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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:02:44 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Around Hilton Head, SC, last week |
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--000000000000799c56062008edce Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Heather, Nice bunch of species that -- even for South Carolina -- are quite rare. My comments and thoughts: 1. * White Peacock* -- This might not be super rare now in south coastal SC, but I would bold this one (don't go back just to do that!) as it is mainly a scarce migrant. 2. The mystery duskywing. Wow! Clearly it is not Horace's. I see tens and tens of these around central NC and tens of tens more when reviewing iNaturalist photos. You suggest Zarucco, which makes sense. If this were from the mountains, I probably would call this a female Wild Indigo Duskywing. However, there are no records for this species from southern SC, and along the coast seems nearly impossible. I think it best fits a female Zarucco -- based on likelihood, and an array of photos I see on websites, especially the Alabama Butterfly Atlas. Zarucco Duskywing - Alabama Butterfly Atlas (usf.edu) <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.edu/species= /details/60/zarucco-duskywing__;!!OToaGQ!qcq4xUoWjgJ1V7sNrBEoHwFOvgAtYsZ0ES= J1EdnvB9rQ4k1GLfO-MyANjXIOMqNLxKeItMt1wg8y2JLZxTIriw$ > It still is tricky, as there is gray scaling near the FW tip, and even a small white dot inside the wrist -- not typical for Zarucco. But Zarucco does have a lot of dark brown scaling outside the wrist, which this one has. WIDW is very dark on the inner half of the FW and the outer half is notably lighter colored. I am not sure if this is a male Zarucco. I can't see a broad/fat abdomen of an obvious female, but male Zaruccos don't look like this. At any rate, I would call this a Zarucco, but I truly cannot rule out Wild Indigo for sure. 3. White Checkered-Skipper -- Wow! *Look how rusty/warm brown that is, especially on the undersid*e! We see lots of Commons here in central NC, and the underside dark color is blackish, or dark gray, or if brown is not a rusty color at all. I do NOT know if this is a typical ground color below or a "field mark", but the field guides don't mention that. I have never seen anything like that one here in the middle of NC! This might be something to keep track of in ventral photos. I do know that male Commons often show strong blue hairs on the body and wing bases, above; White C-C males seem to be silver or gray there. That might not be infallible, however. 4. Intricate Satyr -- Don't fret about that ID. It is often very tricky, as we often yield to Tom Austin to ID photos for us; he usually is the one to confirm photos on iNaturalist. Harry LeGrand Raleigh On Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 11:30=E2=80=AFPM Heather Rayburn <carolinaleps@duke= .edu> wrote: > Hello Lep Friends, > > Last week, my father-in-law took us on vacation to Hilton Head, SC. Thanks > to Dennis Forsythe, I had a nice list of places to check out for > butterflies. I=E2=80=99ve already reported my Pinckney Island National Wi= ldlife > Refuge trip. Here=E2=80=99s what else I saw: > > > *8/12/24 Fish Haul Beach Park, Hilton Head* > > Cloudless Sulphur =E2=80=94 4 > Gray Hairstreak =E2=80=94 1 (my only Hairstreak of the week) > *Zebra Longwing =E2=80=94 2 *(in the bushes on the right side of the park= ing lot > as you=E2=80=99re walking toward beach path; blooming passion vine) > Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 16 > Silver-spotted Skipper =E2=80=94 1 > Horace's Duskywing > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53931658046/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-LY24rKG$> =E2=80=94 > 3 > Zarucco Duskywing =E2=80=94 1 (Could someone please confirm my id? Pic he= re > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53932154689/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-HTbgPX3$> > .) > Unidentified spreadwing skippers =E2=80=94 3 > Fiery Skipper =E2=80=94 1 > Salt Marsh Skipper =E2=80=94 3 > > I also had two huge White-lined Sphinx Moths > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53930770912/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-INpv1xe$> on > the beach! > > *8/12/24 Sea Pines Resort, Community Garden* > > Unidentified Dark Swallowtail species =E2=80=94 1 > Monarch =E2=80=94 2 (only ones of the week) > Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 3 > White Peacock =E2=80=94 1 > Unidentified spreadwing skipper =E2=80=94 1 > Fiery Skipper =E2=80=94 1 > > *8/14/24, Sea Pines Resort, South Beach* > > Little Yellow =E2=80=94 2 > Cloudless Sulphur =E2=80=94 11 > *Ceraunus Blue =E2=80=94 1* (pic from iPhone video: here > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53932588519/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-A7tfOk5$> > ) > Unidentified Blues =E2=80=94 2 > Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 3 > White Peacock =E2=80=94 1 > Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing =E2=80=94 3 > > > *8/15/24 Savannah National Wildlife Refuge* > > 1. Visitor Center Pollinator Garden: > > Cloudless Sulphur =E2=80=94 1 > Zebra Longwing =E2=80=94 1 (The only one to sit still for me. Picture here > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53930962762/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-Oki9Ghn$> > .) > Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 6 > > 2. Trail behind Visitor Center: > > Pearly-eye sp. =E2=80=94 1 (No picture.) > *Lace-winged Roadside Skipper =E2=80=94 1* (one very bad picture here) > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53932212044/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-JSR85kY$> > Carolina