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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 08:54:51 -0400
From: Jason Love (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...>
Subject: Some Macon County, NC yard leps and some leps from Oconee County, SC

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Folks,
On Wednesday August 28th I stopped by the Chauga River in Sumter National
Forest (Oconee County, SC) and noted a few butterflies in the riparian area
over the course of 10-15 minutes:

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Painted Lady - 1
Red-spotted Purple - 1
Silver-spotted Skipper - 2
Red-banded Hairstreak - 1
Lace-winged Roadside Skipper - 3 (iNaturalist photo
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/238522603__;!!OToaGQ!r6d5SDu5fTxAyZ6_GdJ3FY2pNCKLyZ1EefEke3kaHI9Xrp5kmGmS3qZqfEOgr0EQgQiTh-GeQAc0AAABV2yaog$ >)

Yesterday (September 2) I noted the following in my yard (Otto, Macon
County, NC):
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Red-spotted Purple - 1
Common Buckeye - 2
Pearl Crescent - 1
Diana Fritillary - female (worn) (iNaturalist photo
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239426287__;!!OToaGQ!r6d5SDu5fTxAyZ6_GdJ3FY2pNCKLyZ1EefEke3kaHI9Xrp5kmGmS3qZqfEOgr0EQgQiTh-GeQAc0AABeUKRSRw$ >)
Great Spangled Fritillary - 3
Gulf Fritillary - 3 (one ovipositing on *Passiflora incarnata*)
Eastern-tailed Blue - 3
Summer Azure - 1
Gray Hairstreak? - it is a weird one - would like other opinions (iNaturalist
photo <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239472764__;!!OToaGQ!r6d5SDu5fTxAyZ6_GdJ3FY2pNCKLyZ1EefEke3kaHI9Xrp5kmGmS3qZqfEOgr0EQgQiTh-GeQAc0AAD2EerFAA$ >)
Carolina Satyr - 2
Common Wood-nymph - 1
Orange Sulphur - 2
Cloudless Sulphur - 1
Red-banded Hairstreak - 1

Cheers,
Jason Love
Otto, NC

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br>Folks,<div>On Wednesday August 28th I stopped by the C=
hauga River in Sumter National Forest (Oconee County, SC) and noted a few b=
utterflies in the riparian area over the course of 10-15 minutes:</div><div=
><br></div><div>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1</div><div>Painted Lady - 1</d=
iv><div>Red-spotted Purple - 1</div><div>Silver-spotted Skipper - 2</div><d=
iv>Red-banded Hairstreak - 1</div><div>Lace-winged Roadside Skipper - 3 (<a=
href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observatio=
ns/238522603__;!!OToaGQ!r6d5SDu5fTxAyZ6_GdJ3FY2pNCKLyZ1EefEke3kaHI9Xrp5kmGm=
S3qZqfEOgr0EQgQiTh-GeQAc0AAABV2yaog$">iNaturalist photo</a>)</div><div><br>=
</div><div>Yesterday (September 2) I noted the following in my yard (Otto, =
Macon County, NC):</div><div>Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1</div><div>Red-sp=
otted Purple - 1</div><div>Common Buckeye - 2</div><div>Pearl Crescent - 1<=
/div><div>Diana Fritillary - female (worn) (<a href=3D"https://urldefense.c=
om/v3/__https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239426287__;!!OToaGQ!r6d5S=
Du5fTxAyZ6_GdJ3FY2pNCKLyZ1EefEke3kaHI9Xrp5kmGmS3qZqfEOgr0EQgQiTh-GeQAc0AABe=
UKRSRw$">iNaturalist photo</a>)</div><div>Great Spangled Fritillary - 3</di=
v><div>Gulf Fritillary - 3 (one ovipositing on=C2=A0<em style=3D"color:rgb(=
0,0,0)"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif" style=3D"">Passiflora incarnata</f=
ont></em><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&=
quot;,Times,serif;font-size:16px">)</span></div><div><span style=3D"color:r=
gb(0,0,0)"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Eastern-tailed Blue - 3</font><=
/span></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face=3D"arial, sans=
-serif">Summer Azure - 1</font></span></div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(0=
,0,0)"><font face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Gray Hairstreak? - it is a weird on=
e - would like other opinions (<a href=3D"https://urldefense.com/v3/__https=
://www.inaturalist.org/observations/239472764__;!!OToaGQ!r6d5SDu5fTxAyZ6_Gd=
J3FY2pNCKLyZ1EefEke3kaHI9Xrp5kmGmS3qZqfEOgr0EQgQiTh-GeQAc0AAD2EerFAA$">iNat=
uralist photo</a>)</font></span></div><div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"=
arial, sans-serif">Carolina Satyr - 2</font></div><div><font color=3D"#0000=
00" face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Common Wood-nymph - 1</font></div><div><font=
color=3D"#000000" face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Orange Sulphur - 2</font></di=
v><div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Cloudless Sulphur=
- 1</font></div><div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"arial, sans-serif">Re=
d-banded Hairstreak - 1</font></div><div><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"ar=
ial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Jason Love</div><d=
iv>Otto, NC</div></div>

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