Folks:
Here is what I have come up with, summarizing all species reported on
Tom Krakauer's, Randy Emmitt's, and my lists for the May 12-13 period,
all from Macon and Clay counties, NC.
Pipevine Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
West Virginia White
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Cloudless Sulphur
American Copper
White-M Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Spring Azure
Summer Azure
Appalachian Azure
Dusky Azure
Silvery Blue
American Snout
Variegated Fritillary
Silvery Checkerspot
Pearl Crescent
Mimic Crescent
Tawny Crescent
Question Mark
[Mourning Cloak – caterpillars]
American Lady
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
[Red-spotted Purple – caterpillars]
Viceroy
Carolina Satyr
Little Wood-Satyr
Monarch
Silver-spotted Skipper
Southern Cloudywing
Dreamy Duskywing
Sleepy Duskywing
Juvenal’s Duskywing
Zarucco Duskywing
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Common Sootywing
Least Skipper
Clouded Skipper
Peck’s Skipper
Sachem
Hobomok Skipper
Zabulon Skipper
Dusted Skipper
Pepper and Salt Skipper
47 species (adults); plus 2 additional caterpillars
That's very good, but I was hoping for 50! Shame to miss Cabbage White,
Eastern Comma, adults of Mourning Cloak and Red-spotted Purple, Northern
Cloudywing, maybe Gray Hairstreak, etc. And, you'll note the absence of
true red-letter species: Gorgone Checkerspot, Early Hairstreak, Golden
Banded-Skipper, Green or Gray commas, etc. -- all of which have been
seen in the foray area in early or mid-May. Nonetheless, there were some
nice species seen and photographed. So -- the foray was a success, even
if we didn't get in Sunday butterflying, nor get to survey as many roads
and natural areas as we would have liked. But, this was a first try at
this sort of butterfly gathering.
South Carolina -- you're on for a 2007 foray!
--
Harry LeGrand
NC Natural Heritage Program
DENR Office of Conservation and Community Affairs
1601 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
(919) 715-8697 (work)
FAX: 919-715-3085
e-mail: harry.legrand@ncmail.net
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