Hi - Had 7 folks that made it to Weymouth Woods - SNP to look for hairstreaks on Sunday June 3. The weather was great - temps in the upper 70's - low 80's.

We spent nearly all our time looking at blooming New Jersey Tea, mainly near the northwest corner of the Pine Barrens Trail and near the intersection of the Pine Barrens and Gum Swamp Trail. New Jersey Tea is near peak and Sourwood is just starting to bloom. There are no other nectar sources at this site at this time of year. Due to afternoon commitments we looked from 9:30 am to noon. Most of the hairstreaks were very fresh to fresh with the exception of one Edwards that was missing most of his hindwing - maybe an encounter with a bird? We didn't come close to last years numbers - maybe a tad early this year?

We spent a little time at the Paint Hill section and found 2 Kings Hairstreas that were on near blooming sourwood. We did see a couple more hairstreaks high up in the sourwoods but we needed a scope to id them! Here are the totals. Staff will survey other areas of the park during the next few weeks and will post what we find.

Thanks to all who helped.

Kings Hairstreak 6, 2 of these were on sourwood at the Paint Hill Section.
Coral Hairstreak 5
Banded Hairstreak12
Edwards Hairstreak10
Gray Hairstreak 2
Crossline Skipper 3
Hoary Edge 1
Palamedes Swallowtail 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
Spicebush Swallowtail 2
American Lady 9
Southern Broken Dash 4
Southern Cloudywing 2
Northern Cloudywing 1
Dun Skipper 1

Scott Hartley
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve
Southern Pines, NC Moore Co.

Last years report here!