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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 11:34:35 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Raulston Arboretum, NC, butterflies -- Aug. 23 |
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--000000000000b9d68206206fa16c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT I visited the arboretum in west Raleigh (Wake County) yesterday afternoon for a bit over an hour. As we are getting back into a semi-dry period now -- not quite back into a drought but might by the end of next week -- the staff had sprinklers watering the best stands of lantana, mistflower, and zinnias -- meaning no butterflies were on them. Oy! I did see around 350 butterflies, but ..... see below: Pipevine Swallowtail 2 E. Tiger Swallowtail 4 Sleepy Orange 6 Cloudless Sulphur 7 Cabbage White 4 Monarch 1 first one I've seen anywhere in a few weeks Common Buckeye 10 Pearl Crescent 1 Silver-spotted Skipper 1 that's all Horace's Duskywing 1 Common Checkered-Skipper 2 Fiery Skipper 300+ completely out of control here Sachem 10 Eufala Skipper 1 Clouded Skipper 1 (no Ocolas; not a good year for them in the Triangle so far) Harry LeGrand Raleigh --000000000000b9d68206206fa16c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I visited the arboretum in west Raleigh (Wake County)= yesterday afternoon for a bit over an hour.=C2=A0 As we are getting back i= nto a semi-dry period now -- not quite back into a drought but might by the= end of next week -- the staff had sprinklers watering the best stands of l= antana, mistflower, and zinnias -- meaning no butterflies were on them. Oy!= =C2=A0 I did see around 350 butterflies, but ..... see below:</div><div><br= ></div><div>Pipevine Swallowtail=C2=A0 2</div><div>E. Tiger Swallowtail=C2= =A0 4</div><div>Sleepy Orange=C2=A0=C2=A0 6</div><div>Cloudless Sulphur=C2= =A0 7</div><div>Cabbage White=C2=A0 4</div><div>Monarch=C2=A0 1 first one I= 've seen anywhere in a few weeks</div><div>Common Buckeye=C2=A0 10</div= ><div>Pearl Crescent=C2=A0 1</div><div>Silver-spotted Skipper=C2=A0 1=C2=A0= that's all</div><div>Horace's Duskywing=C2=A0 1</div><div>Common C= heckered-Skipper=C2=A0 2</div><div>Fiery Skipper=C2=A0 300+=C2=A0 completel= y out of control here</div><div>Sachem=C2=A0 10</div><div>Eufala Skipper=C2= =A0 1</div><div>Clouded Skipper=C2=A0 1=C2=A0 (no Ocolas; not a good year f= or them in the Triangle so far)</div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div= ><div>Raleigh</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></= div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div> --000000000000b9d68206206fa16c-- |
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