLevel":true}" style= =3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc;"> <li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, C= alibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin= -top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation"><a href=3D"https://www.= inaturalist.org/observations/407939484" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inatural= ist.org/observations/407939484" title=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observ= ations/407939484">LITTLE YELLOW</a> - 1, a nice surprise working the powerl= ine corridor</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">Sleepy Orange - 14</div= > </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">Cloudless Sulphur - 2</= div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">Gray Hairstreak - 1</di= v> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">Summer Azure - 1, assum= ed based on behavior (flew high near the tree line)</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1= , very worn</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">Variegated Fritillary -= 1</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">Common Buckeye - 8</div= > </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">Fiery Skipper - 9</div> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation">Clouded Skipper - 4</di= v> </li><li style=3D"font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontServi= ce, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); m= argin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> <div class=3D"elementToProof" role=3D"presentation"><a href=3D"https://www.= inaturalist.org/observations/407939483" originalSrc=3D"https://www.inatural= ist.org/observations/407939483" title=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observ= ations/407939483">Ocola Skipper</a> - 3, scarce this season</div> </li></ul> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;= font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helv= etica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;= font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helv= etica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Lori Arent</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;= font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helv= etica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Raleigh</div> </body> </html> --_000_SJ2PR19MB75306474839CA22169D89B2DA59F2SJ2PR19MB7530namp_-- |
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