Saytr =E2=80=94 1 > > 3. Other trails around Visitor Center: > > Unidentified Sulphur sp. =E2=80=94 1 > Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 5 > Zebra Longwing =E2=80=94 2 > Intricate or Carolina Saytr =E2=80=94 5 (no pics, brief glimpses, and I c= an=E2=80=99t even > tell the difference staring at the two entries in the book) > > 4. Tupelo Trail to end of #5 Impoundment: > > Sleepy Orange =E2=80=94 1 > Cloudless Sulphur =E2=80=94 1 > Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 26 > Variegated Fritillary =E2=80=94 1 > *White Checkered-Skipper =E2=80=94 1 *(Dennis says Common Checkered-Skipp= er not > found in this area. Pics: dorsal > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53932275733/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-GkjiDvL$> and > ventral > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53932067626/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-HMNMx92$> > .) > Fiery Skipper =E2=80=94 2 > > > 5. Wildlife Drive (saw two alligators > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53932320493/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-AZvYGSz$> > ): > > Sleepy Orange =E2=80=94 3 > Cloudless Sulphur =E2=80=94 6 > Zebra Longwing =E2=80=94 1 > Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 12 > Unidentified spreadwing skipper =E2=80=94 1 > Fiery Skipper =E2=80=94 1 > *Whirlabout =E2=80=94 2* (super fresh! > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= 53932127026/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR= 4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-Fr3mYRa$> > ) > > > Conclusion from my visit: Too few nectar plants and way, way too much turf > grass. Even at the natural areas, a nauseating amount of lawn everywhere. > The best butterfly garden that I found was a the Coastal Discovery Museum > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.coastaldiscovery.org/__;!!OToaGQ= !qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKeg= x_-MOagIuW$> > . > > Cheers, > H. > > *Heather Rayburn* > Asheville, NC > On Flickr > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/= __;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP= 8FGTbfuHKegx_-OCHLGI0$> > > > --000000000000799c56062008edce Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Heather,</div><div><br></div><div>Nice bunch of speci= es that -- even for South Carolina -- are quite rare.</div><div><br></div><= div>My comments and thoughts:</div><div><br></div><div>1.=C2=A0<b> White Pe= acock</b> -- This might not be super rare now in south coastal SC, but I wo= uld bold this one (don't go back just to do that!) as it is mainly a sc= arce migrant.</div><div><br></div><div>2.=C2=A0 The mystery duskywing.=C2= =A0 Wow!=C2=A0 Clearly it is not Horace's. I see tens and tens of these= around central NC and tens of tens more when reviewing iNaturalist photos.= =C2=A0 You suggest Zarucco, which makes sense.=C2=A0 If this were from the = mountains, I probably would call this a female Wild Indigo Duskywing. Howev= er, there are no records for this species from southern SC, and along the c= oast seems nearly impossible.=C2=A0 I think it best fits a female Zarucco -= - based on likelihood, and an array of photos I see on websites, especially= the Alabama Butterfly Atlas.</div><div><br></div><div> <a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.e= du/species/details/60/zarucco-duskywing__;!!OToaGQ!qcq4xUoWjgJ1V7sNrBEoHwFO= vgAtYsZ0ESJ1EdnvB9rQ4k1GLfO-MyANjXIOMqNLxKeItMt1wg8y2JLZxTIriw$">Zarucco Du= skywing - Alabama Butterfly Atlas (usf.edu)</a> </div><br><div>It still is tricky, as there is gray scaling near the FW tip= , and even a small white dot inside the wrist -- not typical for Zarucco.= =C2=A0 But Zarucco does have a lot of dark brown scaling outside the wrist,= which this one has. WIDW is very dark on the inner half of the FW and the = outer half is notably lighter colored.=C2=A0 I am not sure if this is a mal= e Zarucco.=C2=A0 I can't see a broad/fat abdomen of an obvious female, = but male Zaruccos don't look like this.=C2=A0 At any rate, I would call= this a Zarucco, but I truly cannot rule out Wild Indigo for sure.</div><di= v><br></div><div>3.=C2=A0 White Checkered-Skipper --=C2=A0 Wow!=C2=A0 <u>Lo= ok how rusty/warm brown that is, especially on the undersid</u>e!=C2=A0 We = see lots of Commons here in central NC, and the underside dark color is bla= ckish, or dark gray, or if brown is not a rusty color at all.=C2=A0=C2=A0 I= do NOT know if this is a typical ground color below or a "field mark&= quot;, but the field guides don't mention that.=C2=A0 I have never seen= anything like that one here in the middle of NC!=C2=A0 This might be somet= hing to keep track of in ventral photos.=C2=A0 I do know that male Commons = often show strong blue hairs on the body and wing bases, above; White C-C m= ales seem to be silver or gray there.=C2=A0 That might not be infallible, h= owever.</div><div><br></div><div>4.=C2=A0 Intricate Satyr -- Don't fret= about that ID.=C2=A0 It is often very tricky, as we often yield to Tom Aus= tin to ID photos for us; he usually is the one to confirm photos on iNatura= list.</div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>Raleigh<br></div></d= iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On = Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 11:30=E2=80=AFPM Heather Rayburn <<a href=3D"mailto= :<carolinaleps...>"><carolinaleps...