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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:37:04 +0000 (UTC) From: ROBERT CAVANAUGH (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Carteret county Aug 26 |
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------=_Part_72127_901998766.1724701024000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Though common in the Piedmont and Mountain regions of NC the Pipeline Swall= owtail is a rare find here in Carteret.=C2=A0 In years past, I spent hundre= ds of not thousands of hours exploring the trails, fields and woodlands of = the county.=C2=A0 I have seen perhaps 4 or 5 in the 40 years of living here= .=C2=A0 Today marked another sighting in my yard doing a fly through while = checking out my flowers but not stopping.=C2=A0 I thought it worthy of a re= port here. In 1990 there was a population explosion in Craven county at Lynaire Kennel= s just south of James City.=C2=A0 It is a 20 acre mostly wooded property th= at I take care of and includes planting seasonal and perennial flowers.=C2= =A0 Around 20 Pv St were avidly feeding for about a week before disappearin= g and haven't been seen there since.=C2=A0 I figure they must have exhauste= d the local supply of larval food plants . I planted some Pipevine (A. macrophylla) in 20 gallon pots in the late 1990= s so any passing females would have opportunity to lay eggs.=C2=A0 Two male= s have visited since and today was a third specimen.=C2=A0 It reinforces th= e notion that if you plant it, they will come. Similarly, I planted P. trifoliata in the 90s in hopes of attracting Giant = Swallowtails which are found along the Outer Banks but rarely on the Carter= et mainland.=C2=A0 Two have visited my yard so far and one was a female lay= ing eggs.=C2=A0 Wasps, lizards or ants eliminated any offspring. An update on my tobacco tea experiment to control Oleander aphids....ends i= n failure.=C2=A0 Though initially showing a positive outcome, the aphids ev= entually adapted and the tea now has no effect.=C2=A0 The one super positiv= e result was testing it for powdery mildew.=C2=A0 The tea completely cured = my heavily infected zinnias and summer phlox and even after well over a mon= th the plants are still mildew free in spite of significant rainfall from h= urricane Debbie and nearly daily showers since then. Enough for now...Bob=C2=A0 Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer= ------=_Part_72127_901998766.1724701024000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Though common in the Piedmont and Mountain regions of NC the Pipeline Swallowtail is a rare find here in Carteret. In years past, I spent hundreds of not thousands of hours exploring the trails, fields and woodlands of the county. I have seen perhaps 4 or 5 in the 40 years of living here. Today marked another sighting in my yard doing a fly through while checking out my flowers but not stopping. I thought it worthy of a report here.<div><div><br></div><div>In 1990 there was a population explosion in Craven county at Lynaire Kennels just south of James City. It is a 20 acre mostly wooded property that I take care of and includes planting seasonal and perennial flowers. Around 20 Pv St were avidly feeding for about a week before disappearing and haven't been seen there since. I figure they must have exhausted the local supply of larval food plants .</div><div><br></div><div>I planted some Pipevine (A. macrophylla) in 20 gallon pots in the late 1990s so any passing females would have opportunity to lay eggs. Two males have visited since and today was a third specimen. It reinforces the notion that if you plant it, they will come.</div><div><br></div><div>Similarly, I planted P. trifoliata in the 90s in hopes of attracting Giant Swallowtails which are found along the Outer Banks but rarely on the Carteret mainland. Two have visited my yard so far and one was a female laying eggs. Wasps, lizards or ants eliminated any offspring.</div><div><br></div><div>An update on my tobacco tea experiment to control Oleander aphids....ends in failure. Though initially showing a positive outcome, the aphids eventually adapted and the tea now has no effect. The one super positive result was testing it for powdery mildew. The tea completely cured my heavily infected zinnias and summer phlox and even after well over a month the plants are still mildew free in spite of significant rainfall from hurrica ne Debbie and nearly daily showers since then.</div><div><br></div><div>Enough for now...</div><div>Bob <br><div><br><br><div id="ymail_android_signature"><a id="ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static___;!!OToaGQ!tzn03fhEMk8HcxWZxsxXhDu7CaAZS9Hl9rQbJjGvFTkQAOYf76dg-n7z1EMVrr6LIdXTY-x7Oj05MGryTIuGsNvP6A$">Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer</a></div></div></div></div> ------=_Part_72127_901998766.1724701024000-- |
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