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| List: MassLep Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 17:18:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Walt Webb <waltwebb24...> Subject: [MassLep] Queen in Medfield, 9/16 &17 |
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------=_Part_75136_1860344332.1726964291199 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_75137_1078573348.1726964291199" ------=_Part_75137_1078573348.1726964291199 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I am late with this because I first reported this to the club offices and had hoped to hear back. On the afternoon of Sept. 17 my Medfield friend and I were sitting in her backyard from about 3 to 4 PM when a mystery butterfly was visiting multiple different flowers, especially some blooming goldenrod. (My friend also saw the same butterfly in her garden the day before.) When I got home, I checked my Kaufman field guide and discovered that the insect was a Queen (Damous gilippus), possibly a male although I was unaware of looking for the male's two hindwing black spots. It is listed as "exceedingly rare" in MA, a migrant/vagrant from the extreme southern states. I noted a few other verified sightings from MA in 2002 and 2011. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/<e0331915-7c16-4bb3-b5ba-da50591ae8bdn...> ------=_Part_75137_1078573348.1726964291199 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <font size=3D"4">I am late with this because I first reported this to the c= lub offices and had hoped to hear back. On the afternoon of Sept. 17 my Med= field friend and I were sitting in her backyard from about 3 to 4 PM when a= mystery butterfly was visiting multiple different flowers, especially some= blooming goldenrod. (My friend also saw the same butterfly in her garden t= he day before.) When I got home, I checked my Kaufman field guide and disco= vered that the insect was a Queen (Damous gilippus), possibly a male althou= gh I was unaware of looking for the male's two hindwing black spots. It is = listed as "exceedingly rare" in MA, a migrant/vagrant from the extreme sout= hern states. I noted a few other verified sightings from MA in 2002 and 201= 1.</font> <p></p> -- <br /> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &= quot;MassLep" group.<br /> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to <a href=3D"mailto:masslep+<unsubscribe...>">masslep+uns= <ubscribe...></a>.<br /> To view this discussion on the web visit <a href=3D"https://groups.google.c= om/d/msgid/masslep/<e0331915-7c16-4bb3-b5ba-da50591ae8bdn...>= ?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter">https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= masslep/<e0331915-7c16-4bb3-b5ba-da50591ae8bdn...></a>.<br /> ------=_Part_75137_1078573348.1726964291199-- ------=_Part_75136_1860344332.1726964291199-- |
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