></a>> wrote:<br></div><bloc= kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:= 1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir=3D"auto"><div di= r=3D"auto"><div>Hello Lep Friends,</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, my f= ather-in-law took us on vacation to Hilton Head, SC. Thanks to Dennis Forsy= the, I had a nice list of places to check out for butterflies. I=E2=80=99ve= already reported my Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge trip. Here=E2= =80=99s what else I saw:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>8/12/24= Fish Haul Beach Park, Hilton Head</b></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:1= 4.4px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div><div><span style= =3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Clo= udless Sulphur =E2=80=94 4</span></span></div><div><span style=3D"backgroun= d-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Gray Hairstreak = =E2=80=94 1 (my only Hairstreak of the week)</span></span></div><div><span = style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px= "><b>Zebra Longwing =E2=80=94 2 </b>(in the bushes on the right side of the= parking lot as you=E2=80=99re walking toward beach path; blooming=C2=A0</s= pan></span><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">passion vine)</span></div><div>= <span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 16</span></div><= div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Silver-spotted Skipper =E2=80=94 1</sp= an></div><div><font color=3D"#000000"><a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/= __https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/53931658046/in/datetaken/__;!= !OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGT= bfuHKegx_-LY24rKG$" target=3D"_blank">Horace's Duskywing</a><span style= =3D"font-size:14.4px">=C2=A0=E2=80=94 3</span></font></div><div><span style= =3D"font-size:14.4px">Zarucco Duskywing =E2=80=94 1 (Could someone please c= onfirm my id?=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Pic=C2=A0</span>= <a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206= 870@N03/53932154689/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2r= vqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-HTbgPX3$" target=3D"_blank">= here</a><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">.)</span></div><div><span style=3D= "font-size:14.4px">Unidentified=C2=A0spreadwing skippers =E2=80=94 3</span>= </div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Fiery Skipper =E2=80=94 1</span= ></div><div>Salt Marsh Skipper =E2=80=94 3</div><div><br></div><div>I also = had two huge=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr= .com/photos/190206870@N03/53930770912/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9c= ujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-INpv1xe$" = target=3D"_blank">White-lined Sphinx Moths</a>=C2=A0on the beach!</div><div= ><br></div><div><b>8/12/24 Sea Pines Resort, Community Garden</b></div><div= ><br></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Unidentified Dark Swallowt= ail species =E2=80=94 1</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">M= onarch =E2=80=94 2 (only ones of the week)</span></div><div><span style=3D"= font-size:14.4px">Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 3</span></div><div><span style= =3D"font-size:14.4px">White Peacock =E2=80=94 1</span></div><div><span styl= e=3D"font-size:14.4px">Unidentified=C2=A0spreadwing skipper =E2=80=94 1</sp= an></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Fiery Skipper =E2=80=94 1</s= pan></div><div><br></div><div><b>8/14/24,=C2=A0Sea Pines Resort, South Beac= h</b></div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Little Yell= ow =E2=80=94 2</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Cloudless = Sulphur =E2=80=94 11</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px"><b>C= eraunus Blue =E2=80=94 1</b> (pic from=C2=A0iPhone video:=C2=A0</span><a hr= ef=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N= 03/53932588519/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntd= gXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-A7tfOk5$" target=3D"_blank">here<= /a><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">)</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-= size:14.4px">Unidentified Blues =E2=80=94 2</span></div><div><span style=3D= "font-size:14.4px">Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 3</span></div><div><span style= =3D"font-size:14.4px">White Peacock =E2=80=94 1</span></div><div><span styl= e=3D"font-size:14.4px">Horace=E2=80=99s Duskywing =E2=80=94 3</span></div><= div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"f= ont-size:14.4px"><br></span></div><div><b style=3D"font-size:14.4px">8/15/2= 4 Savannah National Wildlife Refuge</b></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:= 14.4px"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">1. Visitor C= enter Pollinator Garden:</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">= <br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px;background-color:rgb(= 255,255,255)">Cloudless Sulphur =E2=80=94 1</span></div><div>Zebra Longwing= =E2=80=94 1 (The only one to sit still for me. Picture=C2=A0<a href=3D"htt= ps://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/539309= 62762/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1C= VL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-Oki9Ghn$" target=3D"_blank">here</a>.)</di= v><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 6</span><= /div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px"><br></span></div><div><span styl= e=3D"font-size:14.4px">2. Trail behind Visitor Center:</span></div><div><sp= an style=3D"font-size:14.4px"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-siz= e:14.4px">Pearly-eye sp. =E2=80=94 1 (No picture.)