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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:48:12 -0400 From: Heather Rayburn (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: 8/25/24 Asheville yard + 2 surprise species |
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--Apple-Mail=_76CC27A9-59B8-42CD-84D1-B71FA6C408EC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, I had a really good day in the yard on 8/25/24 and broke the previo= us week=E2=80=99s record on the number of species noted (16 compared to 8/1= 9/24=E2=80=99s 15). FYI, I don=E2=80=99t put numbers next to my species bec= ause I don=E2=80=99t want to double-count. My yard isn=E2=80=99t usually sw= irling with butterflies. I=E2=80=99m usually more in and out of the garden,= checking periodically during the day. This year, I=E2=80=99ve converted a = lot more lawn to butterfly plantings, and it=E2=80=99s paying off with skip= per action. I have tons of skippers buzzing around =E2=80=94 mostly Sachems= . On the 25th, I saw my first Dun Skipper <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http= s://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/53949938958/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaG= Q!uRFDX-C78tOjR3Uwq3gL_APw6L__nk1CCFYDP7a80OiNJiKAaY6C4eUBI7TyLEFxUjrwrFD8o= JJ2YTlrGOVt$ > recorded in the yard. I also had a surprise Least Skipper <h= ttps://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/5394= 9994368/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!uRFDX-C78tOjR3Uwq3gL_APw6L__nk1CCFYDP7a80O= iNJiKAaY6C4eUBI7TyLEFxUjrwrFD8oJJ2YVxtdKgA$ >. (Another neat thing I=E2=80= =99ve seen recently in yard: a Red-banded Hairstreak the side of an Eastern= Tailed-blue.) I have only seen a Least Skipper once before in my yard and know it to be a= wetland butterfly. We=E2=80=99re not around water and don=E2=80=99t have a= ny wet areas in the yard, so this was a fun surprise. This one stayed a lon= g time nectaring on mist plant. I looked up the Dun and the book says that = it likes swamps and damp areas and its host plants are sedges. Well, last y= ear, I planted a lot of sedges in the yard. Yay! Pipevine Swallowtail Black Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Cabbage White Red-banded Hairstreak Summer Azure Monarch (male) Gulf Fritillary Great Spangled Fritillary Pearl Crescent=20 Silver-spotted Skipper Dun Skipper (first for the yard!) Sachem Zabulon Skipper Clouded Skipper Least Skipper Cheers, H. Heather Rayburn Asheville, NC On Flickr=C2=A0 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/= 190206870@N03/__;!!OToaGQ!uRFDX-C78tOjR3Uwq3gL_APw6L__nk1CCFYDP7a80OiNJiKAa= Y6C4eUBI7TyLEFxUjrwrFD8oJJ2YYRMNCAb$ > --Apple-Mail=_76CC27A9-59B8-42CD-84D1-B71FA6C408EC 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= =3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mod= e: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"overfl= ow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-spac= e;"><div>Hi All, I had a really good day in the yard on 8/25/24 and broke t= he previous week=E2=80=99s record on the number of species noted (16 compar= ed to 8/19/24=E2=80=99s 15). FYI, I don=E2=80=99t put numbers next to my sp= ecies because I don=E2=80=99t want to double-count. My yard isn=E2=80=99t u= sually swirling with butterflies. I=E2=80=99m usually more in and out of th= e garden, checking periodically during the day. This year, I=E2=80=99ve con= verted a lot more lawn to butterfly plantings, and it=E2=80=99s paying off = with skipper action. I have tons of skippers buzzing around =E2=80=94 mostl= y Sachems. On the 25th, I saw my first <a href=3D"https://urldefense.c= om/v3/__https://www.flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/53949938958/in/datetake= n/__;!!OToaGQ!uRFDX-C78tOjR3Uwq3gL_APw6L__nk1CCFYDP7a80OiNJiKAaY6C4eUBI7TyL= EFxUjrwrFD8oJJ2YTlrGOVt$">Dun Skipper</a> recorded in the yard. I also= had a surprise <a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fli= ckr.com/photos/190206870@N03/53949994368/in/datetaken/__;!!OToaGQ!uRFDX-C78= tOjR3Uwq3gL_APw6L__nk1CCFYDP7a80OiNJiKAaY6C4eUBI7TyLEFxUjrwrFD8oJJ2YVxtdKgA= $">Least Skipper</a>. (Another neat thing I=E2=80=99ve seen recently in yar= d: a Red-banded Hairstreak the side of an Eastern Tailed-blue.)</div><div><= br></div><div>I have only seen a Least Skipper once before in my yard and k= now it to be a wetland butterfly. We=E2=80=99re not around water and don=E2= =80=99t have any wet areas in the yard, so this was a fun surprise. This on= e stayed a long time nectaring on mist plant. I looked up the Dun and the b= ook says that it likes swamps and damp areas and its host plants are sedges= . Well, last year, I planted a lot of sedges in the yard. Yay!</div><div><b= r></div><div>Pipevine Swallowtail</div>Black Swallowtail<div>Eastern Tiger = Swallowtail<br>Cabbage White<br>Red-banded Hairstreak</div><div>Summer Azur= e</div><div>Monarch (male)</div><div>Gulf Fritillary</div><div>Great Spangl= ed Fritillary</div><div>Pearl Crescent </div><div>Silver-spotted Skipp= er<br><b>Dun Skipper (first for the yard!)</b><br><div>Sachem</div><div>Zab= ulon Skipper<br><div>Clouded Skipper<br><b>Least Skipper</b><br><br>Cheers,= </div><div>H.<br><div><br><div> <meta charset=3D"UTF-8"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0= ); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-ind= ent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -we= bkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-wo= rd; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir=3D"a= uto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacin= g: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white= -space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-dec= oration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-br= eak: after-white-space;"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"text-align: start; text= -indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-bre= ak: after-white-space;"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"text-align: start; text-= indent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-brea= k: after-white-space;"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"text-align: start; text-i= ndent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break= : after-white-space;"><div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"text-align: start; text-in= dent: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break:= after-white-space;"><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0,= 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">= Heather Rayburn</div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0,= 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">= Asheville, NC</div><div><a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.= flickr.com/photos/190206870@N03/__;!!OToaGQ!uRFDX-C78tOjR3Uwq3gL_APw6L__nk1= CCFYDP7a80OiNJiKAaY6C4eUBI7TyLEFxUjrwrFD8oJJ2YYRMNCAb$">On Flickr </a>= </div><div style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-= spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0= px; text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br></div><div = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: no= rmal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-de= coration: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br></div></div></div></di= v></div></div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class=3D"Ap= ple-interchange-newline"><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_76CC27A9-59B8-42CD-84D1-B71FA6C408EC-- |
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