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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:11:55 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Raleigh butterflies at two sites, Wake Co, NC -- Oct. 13 |
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--000000000000c7502a065dbcc054 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Folks, This morning, I was joined by Lori Arent to visit two of three butterfly sites in western Raleigh that I often visit. We started at the State Fair remote parking area near Schenck Forest for a brief visit, and then headed over to Raulston Arboretum by 10:00. Both of these sites will be difficult to access from Oct. 15-25 owing to the State Fair. (I should be able to easily visit the nearby Art Museum grounds during this period.) The weather, as seemingly always in 2026, was sunny, low humidity, and mild to start with and warm nearing 11:30. We DID have about 1.5" of real rain on Sunday, two days ago. The list below combined both sites, and most were at Raulston; (SF) = State Fair parking area: Pipevine Swallowtail 12 Sleepy Orange 18 Cloudless Sulphur 35 Cabbage White 2 (low!), No Checkered Whites at SF; done for the season? Red-banded Hairstreak 1 my first in Wake in a few months Monarch 12 Variegated Fritillary 5 American Lady 1 Painted Lady 2 lots of statewide records posted to iNat in recent months Common Buckeye 30 a few at SF Silver-spotted Skipper 1 worn Common Checkered-Skipper 12 a few at SF Horace's Duskywing 1 worn male Fiery Skipper 40 a few at SF Sachem 1 female Eufala Skipper *3 *easily overlooked, but I had help! Clouded Skipper 35 SOUTHERN SKIPPERLING *16 *all at SF, and some quite fresh Note the continued near-absence at Raleigh "garden" sites in 2026 for Gulf Fritillary, Long-tailed Skipper, and Ocola Skipper. I'll have to travel toward Wilmington to see these in some numbers this year! Harry LeGrand Raleigh --000000000000c7502a065dbcc054 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Folks,<div><br></div><div>This morning, I was joined by Lo= ri Arent to visit two of three butterfly sites in western Raleigh that I of= ten visit. We started at the State Fair remote parking area near Schenck Fo= rest for a brief visit, and then headed over to Raulston Arboretum by 10:00= . Both of these sites will be difficult to access from Oct. 15-25 owing to = the State Fair. (I should be able to easily visit the nearby Art Museum gro= unds during this period.)=C2=A0 The weather, as seemingly always in 2026, w= as sunny, low humidity, and mild to start with and warm nearing 11:30. We D= ID have about 1.5" of real rain on Sunday, two days ago. The list belo= w combined both sites, and most were at Raulston; (SF) =3D State Fair parki= ng area:<div><br></div><div>Pipevine Swallowtail=C2=A0 12</div><div>Sleepy = Orange=C2=A0 18=C2=A0</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 35</div><div>Cabbag= e White=C2=A0 2 (low!), No Checkered Whites at SF; done for the season?</di= v><div>Red-banded Hairstreak=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 my first in Wake in a few months= </div><div>Monarch=C2=A0 12</div><div>Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 5</div><d= iv>American Lady=C2=A0 1</div><div>Painted Lady=C2=A0 2=C2=A0 lots of state= wide records posted to iNat in recent months</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0= 30=C2=A0 a few at SF</div><div>Silver-spotted Skipper 1=C2=A0 worn</div><d= iv>Common Checkered-Skipper=C2=A0 12=C2=A0 =C2=A0a few at SF</div><div>Hora= ce's Duskywing=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0worn male</div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2= =A0 40=C2=A0 a few at SF</div><div>Sachem=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 female</div><div>Eu= fala=C2=A0Skipper=C2=A0 <b>3=C2=A0 </b>easily overlooked, but I had help!</= div><div>Clouded Skipper=C2=A0 35</div><div>SOUTHERN SKIPPERLING=C2=A0 <b>1= 6=C2=A0 </b>all at SF, and some quite fresh</div><div><br></div><div>Note t= he continued near-absence at Raleigh "garden" sites in 2026 for G= ulf Fritillary, Long-tailed Skipper, and Ocola Skipper. I'll have to tr= avel toward Wilmington to see these in some numbers this year!</div><div><b= r></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div><div><br><div><br></div><= div><br></div></div></div></div> --000000000000c7502a065dbcc054-- |
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