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| List: MassLep Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 23:43:13 +0000 (UTC) From: 'Wendy Howes' via MassLep <masslep...> Subject: [MassLep] Two butterflies today |
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------=_Part_717339_1443537818.1792366993141 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In Hardwick today 10/18 we saw one Clouded Sulphur and one Mourning Cloak. = Sorry, nothing new for the derby! To echo Don Adams, over the past two days my last Spicebush Swallowtail cat= erpillar transitioned to pre-chrysalis, but transformation has been very sl= ow, so I'm not sure when to expect the hard carapace to appear. It seems th= at this larvae may have just made it in the nick of time . . . the last of = the sassafras I had sourced from a local land trust property was offering v= ery little green for the past week. Some frost was predicted last night, so= I moved the caterpillar to a protected area overnight; it is still viable = and transitioning slowly. Wendy Howes & Alan RawleHardwick --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/139= <6007328.717340.1792366993142...> ------=_Part_717339_1443537818.1792366993141 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><s= pan style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font= -size: 10pt;">In Hardwick today 10/18 we saw one </span></span><b><span sty= le=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: = 10pt;">Clouded Sulphur</span></span></b><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana= , Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"> and one </span></s= pan><b><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span styl= e=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Mourning Cloak</span></span></b><span style=3D"font-= family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">. So= rry, nothing new for the derby!</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-famil= y: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><br></div><div style=3D"fo= nt-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"fon= t-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">To= echo Don Adams, over the past two days my last Spicebush Swallowtail cater= pillar transitioned to pre-chrysalis, but transformation has been very slow= , so I'm not sure when to expect the hard carapace to appear. It seems that= this larvae may have just made it in the nick of time . . . the last of th= e sassafras I had sourced from a local land trust property was offering ver= y little green for the past week. Some frost was predicted last night, so I= moved the caterpillar to a protected area overnight; it is still viable an= d transitioning slowly.</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verda= na, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><br></div><div style=3D"font-famil= y: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family= : Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Wendy Howe= s & Alan Rawle</span></span></div><div style=3D"font-family: Verdana, G= eneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt"><span style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Ge= neva, sans-serif;"><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">Hardwick</span></span><= /div> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<1396007328.717340.1792366993142...>?utm_medium=3Demail= &utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/1396007328.= <717340.1792366993142...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_717339_1443537818.1792366993141-- |
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