Garden Walk Report Greensboro Arboretum
Sunday, July 13, 2008, 1:30 pm
The July butterfly outing of the Triad Chapter, Carolina Butterfly Society,
was a garden walk at the Greensboro (NC) Arboretum on Sunday, July 13,
beginning at 1:30. Seven people participated: John Barlow, Margaret Barlow,
Dennis Burnette, Gregg Morris, Gene Schepker, Lois Schneider, and George
Wheaton.
There were plenty of flowerbeds with what appeared to be good nectar
sources, but butterflies were unusually scarce as they seem to have been all
summer in Greensboro. This may be a result of the long drought in the area
that was particularly severe at the end of the butterflying season last
summer and fall. Unfortunately, the limited ³natural² area along the creek
that has milkweed and other native nectar and host plants had been mowed
recently. The best species of the day was a Gulf Fritillary, which was a
life butterfly for several of the participants.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 3
Cabbage White - 2
Cloudless Sulphur - 1
Sleepy Orange - 1
Colias sp. - 1
Gray Hairstreak - 2
Eastern-tailed Blue - 1
Gulf Fritillary - 1
Pearl Crescent - 5
American Lady - 1
Silver-spotted Skipper - 2
Horace's Duskywing - 1
Common Sootywing - 1
Fiery Skipper - 3
Little Glassywing - 1
Sachem - 5
Zabulon Skipper 1
Total species 17; total butterflies 32
One participant reported a possible Hoary Edge Skipper, as well, but was
uncertain of the identification.
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