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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:30:39 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Another butterfly effort at the NC Museum of Art grounds, Wake Co. -- Oct. 30 |
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--0000000000008a890e065f13d577 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Folks, As the day was sunny, quite warm -- about 77-80 -- and of course low humidity and bone dry -- I tried a possibly last butterfly walk at the Art Museum grounds in Raleigh. The Frost Aster is still abundantly in bloom, with millions of white flowers over many square meters of ground, especially around the hill and the swings. I did better -- oddly enough -- than 4 days ago, maybe because it was warmer. Here is my list -- the first number -- as compared with a similar effort on Oct. 26 (second number); I have already reported for October 26, so Jeff Pippen should not include these in the database, but it is nice to compare the totals: Sleepy Orange 8 -- 6 CLOUDED SULPHUR 1 -- 1 maybe the same fresh male as 4 days ago; this time I saw it perched Orange Sulphur 2 -- 5 Cloudless Sulphur 3 -- 1 [Cabbage White 0 -- 1] [Monarch 0 -- 2] Variegated Fritillary 12 -- 5 Common Buckeye 7 -- 6 Pearl Crescent 3 -- 0 Common Checkered-Skipper 40 -- 35 still very active and in reproductive mode Fiery Skipper 30 -- 20 mainly worn and in survival mode, I'd guess Eufala Skipper 2 -- 0 SOUTHERN SKIPPERLING 2 -- 0 on aster at the hill Lori Arent found 10 Skipperlings in mid-August on the hill, for the Wake County butterfly count; I kept missing them there until today. So, I was paying close attention to low aster flowers around the edge of the mowed grass. I did not visit the State Fair remote parking lot today, where there has been a larger colony this summer. Still no dark brown skippers here -- Clouded and Ocola -- though I have been seeing them at nearby Raulston Arboretum. Harry LeGrand Raleigh --0000000000008a890e065f13d577 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>As the day was sunny,= quite warm -- about 77-80 -- and of course low humidity and bone dry -- I = tried a possibly last butterfly walk at the Art Museum grounds in=C2=A0Rale= igh. The Frost Aster is still abundantly in bloom, with millions of white f= lowers over many square meters of ground, especially around the hill and th= e swings. I did better -- oddly enough -- than 4 days ago, maybe because it= was warmer. Here is my list -- the first number -- as compared with a simi= lar=C2=A0effort on Oct. 26 (second number); I have already reported for Oct= ober 26, so Jeff Pippen should not include these in the database, but it is= nice to compare the totals:</div><div><br></div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 8= -- 6</div><div>CLOUDED SULPHUR=C2=A0 1 -- 1=C2=A0 =C2=A0maybe the same fre= sh male as 4 days ago; this time I saw it perched</div><div>Orange Sulphur= =C2=A0 2 -- 5</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 3 -- 1=C2=A0</div><div>=C2= =A0 =C2=A0[Cabbage White=C2=A0 0 -- 1]=C2=A0</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0[Monarc= h 0 -- 2]=C2=A0</div><div>Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 12 -- 5</div><div>Com= mon Buckeye=C2=A0 7 -- 6</div><div>Pearl Crescent=C2=A0 3 -- 0</div><div>Co= mmon Checkered-Skipper=C2=A0 40 -- 35=C2=A0 =C2=A0still very active and in = reproductive mode</div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 30 -- 20=C2=A0 mainly worn = and in survival mode, I'd guess</div><div>Eufala=C2=A0Skipper=C2=A0 2 -= - 0=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div>SOUTHERN SKIPPERLING=C2=A0 2 -- 0=C2=A0 =C2=A0on = aster at the hill</div><div><br></div><div>Lori Arent found 10 Skipperlings= in mid-August on the hill, for the Wake County butterfly count; I kept mis= sing them there until today. So, I was paying close attention to low aster = flowers around the edge of the mowed grass. I did not visit the State Fair = remote parking lot today, where there has been a larger colony this summer.= =C2=A0 Still no dark brown skippers here -- Clouded and Ocola=C2=A0-- thoug= h I have been seeing them at nearby Raulston Arboretum.</div><div><br></div= ><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh</div></div> --0000000000008a890e065f13d577-- |
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