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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 21:45:30 -0400 From: Marie Poteat (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Guilford County Butterflies |
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--000000000000254fde05e538461e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Guilford County - Jamestown 8-1-2022 Marie Poteat After returning from the mountains yesterday, I was out early this morning checking all the flowers. Today was amazing as far as butterfly activity. The number of species is good, but the number of individuals is really up. Since I was not trying to work, I went from area to area only trying to do counts as accurate as I could. There is no way to get an accurate count for Silver Spotted Skippers since they are on every flowering plant now. The Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are using the zinnias, silphiums, mountain mints, and today were just hanging in groups on the buttonbushes. The Fiery Skippers are on most of the flowers while concentrating on Snow Squarestem and Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum). After not seeing any Monarchs for weeks, I flushed a Monarch from nectaring on a Liatris squarrosa. I continued to see butterflies while mowing this afternoon and the list for today is below. It is so encouraging to see the plantings just alive with bees and butterflies. pictures sent to CBS only 1 Monarch 24+ Eastern Tiger Swallowtails 3 Black Swallowtails 3 Spicebush Swallowtails 1 Pipevine Swallowtail 1 Cloudless Sulphur 2 Red-banded Hairstreaks 1 Gray Hairstreak 5 Eastern Tailed-Blues 1 Azure, Summer 1 Great Spangled Fritillary 2 Pearl Crescents 2 Common Buckeyes 1 American Lady 1 Appalachian Brown 50+ Silver Spotted Skippers 24+ Fiery Skippers 5 Little Glassywings 9 Sachems 5 Zabulon Skippers 1 Dun Skipper 1 Ocola Skipper . --000000000000254fde05e538461e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Guilford County - Jamestown=C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A08-1-2022<div><br></div><div>Marie Poteat</div><div><br>= </div><div>After returning from the mountains yesterday, I was out early th= is morning checking all the flowers.=C2=A0 Today was amazing as far as butt= erfly activity.=C2=A0 The number of species is good, but the number of indi= viduals is really=C2=A0up.=C2=A0 Since I was not trying to work, I went fro= m area to area only trying to do counts as accurate as I could.=C2=A0 There= is no way to get an accurate count for Silver Spotted Skippers since they = are on=C2=A0<span id=3D"gmail-m_-1895037134849775487:4fh.2" role=3D"menuite= m" aria-haspopup=3D"true">every</span>=C2=A0flowering plant now.=C2=A0 The = Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are using the zinnias, silphiums, mountain mints= , and today were just hanging in groups on the=C2=A0<span id=3D"gmail-m_-18= 95037134849775487:4fh.3" role=3D"menuitem" aria-haspopup=3D"true">buttonbus= hes</span>.=C2=A0 The Fiery Skippers are on most of the flowers while conce= ntrating on Snow Squarestem and Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum).=C2=A0= After not seeing any Monarchs for weeks, I flushed a Monarch from nectarin= g on a Liatris squarrosa.=C2=A0 I continued to see butterflies while mowing= this afternoon and the list for today is below.=C2=A0 It is so encouraging= to see the plantings just alive with bees and butterflies.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>pictures sent to CBS only=C2= =A0</div><div><br></div><div>1 Monarch</div><div>24+ Eastern Tiger Swallowt= ails</div><div>3 Black Swallowtails</div><div>3 Spicebush Swallowtails</div= ><div>1 Pipevine Swallowtail</div><div>1 Cloudless Sulphur</div><div>2 Red-= banded Hairstreaks</div><div>1 Gray Hairstreak</div><div>5 Eastern Tailed-B= lues</div><div>1 Azure, Summer</div><div>1 Great Spangled Fritillary</div><= div>2 Pearl Crescents</div><div>2 Common Buckeyes</div><div>1 American Lady= </div><div>1 Appalachian Brown</div><div>50+ Silver Spotted Skippers</div><= div>24+ Fiery Skippers</div><div>5 Little=C2=A0<span id=3D"gmail-m_-1895037= 134849775487:4fh.4" role=3D"menuitem" aria-haspopup=3D"true">Glassywings</s= pan></div><div>9 Sachems</div><div>5 Zabulon Skippers=C2=A0</div><div>1 Dun= Skipper</div><div>1 Ocola=C2=A0Skipper=C2=A0 .=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0</div><d= iv><br></div></div></div> --000000000000254fde05e538461e-- |
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