Folks,
On Tuesday, June 2, nine of us (*) enjoyed the perfect
butterfly weather (a little hot for humans, but tolerable) to pursue butterflies
in Davidson County.
We spent the morning at Boone's Cave Park, which is on
the Yadkin River in the western side of the count circle and had lunch at the
pavilion there. Sheila Zuccaro, who manages Boone's Cave Park, led us on several
trails with hilltops, riverside, wetlands, and open grassy/gravel areas. The
highlight was encountering many Banded Hairstreaks dogfighting in groups of 2 to
7 - our count of 25 is conservative, we could have easily found more, but once
we saturated our desire for Banded Hairsteaks, we moved on to look for other
butterflies.
We traveled over the to the eastern side of the count circle
and spent the afternoon at Finch Park in south Lexington. This park has a good
powerline cut, a number of athletic fields, picnic areas, a pond, a river,
grassy areas with clover, and a lot of wood edge.
Next year we will reverse
the day, doing the more open Finch Park in the morning, and the more wooded
Boone's Cave Park in the afternoon - about the same time of year.
First
number is Boone’s Cave Park, second is Finch Park;
Zebra Swallowtail 0,2
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1,0
Spicebush Swallowtail 0,0 but Charlie found an
egg on Spicebush
Cabbage White 2,0
Clouded Sulphur 3,0
Orange Sulphur
0,1
Banded Hairstreak 25,1 very high number
Easter Tailed-Blue 18,12
Spring/Summer Azure 3,1
Great Spangled Fritillary 4,2
Questionmark 2,2
Eastern Comma 5,0
Mourning Cloak 7,0
American Lady 1,6
Red Admiral 0,2
Red-Spotted Purple 3,0
Hackberry Emperor 9,0
Northern Pearly-eye 1,0
Creole Pearly-eye 3,0 new to county
Carolina Satyr 0,2
Little Wood Satyr
4,1
Silver-Spotted Skipper 4,1
Hoary Edge 2,4
Southern Cloudywing 1,0
new to county
Northern Cloudywing 0,1
Hayhurst’s Scallopwing 0,1 new to
county
Common Sootywing 0,2
Clouded Skipper 0,1
Least Skipper 0,1
Fiery Skipper 1,0
Crossline Skipper 5,3
Sachem 1,2
Zabulon Skipper 3,0
32 species of adult butterflies, and one egg
157 total butterflies, and one
egg
Luna Moth 2,0
* - Nancy Baldwin, Beth Brinson, Charlie
Cameron, Kathy King, David McCloy, Jim Nottke, Gene Schepker, Lois Schneider,
Sheila Zuccaro
Jim Nottke
Pfafftown, NC
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