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Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:37:59 -0400
From: Jeff Pippen (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...>
Subject: Alligator River NWR & Mann's Harbor butterflies 10/15


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Butterfliers,

Today I worked the southern portion of Alligator River NWR in Dare =
County, NC for a bit and then around Manns Harbor, but it had clouded up =
by that time. Interestingly, not a single Great Purple Hairstreak was =
found today, but the highlight was a rare for NC Striped Saddlebags =
dragonfly!

Here are the butterflies:

Cloudless Sulphur 45
Sleepy Orange 24
Little Yellow 1
Gray Hairstreak 21
Red-banded Hairstreak 7
Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
Monarch 4
Pearl Crescent 2
American Lady 2
Painted Lady 1
Common Buckeye 95
Viceroy 1
Long-tailed Skipper 2
Clouded Skipper 25
Fiery Skipper 10
Sachem 1
Tawny-edged Skipper 1
Palatka Skipper 8
Ocola Skipper 6
Salt Marsh Skipper 2
Least Skipper 4

Good Butterflying,
Jeff
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Jeffrey S. Pippen
Mebane, NC
Research Specialist, Georgetown University
Director, Carolinas Butterfly Monitoring Program =
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line-break: after-white-space;">Butterfliers,<div><br></div><div>Today I =
worked the southern portion of Alligator River NWR in Dare County, NC =
for a bit and then around Manns Harbor, but it had clouded up by that =
time. &nbsp;Interestingly, not a single Great Purple Hairstreak was =
found today, but the highlight was a rare for NC <b>Striped =
Saddlebags</b> dragonfly!</div><div><br></div><div>Here are the =
butterflies:</div><div><br></div><div><google-sheets-html-origin><table =
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21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: =
hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Cloudless =
Sulphur</td><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: =
hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: =
center;">45</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: =
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom;">Sleepy Orange</td><td style=3D"border: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;">24</td></tr><tr =
style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, =
204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: =
bottom;">Little Yellow</td><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, =
204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; =
text-align: center;">1</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td =
style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; =
padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Gray Hairstreak</td><td =
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padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: =
center;">21</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: =
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom;">Red-banded Hairstreak</td><td style=3D"border: =
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
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style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, =
204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: =
bottom;">Eastern Tailed-Blue</td><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; =
text-align: center;">3</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td =
style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; =
padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Monarch</td><td =
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padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: =
center;">4</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom;">Pearl Crescent</td><td style=3D"border: 1px =
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vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;">2</td></tr><tr =
style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, =
204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: =
bottom;">American Lady</td><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, =
204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; =
text-align: center;">2</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td =
style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; =
padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Painted Lady</td><td =
style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; =
padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: =
center;">1</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom;">Common Buckeye</td><td style=3D"border: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;">95</td></tr><tr =
style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, =
204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: =
bottom;">Viceroy</td><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); =
overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: =
center;">1</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom;">Long-tailed Skipper</td><td style=3D"border: =
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;">2</td></tr><tr =
style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, =
204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: =
bottom;">Clouded Skipper</td><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, =
204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; =
text-align: center;">25</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td =
style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; =
padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Fiery Skipper</td><td =
style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; =
padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: =
center;">10</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: =
1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom;">Sachem</td><td style=3D"border: 1px solid =
rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: =
bottom; text-align: center;">1</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td =
style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; =
padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Tawny-edged Skipper</td><td =
style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; =
padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: =
center;">1</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom;">Palatka Skipper</td><td style=3D"border: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;">8</td></tr><tr =
style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, =
204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ocola =
Skipper</td><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: =
hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: =
center;">6</td></tr><tr style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom;">Salt Marsh Skipper</td><td style=3D"border: 1px =
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; =
vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center;">2</td></tr><tr =
style=3D"height: 21px;"><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, =
204); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Least =
Skipper</td><td style=3D"border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); overflow: =
hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: =
center;">4</td></tr></tbody></table><br></google-sheets-html-origin></div>=
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Butterflying,</google-sheets-html-origin></div><div><google-sheets-html-or=
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after-white-space;"><div>--</div><div>Jeffrey S. =
Pippen</div><div>Mebane, NC</div><div>Research Specialist, Georgetown =
University</div><div>Director,&nbsp;<a =
href=3D"https://www.jeffpippen.com/butterflies/carolinasbmp/carbmp-protoco=
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 =
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