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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2024 17:01:17 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: New Hanover and Pender Counties, NC Butterflies - Aug. 26, 2024 |
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--Apple-Mail-CE321560-FDE9-43DE-8E28-0A09D358F776 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It=E2=80=99s always good to get local observer=E2=80=99s thoughts on butterf= ly trends based on recent weather issues, such as the negative effect of flo= oding at Moores Creek. I can only speculate here from Raleigh about that, b= ut I know that flooding events hit satyrs and some other smaller herb-using s= pecies hard in my local area. I THINK the heat/drought combo in June and Ju= ly here was also a major downer. Again, herbaceous plants took a beating wit= h this crispy combo.=20 Harry LeGrand Raleigh Sent from my iPhone > =EF=BB=BF > New Hanover County Landfill Revegetation Project - partly cloudy, 91 degre= es, light wind. > Black Swallowtail 4 > Spicebush Swallowtail 1 > Palamedes Swallowtail 1 > Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1 > Sleepy Orange 6 > Orange Sulphur 2 > Cloudless Sulphur 17 > Gray Hairstreak 1 > Gulf Fritillary 57 > Variegated Fritillary 46 > Viceroy 1 > Common Buckeye 22 > Pearl Crescent 2 > Silver-spotted Skipper 1 > Common/White Checkered-Skipper 16 > Horace's Duskywing 1 =20 > Fiery Skipper 3 > Whirlabout 1 > Southern Skipperling 2 >=20 > Moores Creek National Battlefield (Pender Co.) - partly cloudy, 87 degrees= , light wind. Dramatic decrease in diversity (esp. in the wet savanna/marsh= and riparian forest) and increase in mosquitoes related to flooding from TS= Debby. > Pipevine Swallowtail 2 > Palamedes Swallowtail 1 > Sleepy Orange 1 > Cloudless Sulphur 7 > Gulf Fritillary 3 > Common Buckeye 8 > Pearl Crescent 6=20 > Satyr 1 > Fiery Skipper 1 >=20 > John Taggart =20 > Wilmington --Apple-Mail-CE321560-FDE9-43DE-8E28-0A09D358F776 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">It=E2=80=99s always good to get local obser= ver=E2=80=99s thoughts on butterfly trends based on recent weather issues, s= uch as the negative effect of flooding at Moores Creek. I can only spe= culate here from Raleigh about that, but I know that flooding events hit sat= yrs and some other smaller herb-using species hard in my local area. I= THINK the heat/drought combo in June and July here was also a major downer.= Again, herbaceous plants took a beating with this crispy combo. <br><b= r>Harry LeGrand<div>Raleigh</div><div><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPho= ne</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1= "> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <u>New Hanover County Landfill Revegetation Project </u>- partly cloudy, 91 d= egrees, light wind.</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-f= amily: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, s= ans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Black Swallowtail 4</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-f= amily: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, s= ans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Spicebush Swallowtail 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-f= amily: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, s= ans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Palamedes Swallowtail 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-f= amily: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, s= ans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-f= amily: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, s= ans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Sleepy Orange 6</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Orange Sulphur 2</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cloudless Sulphur 17</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Gray Hairstreak 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Gulf Fritillary 57</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Variegated Fritillary 46</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Viceroy 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Common Buckeye 22</div> <div style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: A= ptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-seri= f; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Pearl Crescent 2</div> <div style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: A= ptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-seri= f; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Silver-spotted Skipper 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Common/White Checkered-Skipper 16</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Horace's Duskywing 1 </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Fiery Skipper 3</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Whirlabout 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Southern Skipperling 2</div> <div style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: A= ptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-seri= f; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <u>Moores Creek National Battlefield (Pender Co.)</u> - partly cloudy, 8= 7 degrees, light wind. Dramatic decrease in diversity (esp. in the wet= savanna/marsh and riparian forest) and increase in mosquitoes related to fl= ooding from TS Debby.</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Pipevine Swallowtail 2</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Palamedes Swallowtail 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Sleepy Orange 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cloudless Sulphur 7</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Gulf Fritillary 3</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Common Buckeye 8</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Pearl Crescent 6 </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Satyr 1</div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Fiery Skipper 1</div> <div style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px; font-family: A= ptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-seri= f; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> John Taggart </div> <div class=3D"elementToProof" style=3D"text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; m= argin: 0px; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Cal= ibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Wilmington</div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-CE321560-FDE9-43DE-8E28-0A09D358F776-- |
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