Folks,
The Southern Lake Norman Count was held on August 27 under sunny,
hot,
and muggy conditions. These, combined with an increase in coverage,
resulted in 51 species being seen; easily a record for this eighth SLN
Count. Nine counters in five parties found:
PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAIL 2
BLACK SWALLOWTAIL 3
E. TIGER SWALLOWTAIL 41
SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL 1
CABBAGE WHITE 4
CLOUDED SULPHUR 2
ORANGE SULPHUR 2
CLOUDLESS SULPHUR 17
LITTLE YELLOW 3
SLEEPY ORANGE 23
RED-BANDED HAIRSTREAK 1
SUMMER AZURE 5
E. TAILED BLUE 59
AMERICAN SNOUT 3
GULF FRITILLARY 13
VARIEGATED
FRITILLARY 20
GREAT SPANGLED FRITILLARY 6
PEARL CRESCENT 22
QUESTION
MARK 4
AMERICAN LADY 2
COMMON BUCKEYE 46
RED-SPOTTED PURPLE 8
VICEROY 6
HACKBERRY EMPEROR 16
TAWNY EMPEROR 6
N. PEARLY-EYE 3
CREOLE PEARLY-EYE
GEMMED SATYR 3
CAROLINA SATYR 222
COMMON WOOD-NYMPH 5
MONARCH 13 A, 13 IMM.
SILVER-SPOTTED SKIPPER 13
HOARY EDGE 4
HORACE'S
DUSKYWING 1
COMMON CHECKERED SKIPPER 3
COMMON SOOTYWING 1
SWARTHY
SKIPPER 1
CLOUDED SKIPPER 15
LEAST SKIPPER 23
FIERY SKIPPER 29
TAWNY-EDGED SKIPPER 2
CROSSLINE SKIPPER 2
SOUTHERN BROKEN DASH 1
NORTHERN BROKEN DASH 1
LITTLE GLASSYWING 16
SACHEM 101
DELAWARE SKIPPER
17
ZABULON SKIPPER 22
DUN SKIPPER 8
LACE-WINGED ROADSIDE SKIPPER 1
OCOLA SKIPPER 1
Taylor Piephoff
Charlotte, NC
PiephoffT@aol.com
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