Raven Rock State Park, March 27, 2004
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We had a very successful first of the year field trip for the Carolina Butterfly Society at Raven
Rock State Park on Saturday, March 27. A high temperature of 82 degrees was agreeable with the butterflies. A total of 26 species were seen, a
excellent number for the month of March in North Carolina. Here is the list: Zebra Swallowtail - 2 Black Swallowtail - 1 E. Tiger Swallowtail - 10 Spicebush Swallowtail - 1 Cabbage White - 1 Falcate Orangetip - 25 Orange Sulphur - 1 Orange/Clouded Sulphur - 3 Sleepy Orange - 5 Great Purple Hairstreak - 2 Juniper Hairstreak - 4 Brown Elfin - 3 Henry's Elfin - 1 E. Pine Elfin - 4 White-M Hairstreak - 7 Red-banded Hairstreak - 3 Gray Hairstreak - 2 E. Tailed-Blue - 3 "Spring" Azure - 10 American Snout - 4 Polygonia sp. - 1 Mourning Cloak - 2 American Lady - 20 Painted Lady - 2 Common Buckeye - 1 Silver-spotted Skipper - 2 Juvenal's Duskywing - 15 Two species not seen on Saturday but seen by me earlier in the week were Red Admiral and Sleepy Duskywing. Only four other people besides me attended this trip. If you were thinking about coming and decided to do something else instead, you missed a great day. I am thinking about leading a hike on the north side of the park in late September/early October to look for Leonard's Skipper. If you would be interested in attending a hike such as this, please let me know. If there is enough interest, I will schedule it. -- Paul C. Hart Park Superintendent Raven Rock State Park 3009 Raven Rock Road Lillington, NC 27546 910-893-4888 Paul.Hart@ncmail.net |
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