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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 20:29:46 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Dare Co., NC, Outer Banks and Roanoke Island butterflies -- Sept. 4 |
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--000000000000ddad85060491b9a1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Today, Jeff Pippen, Will Cook, and I ventured from the Triangle area to Pea Island to look for the 11 American Flamingos, which we had in the scope by around 9:00. Birding otherwise was poor owing to high water levels in all impoundments and the hot and stagnant weather, so by early afternoon we started to do some butterflying. Audrey Whitlock told us by e-mail about "lots of skippers" on *Lippia* [frogfruit] in the Oregon Inlet vicinity, so she joined us and we indeed saw lots of skippers, though no Phaon Crescent; the site is probably too far north for them. Audrey joined us at another stop on Bodie Island where there were thousands of square-feet of blooming sneezeweed (*Helenium amarum* -- a weed!) on lawns. There were literally HUNDREDS of skippers on the yellow flowers of the 1-2" high plants, so we must have spent over an hour there. Lastly, we went over to Roanoke Island and checked a few patches of Lantana where Audrey has had good butterflies in the past. Sure, enough, we added a few more species there. Here is the list, with the two Outer Banks sites combined first (OBM = Outer Banks Middle) and the last site (OBU = Outer Banks Upper) separate, for mapping purposes on the Butterflies of North Carolina website. Palamedes Swallowtail 1, 3 Sleepy Orange 2, 2 Cloudless Sulphur 50, 3 Cabbage White 1, - Red-banded Hairstreak -, 5 Gray Hairstreak 3, 1 Monarch 6, 1 Gulf Fritillary 2, - PAINTED LADY 1, 1 Common Buckeye 8, - Common Wood-Nymph 2, - Long-tailed Skipper 1, - always nice Silver-spotted Skipper -, 2 Zarucco Duskywing 1, --- very fresh; surprised not to see any Horace's DW PALATKA SKIPPER -, 6 expected, but probably just 1-2; beginning of second brood Delaware Skipper 5, - Fiery Skipper 35, 8 Southern Broken-dash *85*, 4 shocking numbers on the sneezeweed Sachem 10, 2 quite good numbers AARON'S SKIPPER *10, *- some fresh, a few worn; all on sneezeweed Broad-winged Skipper 10, 2 nice comparison with Aaron's on sneezeweed Eufala Skipper 3, - Clouded Skipper 2, 2 Salt Marsh Skipper 65, 1 lots on both *Lippia *and sneezeweed Ocola Skipper *80*, 4 25 species Harry LeGrand Raleigh --000000000000ddad85060491b9a1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Today, Jeff Pippen, Will Cook, and I ventured from th= e Triangle area to Pea Island to look for the 11 American Flamingos, which = we had in the scope by around 9:00.=C2=A0 Birding otherwise was poor owing = to high water levels in all impoundments and the hot and stagnant weather, = so by early afternoon we started to do some butterflying.=C2=A0 Audrey Whit= lock told us by e-mail about "lots of skippers" on <i>Lippia</i> = [frogfruit] in the Oregon Inlet vicinity, so she joined us and we indeed sa= w lots of skippers, though no Phaon Crescent; the site is probably too far = north for them.=C2=A0 Audrey joined us at another stop on Bodie Island wher= e there were thousands of square-feet of blooming sneezeweed (<i>Helenium a= marum</i> -- a weed!) on lawns.=C2=A0 There were literally HUNDREDS of skip= pers on the yellow flowers of the 1-2" high plants, so we must have sp= ent over an hour there.</div><div><br></div><div>Lastly, we went over to Ro= anoke Island and checked a few patches of Lantana where Audrey has had good= butterflies in the past. Sure, enough, we added a few more species there.<= /div><div><br></div><div>Here is the list, with the two Outer Banks sites c= ombined first (OBM =3D Outer Banks Middle) and the last site (OBU =3D Outer= Banks Upper) separate, for mapping purposes on the Butterflies of North Ca= rolina website.</div><div><br></div><div>Palamedes Swallowtail=C2=A0 1, 3</= div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0 2, 2<br></div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2=A0 50,= 3</div><div>Cabbage White=C2=A0=C2=A0 1, -<br></div><div>Red-banded Hairst= reak=C2=A0 -, 5<br></div><div>Gray Hairstreak=C2=A0 3, 1<br></div><div>Mona= rch=C2=A0 6, 1<br></div><div>Gulf Fritillary 2, -<br></div><div>PAINTED LAD= Y=C2=A0 1, 1<br></div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0=C2=A0 8, -<br></div><div>Co= mmon Wood-Nymph=C2=A0 2, -<br></div><div>Long-tailed Skipper=C2=A0=C2=A0 1,= -=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 always nice</div><div>Silver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 -, = 2<br></div><div>Zarucco Duskywing=C2=A0=C2=A0 1, --- very fresh; surprised = not to see any Horace's DW<br></div><div>PALATKA SKIPPER=C2=A0 -, 6=C2= =A0 expected, but probably just 1-2; beginning of second brood<br></div><di= v>Delaware Skipper=C2=A0 5, -<br></div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 35, 8<br></= div><div>Southern Broken-dash=C2=A0=C2=A0 <b>85</b>, 4=C2=A0 shocking numbe= rs on the sneezeweed <br></div><div>Sachem=C2=A0 10, 2=C2=A0=C2=A0 quite go= od numbers<br></div><div>AARON'S SKIPPER=C2=A0 <b>10, </b>- <b>=C2=A0 <= /b>some fresh, a few worn; all on sneezeweed<br></div><div>Broad-winged Ski= pper=C2=A0 10, 2=C2=A0=C2=A0 nice comparison with Aaron's on sneezeweed= <br></div><div></div><div>Eufala Skipper=C2=A0 3, -<br></div><div>Clouded S= kipper=C2=A0 2, 2<br></div><div>Salt Marsh Skipper 65, 1=C2=A0=C2=A0 lots o= n both <i>Lippia </i>and sneezeweed<br></div><div>Ocola Skipper=C2=A0 <b>80= </b>, 4=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 <br></div><div><br></div><div>25 species</div><di= v><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh<br></div></div> --000000000000ddad85060491b9a1-- |
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