</span></div><div><b>Lace= -winged Roadside Skipper =E2=80=94 1</b> (one very bad picture=C2=A0<a href= =3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03= /53932212044/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgX= R4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-JSR85kY$" target=3D"_blank">here)</= a></div><div>Carolina Saytr =E2=80=94 1</div><div><br></div><div>3. Other t= rails around Visitor Center:</div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"font-s= ize:14.4px">Unidentified Sulphur sp. =E2=80=94 1</span></div><div><span sty= le=3D"font-size:14.4px">Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 5</span></div><div>Zebra = Longwing =E2=80=94 2</div><div>Intricate or Carolina Saytr =E2=80=94 5 (no = pics, brief glimpses, and I can=E2=80=99t even tell the difference staring = at the two entries in the book)</div><div><br></div><div>4. Tupelo Trail to= end of #5 Impoundment:</div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"background-= color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Sleepy Orange =E2= =80=94 1</span></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px;background= -color:rgb(255,255,255)">Cloudless Sulphur =E2=80=94 1</span></div><div><sp= an style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Gulf Fritillary =E2=80=94 26</span></div><div= ><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Variegated Fritillary =E2=80=94 1</span><= /div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px"><b>White Checkered-Skipper =E2= =80=94 1 </b>(Dennis says Common Checkered-Skipper not found in this area. = Pics:=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr= .com/photos/190206870@N03/53932275733/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9c= ujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-GkjiDvL$" = target=3D"_blank">dorsal</a><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">=C2=A0and =C2= =A0</span><a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/pho= tos/190206870@N03/53932067626/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7= I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-HMNMx92$" target= =3D"_blank">ventral</a><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">.)</span></div><div= ><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Fiery Skipper =E2=80=94 2</span></div><di= v><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">5. Wildlife Drive= (saw two=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.co= m/photos/190206870@N03/53932320493/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujT= pIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-AZvYGSz$" tar= get=3D"_blank">alligators</a>):</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir= =3D"auto"><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span styl= e=3D"font-size:14.4px">Sleepy Orange =E2=80=94 3</span></span></div><div><s= pan style=3D"font-size:14.4px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Cloudless = Sulphur =E2=80=94 6</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Zebra= Longwing =E2=80=94 1</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Gul= f Fritillary =E2=80=94 12</span></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><span style= =3D"font-size:14.4px">Unidentified=C2=A0spreadwing skipper =E2=80=94 1</spa= n></div><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">Fiery Skipper = =E2=80=94 1</span></div><div dir=3D"auto"><span style=3D"font-size:14.4px">= <b>Whirlabout =E2=80=94 2</b> (</span><a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/= __https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/53932127026/in/datetaken/__;!= !OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGT= bfuHKegx_-Fr3mYRa$" target=3D"_blank">super fresh!</a><span style=3D"font-s= ize:14.4px">)</span></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br= ></div><div dir=3D"auto">Conclusion from my visit: Too few nectar plants an= d way, way too much turf grass. Even at the natural areas, a nauseating amo= unt of lawn everywhere. The best butterfly garden that I found was a the=C2= =A0<a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.coastaldiscovery.org/= __;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP= 8FGTbfuHKegx_-MOagIuW$" target=3D"_blank">Coastal Discovery Museum</a>.</di= v><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Cheers,</div><div dir=3D"au= to">H.</div><br><div> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-alig= n:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing= :0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);lett= er-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;whit= e-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir=3D"auto" sty= le=3D"text-align:start;text-indent:0px"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"text-ali= gn:start;text-indent:0px"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"text-align:start;text-= indent:0px"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"text-align:start;text-indent:0px"><d= iv style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;whit= e-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><b>Heather Rayburn</b= ></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:= none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Asheville, N= C</div><div><a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/p= hotos/190206870@N03/__;!!OToaGQ!qqTypo3r6X9cujTpIfa7I_HcO0VO2rvqntdgXR4s4Z1= CVL1SnczMqMRiJLbQ9iP8FGTbfuHKegx_-OCHLGI0$" target=3D"_blank">On Flickr=C2= =A0</a></div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-tran= sform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></= div><div style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:non= e;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br></div></div= ></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div> --000000000000799c56062008edce-- |
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