Folks,
Yesterday, nine of us* had a good day butterflying in Forsyth County, though the temperature/humidity combination caused us to quit about 2:30 as temps rose from 72 to the mid-90s under mostly sunny skies. We spent time at my farm, Reynolda Gardens at Wake Forest University, and Historic Bethabara Park - Gene & Lois also reported what they saw after they got home (they live inside the circle). It was good to have Ken Bridle back in the field and I think newcomers Lee Beatty, Linda Davis, and Lettie Moore will be with us again.
We missed Hayhursts Scallopwing, which has been common for the last month (one was on my porch today, a day late).
Moving the count from early June to late August caused us to be overwhelmed with Sachems - made it hard to find other skippers and hairstreaks hidden among the mob.
Jim Nottke
2 Pipevine Swallowtail 1 chrysalis
4 Black Swallowtail 2 eggs on Fennel
18 Tiger Swallowtail
2 Spicebush Swallowtail 2 caterpillars on Sassafras
19 Cabbage White
1 Clouded Sulphur
15 Cloudless Sulphur
28 Sleepy Orange
1 Great Purple Hairstreak
3 Gray Hairstreak
8 Eastern Tailed Blue
5 Azure
1 American Snout
5 Variegated Fritillary 1 caterpillar on Maypop
3 Great Spangled Fritillary
9 Silvery Checkerspot
24 Pearl Crescent
7 American Lady
62 Common Buckeye
16 Red Spotted Purple 1 egg on crabapple
1 Viceroy
2 Hackberry Emperor
9 Carolina Satyr
11 Common Wood Nymph
41 Monarch 21 eggs, 19 caterpilars
6 Silver Spotted Skipper
1 Hoary Edge
1 Zarucco Duskywing
1 Common Checkered Skipper
1 Common Sootywing
18 Clouded Skipper
5 Least Skipper
24 Fiery Skipper
7 Little Glassywing
551 Sachem
3 Delaware Skipper
9 Zabulon Skipper
7 Dun Skipper
1 Lacewing Roadside Skipper
39 species
930 individual butterflies
24 eggs
22 caterpillars
1 chrysalis
* Lee Beatty, Ken Bridle, Charlie Cameron, Linda Davis, Lettie Moore, Jim Nottke, Elizabeth Riggs, Gene Schepker, Lois Schneider
Jim Nottke
Pfafftown, NC
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