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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:59:47 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: Re: Pender County, NC Butterflies - Sept. 25, 2024 |
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--0000000000007c4a3f0622fc1839 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable And, as always with savannas and Sandhills sites -- you *also* have to add timing and amount of controlled burns to this mix. Not enough burning yields rather few flowers; too recent burns (within a few months) and things might not have recovered. And, lastly I know that in Fall 2020 I witnessed a tragic burning of BOTH sides of Lodge Road owing to COVID -- which limited the staff available to conduct normal burning schedules and instead simply just "burned everything" later in the season. I call these burns as COVID Burns, and they do not allow for the needed refugia for insects. (We assume most life stages of butterflies, other than adults, perish in burns -- the reason to have UN-burned habitat on the opposite sides of the roads, for example, for these eggs, larvae, and pupae to survive.) Harry LeGrand PS -- I suspect the rather heavy rainfall in late summer into September has been an issue there. Note that on mainland Dare County and coastal areas farther north to the VA border, skipper diversity and numbers are doing well this past month. On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 5:22=E2=80=AFPM "Taggart, John" <carolinaleps@duke.= edu> wrote: > > *Holly Shelter Game Land, Tram Road south to U.S. 17* - 2.5 hrs. - > Mostly sunny, 84 degrees, calm. Disappointing lack of species diversity > likely related to recent weather extremes. Compared to last year, there > was minimal flowering of *Carphephorus*, *Liatris* and *Trilisa*, while > available nectar sources were *Agalinis*, *Bigelowia*, *Coreopsis*, > *Eupatorium*, *Helianthus*, and *Seymeria*. The only bright spot was a > good presence of metalmarks, but skippers were essentially absent. > > Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3 > Palamedes Swallowtail 24 > Little Yellow 1 > Sleepy Orange 9 > Cloudless Sulphur 76 > Red-banded Hairstreak 31 > Gray Hairstreak 2 > LITTLE METALMARK 8 > Monarch 2 > Gulf Fritillary 44 > Variegated Fritillary 3 > Common Buckeye 83 > Pearl Crescent 29 > Common Wood-Nymph 7 > Long-tailed Skipper 1 > Ocola Skipper 3 > > John Taggart > Wilmington > > --0000000000007c4a3f0622fc1839 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>And, as always with savannas and Sandhills sites -- y= ou <u>also</u> have to add timing and amount of controlled burns to this mi= x.=C2=A0 Not enough burning yields rather few flowers; too recent burns (wi= thin a few months) and things might not have recovered.=C2=A0 And, lastly I= know that in Fall 2020 I witnessed a tragic burning of BOTH sides of Lodge= Road owing to COVID -- which limited the staff available to conduct normal= burning schedules and instead simply just "burned everything" la= ter in the season.=C2=A0 I call these burns as COVID Burns, and they do not= allow for the needed refugia for insects. (We assume most life stages of b= utterflies, other than adults, perish in burns -- the reason to have UN-bur= ned habitat on the opposite sides of the roads, for example, for these eggs= , larvae, and pupae to survive.)</div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</di= v><div><br></div><div>PS -- I suspect the rather heavy rainfall in late sum= mer into September has been an issue there.=C2=A0 Note that on mainland Dar= e County and coastal areas farther north to the VA border, skipper diversit= y and numbers are doing well this past month.<br></div></div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 25, 2024= at 5:22=E2=80=AFPM "Taggart, John" <<a href=3D"mailto:carolin= <aleps...>"><carolinaleps...></a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote c= lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px soli= d rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"msg3133090756815810689"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <u><br> </u></div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <u>Holly Shelter Game Land, Tram Road south to U.S. 17</u>=C2=A0 - 2.5 hrs.= - Mostly sunny, 84 degrees, calm.=C2=A0 Disappointing lack of species dive= rsity likely related to recent weather extremes.=C2=A0 Compared to last yea= r, there was minimal flowering of <i>Carphephorus</i>, <i>Liatris</i>=C2=A0and <i>Trilisa</i>, while availabl= e nectar sources were <i>Agalinis</i>, <i>Bigelowia</i>, <i>Coreopsis</i>, <i>Eupatorium</i>,=C2= =A0 <i>Helianthus</i>, and <i>Seymeria</i>.=C2=A0 The only bright spot was a good presence of metalmar= ks, but skippers were essentially absent.</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3=C2=A0=C2=A0</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Palamedes Swallowtail 24</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Little Yellow 1</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Sleepy Orange 9</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Cloudless Sulphur 76</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Red-banded Hairstreak 31</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Gray Hairstreak 2</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 LITTLE METALMARK 8</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Monarch 2</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Gulf Fritillary 44</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Variegated Fritillary 3</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Common Buckeye 83=C2=A0=C2=A0</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Pearl Crescent 29</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Common Wood-Nymph 7</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Long-tailed Skipper 1</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> =C2=A0 Ocola Skipper 3</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> John Taggart</div> <div style=3D"text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,= Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-si= ze:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> Wilmington</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Cali= bri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br> </div> </div> </div></blockquote></div> --0000000000007c4a3f0622fc1839-- |
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