Caswell Count, June 15, 2003

The Caswell Count proceeded on Sunday as planned with mostly cloudy skies and temps from 75 to 85. We had 5 participants: Tom and Janet Krakauer, Randy Emmitt, Eric Dean and myself. Although individual numbers were slim, the number of species found was reasonable for a gray day in mid-June, and some interesting odes were counted as well. There were 40 butterfly species found and 18 dragonflies. Thanks to all who helped out and the weather for holding off the torrential downpour until about 4 PM. List of species follows.

Pipevine Swallowtail 1
Zebra Swallowtail 3
Black Swallowtail 2
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 28
Spicebush Swallowtail 10
Cabbage White 2
Clouded Sulfur 4
Cloudless Sulfur 1
Harvester 1
Coral Hairstreak 6
Banded Hairstreak 6
Gray Hairstreak 2
Eastern Tailed Blue 60
Summer Azure 10
Great Spangled Fritillary 28
Pearl Crescent 1
Question Mark 16
Comma 10
Mourning Cloak 1
Red Admiral 2
American Lady 17
Common Buckeye 2
Red-spotted Purple 2
Hackberry Emperor 15
Tawny Emperor 5
Northern Pearly Eye 2
Gemmed Satyr 1
Carolina Satyr 5
Little Wood Satyr 8
Silver-spotted Skipper 14
Hoary Edge 9
Southern Cloudywing 3
Northern Cloudywing 6
Horace's Duskywing 1
Mottled Duskywing 1
Common Sootywing 2
Crossline Skipper 9
Northern Broken Dash 1
Zabulon Skipper 1
Dun Skipper 1

 



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