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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 10:21:22 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Doughton Park 7/12/2022 |
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I see a few wider pale spots near the top of the arc, suggestive of a broke= n-dash. Doughton should be too high elevation for Southern, and Northern is= not scarce there at Doughton.=20 It could be a Crossline, but that species always seems to have all dots/spo= ts the same size and never extending toward the wing base; thus they are al= ways aligned evenly.=20=20 So I would go with Northern Broken-dash, as you suggest.=20 As for female Diana =E2=80=94 yes, they do emerge by early July, but I thin= k most immediately estivate, and then fly strongly in the latter part of Au= gust into mid-September =E2=80=94 when tall purple/pink composites are in b= loom. Look for them on blooming thistles or Joe-Pye-weed, less so on ironw= eed.=20 Harry LeGrand Raleigh Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 16, 2022, at 9:40 AM, Lior Carlson <carolinaleps...> wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFFellow Butterfliers, > I've been delayed in posting our day-trip to the Doughton Park area from > earlier this week as I've been busy. Will's post motivated me to delay no > further. >=20 > Our goal was to finally see an Aphrodite Fritillary, which we seemed to h= ave > completely missed during our visit last July, and to see a female Diana > Fritillary. We got the Aphrodite but not the Diana, so a good reason to k= eep > returning. Both John and I have unlocked the achievement of seeing all the > Fritillaries listed on the NC state checklist, with the exception of the = Regal > Fritillary. >=20 > The weather was in the upper 70s to mid 80s during our stay from around 1= 0:00 > AM to 2:00 PM. The sky started off with a few clouds which continued to > increase. Little to no breeze. A near perfect day for our adventure. Link= to > photos: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/shrone/= shares/D3Eor2369p__;!!OToaGQ!s44k7pzaO3wp-COcCG7vh6S0vs23x-U27caYNZ7cJ-VfqC= 1tuT_xE6YbdLa5jLPYtO3azDTCE4JztfjTeDv7kw$ . >=20 > Let's Go Butterflying! > Lior Carlson > Backyard Butterflies >=20 > Doughton Park & Surrounding Areas List >=20 > Tiger Swallowtail: 5 > Pipevine Swallowtail: 1 > Monarch: 2 > American Lady: 3 > Pearl Crescent: 4 > Common Wood Nymph: 68 > Fiery Skipper: 1 > Sachem: 2 > American Copper: 4 > Crossline Skipper: 1 > Silver Spotted Skipper: 34 > Meadow Fritillary: 11 > Great Spangled Fritillary: 50 > Diana Fritillary: 1 > Aphrodite Fritillary: 8 > Summer Azure: 3 > Eastern-tailed Blue: 19 > Gray Hairstreak: 2 > Cabbage White: 7 > Cloudless Sulphur: 4 > Orange Sulphur: 2 > Clouded Sulphur: 3 > Northern Broken-dash: 1? (See photo here: > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/shrone/shares/E= 374090P51__;!!OToaGQ!s44k7pzaO3wp-COcCG7vh6S0vs23x-U27caYNZ7cJ-VfqC1tuT_xE6= YbdLa5jLPYtO3azDTCE4JztfhrihirqA$ ) |
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