We changed the count center slightly from 2004 to include the Black Mt. Campgrounds. There were not many butterflies
there or at Carolina Hemlocks but we did take in some fields and a garden center on Rtr 80. We got the same number of species as in 04 (25)
and more individual butterflies. There were 5 knowledgeable persons
counting and we counted longer in the day this year. I think this explains the greater # of butterflies found. 140 on 2004
and 274 in 05.
Butterfly
Burnsville South Toe North Toe
Total
Pipevine Swallowtail
3
4
7
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
13
3
16
Spicebush Swallowtail
3
3
Cabbage White
4
11
1
16
Clouded
Sulphur
5
5
Orange Sulphur
3
1
4
Banded Hairstreak
1
1
Eastern Tailed-Blue
7
49
4
60
Spring Azure
8
47
25
80
American Snout
3
3
Varigated Fritillary
1
1
Great Spangled Fritillary
6
6
Pearl Crescent
3
20
23
Question Mark
3
3
American Lady
1
1
Painted Lady
1
1
2
Common Buckeye
1
1
Red-spotted Purple
2
2
Common Wood-Nymph
1
1
Monarch
2
2
4
Silver Spotted Skipper
1
10
15
26
Horace's Duskywing
2
1
3
Clouded Skipper
1
1
Sachem
3
3
Zabulon Skipper
2
2
Totals
24
152
98 274
Participants:
Ruth Young
Gail Lankford
Jim Nottke
Nancy Baldwin
Bob Baldwin
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