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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:01:48 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: A few butterflies from western Raleigh, Wake Co., NC -- Oct. 26 |
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--000000000000dc3886065ec727ff Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Folks, I waited out the NC State Fair for 11 days (Oct. 15-25) so that parking and travel in western Raleigh would be back to normal. As the weather has been a broken record for the last 5-6 months -- hardly any clouds, mild temps now (upper 60s), and light wind with sunburn potential -- I tried out the NC Art Museum grounds from about 1-2 pm. The Frost Asters are in full bloom and cover many hundreds of square yards near the sculpture hill area and the musical swings, but I estimated barely 1 butterfly for every 10 ,000 flowers! Here are my disappointing totals, clearly a "casualty" of the year-long drought. Sleepy Orange 6 CLOUDED SULPHUR 1 beautiful and fresh, infrequent here Orange Sulphur 5 also fresh Cloudless Sulphur 1 Cabbage White 1 infrequent here Monarch 2 Variegated Fritillary 5 Common Buckeye 6 Common Checkered-Skipper 35 surprisingly numerous Fiery Skipper 20 Sadly, I missed "gimmes" like Pearl Crescent, Clouded Skipper, and maybe Ocola Skipper. I could not find a Southern Skipperling around the hill, nor at the nearby State Fair offsite parking lot where it has been common up to a few weeks ago. I'll check out Raulston Arboretum either tomorrow or Wednesday at midday or early afternoon, as I have not been there since before the Fair opened on Oct. 15. As the staff water the plants there, and there are plantings of Lantana and a good variety of other nectar plants, I hope to do better there, as long as the plants haven't been uprooted for the season! Harry LeGrand Raleigh --000000000000dc3886065ec727ff Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>I waited out the NC State Fair for 11 = days (Oct. 15-25) so that parking and travel in western=C2=A0Raleigh would = be back to normal. As the weather has been a broken record for the last 5-6= months -- hardly any clouds, mild temps now (upper 60s), and light wind wi= th sunburn potential -- I tried out the NC Art Museum grounds from about 1-= 2 pm. The=C2=A0 Frost Asters are in full bloom and cover many hundreds of s= quare yards near the sculpture hill area and the musical swings, but I esti= mated barely 1 butterfly for every 10 ,000 flowers!=C2=A0 Here are my disap= pointing totals, clearly a "casualty" of the year-long=C2=A0droug= ht.</div><div><br></div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 6</div><div>CLOUDED SULPHU= R=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 beautiful and fresh, infrequent here</div><div>Orange Sulph= ur=C2=A0 5=C2=A0 also fresh</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 1</div><div>C= abbage White=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 infrequent here</div><div>Monarch=C2=A0 2</div><= div>Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 5</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0 6</div><di= v>Common Checkered-Skipper=C2=A0 35=C2=A0 =C2=A0surprisingly numerous</div>= <div>Fiery Skipper 20</div><div><br></div><div>Sadly, I missed "gimmes= " like Pearl Crescent, Clouded Skipper, and maybe Ocola=C2=A0Skipper. = I could not find a Southern Skipperling around the hill, nor at the nearby = State Fair offsite parking lot where it has been common up to a few weeks a= go.=C2=A0 I'll check out Raulston Arboretum either tomorrow or Wednesda= y at midday or early afternoon, as I have not been there since before the F= air opened on Oct. 15. As the staff water the plants there, and there are p= lantings of Lantana and a good variety of other nectar plants, I hope to do= better there, as long as the=C2=A0plants haven't been uprooted for the= season!</div><font color=3D"#888888"><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</di= v><div>Raleigh</div><div><br></div><div></div></font> <br></div> --000000000000dc3886065ec727ff-- |
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