It is an unusual day when Viceroys and Wood Nymphs dominate the butterfly scenery.
On Saturday, August 7, in perfect weather, six of us* enjoyed two hours of strolling through the several hundred acre Ecological Preserve adjacent to Catawba College in Salisbury, NC. With its central location and ease of access, it seems this open-to-the-public area would make a good focus area for a Rowan County Count.
2 Spicebush Swallowtail
1 Cloudless Sulphur
1 Red-banded Hairstreak
2 Azure
3 Pearl Crescent
1 Eastern Comma
1 Common Buckeye
2 Red-spotted Purple
12 Viceroy
1 Hackberry Emperor
6 Appalachian Brown
19 Carolina Satyr
14 Common Wood Nymph
4 Silver-spotted Skipper
3 Horaces Duskywing
2 Least Skipper
3 Fiery Skipper
2 Crossline Skipper (mated pair)
3 Little Glassywing
11 Zabulon Skipper
1 Lace-winged Roadside Skipper
Total of 21 species, 94 adults
* Jennifer Broad, Charlie Cameron, Jim Nottke, Joe Poston [host & guide], Scott Poston, Elizabeth Riggs
(Two years ago Jennifer Broad did a March-October study of butterfly populations across the preserve.)
Report by Jim Nottke.
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