North Buncombe NABA Count – Aug 5, 2016

Almost postponed the date as the weather prediction was mostly cloudy and 60% rain. Well, it did rain on 2 groups, but not on 2. And we had mostly sun all day.
The “copper meadows” did not produce a single copper this year. And meadows at end of Cedar Hill trail had been recently bulldozed. Monarch was another sad miss. As were Crossline and Hayhurst’s Scallopwing. So we were very lucky to end up with 52 species; individual numbers low – 1231. This was our 7th count. Our species numbers have ranged from 51 to 55. Individuals from 937 to 2726.

Participants were Doug Johnston, Simon Thompson, Jamie Harrelson, Nancy Cowal, Sue Perry, Joe Tomcho, Dan and Joanne Lazar, and myself.

Gail Lankford

Pipevine ST – 17
Black ST – 7
E. Tiger ST – 128
Spicebush ST – 25
Cabbage White – 49
Clouded Sulphur – 24
Orange Sulphur – 35
Cloudless Sulphur – 21
Gray HS – 6
Red-banded HS – 1
ETB – 153
Summer Azure – 10
Harvester – 1 (first on count)
Variegated Frit – 29
GS Frit – 14
Meadow Frit – 21
Silvery Checkerspot – 2
Pearl Crescent – 120
Question Mark – 2
Eastern Comma – 3
American Lady – 5
Red Admiral – 3
C. Buckeye – 76
Red spotted Purple – 14
Viceroy – 4
Hackberry Emperor – 1
No. Pearly-eye – 30
Gemmed Satyr – 20
Carolina Satyr – 71
Common Wood-nymph – 9
SSS – 1-9
Hoary-edge – 1
Southern Cloudywing – 4
No. Cloudywing – 1
Horace’s Duskywing – 2
Mottled DW – 2
Zarucco DW – 4
Wild Indigo DW – 24
C. Checkered Skipper – 15
C. Sootywing – 1
Swarthy Skipper – 8
Clouded Skipper – 5
Least Skipper — 1
Fiery Skipper – 25
Peck’s Skipper – 25
Tawny-edged Skipper – 2
Little Glassywing – 1
Sachem – 33
Zabulon Skipper – 48
Dun Skipper – 12
Lace-winged RS Skipper – 6
Ocola Skipper – 1