Hi - The Pettigrew Count was held on Wed. June 21st. under hot & humid
conditions. An intense but brief thunderstorm ended the count at about 4pm.
Buttonbush, verbena, clover and verbena were the main nectar sources.
We had 10 folks in two parties. We had 39 species. 7 Palkata
skippers were very good. The numbers were a bit down for zebra swallowtail
and red admiral. Many of the red admirals, variegated frits and common
sootywings were immaculately fresh. No bears or live rattlesnakes
this year, one beautiful roadkill canebreak rattlesnake just west of
Tysons. I did see several wild turkeys on the south side of Lake Phelps.
Thanks to all who helped. This was the 10th year for this count.
Scott Hartley
Weymouth Woods - SNP
Southern Pines, NC
350 Zebra Swallowtail
22 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
7 Spicebush Swallowtail
25 Palamedes Swallowtail
160 Cabbage White
55 Orange Sulphur
30 Cloudless Sulphur
300 Sleepy Orange
1 Great-purple Hairstreak
20 Gray Hairstreak
4 Red-banded Hairstreak
35 Eastern -tailed Blue
1 Summer Azure
700 Varigated Frittilary
75 Pearl Crescent
4 Question Mark
380 American Lady
2 Painted Lady
75 Red Admiral
720 Common Buckeye
2 Red-spotted Purple
12 Viceroy
11 Carolina Satyr
1 Little Wood Satyr
6 Monarch
24 Silver-spotted skipper
26 Common checkered skipper
250 Common Sootywing
14 Least skipper
4 Southern skipperling
160 Fiery skipper
1 Sachem
10 Yehl Skipper
4 Broad-winged skipper
7 Palatka skipper
41 Dion Skipper - is this right guys? - I couldn't read my own number. I know my group had about 6.
13 Dunn skipper
1 Carolina roadside-skipper
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