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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 15:31:21 -0500 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Raulston Arboretum butterflies, Wake Co., NC -- Nov. 10 |
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--000000000000e11df3065ff1f649 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" The weather in Raleigh continues (average of 6 days out of 7) to be nearly free of clouds, and today was still another Bluebird Day, with the temps about 68-69 degrees when I was at the arboretum in Raleigh, from 11:00-11:50. So, I expected a fair number of butterflies flying, especially as there still are tons of nectar plants, especially Lantana and various cultivated asters, in the back half of the public area. Of course, the diversity continues to slide downward, and the species I saw were the expected ones: Pipevine Swallowtail 4 Cabbage White 18 most quite fresh Sleepy Orange 5 Cloudless Sulphur 4 Monarch 1 Variegated Fritillary 1 Common Buckeye 1 Common Checkered-Skipper 2 where did they all go? Fiery Skipper 22 Clouded Skipper 2 Eufala Skipper 1 plus one small grayish species that flew before I got on it -- Eufala or maybe Red-banded Hairstreak? Harry LeGrand Raleigh --000000000000e11df3065ff1f649 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>The weather in Raleigh continues (average of 6 days o= ut of 7) to be nearly free=C2=A0of clouds, and today was still another Blue= bird Day, with the temps about 68-69 degrees=C2=A0when I was at the arboret= um in Raleigh, from 11:00-11:50. So, I expected a fair number of butterflie= s flying, especially as there still are tons of nectar plants, especially L= antana and various cultivated asters,=C2=A0in the back half of the public a= rea. Of course, the diversity continues to slide downward, and the species = I saw were the expected=C2=A0ones:</div><div><br></div><div>Pipevine Swallo= wtail=C2=A0 4</div><div>Cabbage White=C2=A0 18=C2=A0 most quite fresh</div>= <div>Sleepy Orange 5</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 4</div><div>Monarch= =C2=A0 1</div><div>Variegated Fritillary=C2=A0 1</div><div>Common Buckeye= =C2=A0 1</div><div>Common Checkered-Skipper=C2=A0 2=C2=A0 =C2=A0where did t= hey all go?</div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 22</div><div>Clouded Skipper=C2= =A0 2</div><div>Eufala=C2=A0Skipper=C2=A0 1</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0plus one= small grayish species that flew before I got on it -- Eufala=C2=A0or maybe= Red-banded Hairstreak?</div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Ra= leigh</div></div> --000000000000e11df3065ff1f649-- |
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