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30 Jan Santee Birding and Nature Festival [] 25 Jan Re: New names, new ranks/statuses for NC butterflies ["Abdulali, Salman" ] 25 Jan New names, new ranks/statuses for NC butterflies ["Legrand, Harry" ] 19 Jan FOY Forsyth County [nottke1 ] 19 Jan Fwd: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC [Dennis Forsythe ] 19 Jan Re: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC [Dennis Burnette ] 19 Jan Re: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC [Paul Cherubini ] 19 Jan Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC [Dennis Forsythe ] 19 Jan Fwd: tonight and monarchs [Dennis Forsythe ] 17 Jan Re: Winter Butterflies 2010 in NC [Bruce Smithson ] 17 Jan Re: Wintering Monarchs on Folly Beach, SC [Alex Netherton ] 17 Jan Re: Winter Butterflies 2010 in NC [Salman Abdulali ] 17 Jan Wintering Monarchs on Folly Beach, SC [Dennis Forsythe ] 17 Jan Re: Winter Butterflies 2010 in NC [jspippen ] 17 Jan Winter Butterflies 2010 in NC [Dennis Burnette ] 17 Jan Carteret County, NC, 17 Jan 2010 [ROBERT CAVANAUGH ] 17 Jan first lep [Greg Dodge ] 17 Jan first butterfly [Gary Phillips ] 17 Jan Carolina Butterfly Society Membership [Dennis Burnette ] 16 Jan Re: one photo, two id's [Alex Netherton ] 15 Jan Re: one photo, two id's [jspippen ] 15 Jan one photo, two id's [Salman Abdulali ] 13 Jan Common /Scientific name changes in Butterflies of America listing ["Legrand, Harry" ] 11 Jan Some interesting observations on the Comma butterfly (from the UK) ["Jules Fraytet" ] 10 Jan FW: Butterflies of America year end report ["Legrand, Harry" ] 6 Jan Virtual Winter CBS Meeting Invitation [nottke1 ] 4 Jan FW: FOY butterfly ["Ali Iyoob" ] 4 Jan Re: FOY butterfly [ROBERT CAVANAUGH ] 4 Jan Fw: monarchs on Hilton Head Island, SC ["Charles Cameron" ] 4 Jan FOY butterfly [Dennis Forsythe ] 29 Dec Good luck new year! [] 29 Dec Monarch at Ft. Fisher [] 20 Dec Wake Leps ["Ali Iyoob" ] 15 Dec December Moths [Lori Owenby ] 14 Dec cabbage white [Salman Abdulali ] 13 Dec new ["Harry King" ] 10 Dec Call for NC butterfly records ["Legrand, Harry" ] 7 Dec butterfly guide to mexico [Alan Kneidel ] 4 Dec Carteret County: early Dec 2009 [ROBERT CAVANAUGH ] 4 Dec Brazilian Skipper in Dare County, NC ["Legrand, Harry" ] 4 Dec late cabbage white [Salman Abdulali ] 1 Dec Monarch Meck. Co. 11/28 [Kevin Metcalf ] 30 Nov Sullivan's Island and Isle of Palms (belated) [Bruce Grimes ] 30 Nov Cloudless Sulphurs [] 30 Nov Fwd: 6th International Butterfly Conference call for contributed submissions ["Bill Hilton Jr. (RESEARCH)" ] 30 Nov CBS Membership Renewals [Dennis Burnette ] 29 Nov Dorchester Co. leps 11-29 [] 29 Nov Forsyth Bflys [nottke1 ] 29 Nov recent leps Conway, SC 11-29-2009 [Gary Phillips ] 28 Nov Fall leps - Macon County, NC [Jason Love ] 28 Nov Durham Co. Butterflies ["Richard Stickney" ] 26 Nov Thanksgiving in Pitt [Salman Abdulali ] 24 Nov CBS Members - Be Green! [Dennis Burnette ] 24 Nov Re: Juniper Hairstreak and prescribed fire in Macon County [Nathan Dias ] 24 Nov late butterflies [Nancy Baldwin ] 23 Nov Re: Juniper Hairstreak and prescribed fire in Macon County [Alex Netherton ] 23 Nov RE: Juniper Hairstreak and prescribed fire in Macon County [Gary Phillips ] 23 Nov Lingering Columbia, SC Butterflies [Dennis Burnette ] 23 Nov Juniper Hairstreak and prescribed fire in Macon County [Jason Love ] 21 Nov Great Southern White, James IS, SC [Dennis Forsythe ] 20 Nov FW: Of El Nino and Butterflies [Dennis Burnette ] 20 Nov James IS, SC leps 19 Nov. 2009 [Dennis Forsythe ] 18 Nov Rainy Day Butterflying [nottke1 ] 17 Nov Re: daytime moth [Alex Netherton ] 17 Nov daytime moth ["Loretta" ] 16 Nov RE: daytime moth ["Helms, J" ] 16 Nov daytime moth ["Loretta" ] 16 Nov Re: Lake Crabtree [Alex Netherton ] 16 Nov Yesterdays butterflies and odes [] 15 Nov Lake Crabtree ["Ali Iyoob" ] 15 Nov Guilford Co., NC, butterflies 11-15-09 [Dennis Burnette ] 15 Nov Pitt County, November 15 [Salman Abdulali ] 15 Nov Some Mecklenburg County butterflies [] 14 Nov Francis Marion SC leps 11-14 [] 14 Nov Snouts and More ["Lynn B. Smith" ] 14 Nov Monarch, Cloudless 11/14 [Kevin Metcalf ] Subject: Santee Birding and Nature Festival From: Susan_Heisey AT fws.gov Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:28:42 -0500 The 3rd annual Santee Birding and Nature Festival is scheduled for April 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 2010. There are over 30 field trips as part of the festival, including an owl prowl at Santee State Park, Birding 101 at Santee National Wildlife Refuge, and the ever popular birding trips to Beidler Forest, Wannamaker Preserve, and Manchester State Forest. The Keynote presentation and banquet dinner will be on Friday evening at the Holiday Inn - Santee and will feature Rudy Mancke. Please join us for this wonderful opportunity to enjoy some of South Carolina's treasures. The festival registration brochure can be found at www.fws.gov/santee/Santee-birding-festival-2010.pdf Susie Susan Heisey, Park Ranger Santee National Wildlife Refuge 2125 Fort Watson Road Summerton, SC 29148 office: 803-478-2217 cell: 803-410-2580 fax: 803-478-2314Subject: Re: New names, new ranks/statuses for NC butterflies From: "Abdulali, Salman" <ABDULALIS AT ecu.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:01:52 -0500 The only records of Helicta from Pitt and Beaufort counties are from the Voice of America sites. Unfortunately, there is no public access to VOA sites A (Beaufort) and B (Pitt). I do have access to VOA site C (Pitt), but have not yet seen any Helictas (or Georgias) over there. Does any one on this list have access to VOA sites A or B? Salman Abdulali Greenville, NC On Jan 25, 2010, at 2:15 PM, Legrand, Harry wrote: > Helicta Satyr and Georgia Satyr are BOTH going to be tracked as Significantly Rare by the NC NHP. I had wanted to track only Helicta, but Steve Hall (also at NC NHP) points out that it is probably impossible or near impossible to ID the two, and neither of us believes they are valid species, though BOA and a few other checklists do. So, the point is -- if someone saw a "Georgia Satyr" in Pitt County, or in Moore County, for example, could we really assume it was Helicta (the more inland species)? We'll probably map them as Helicta, but ... at least we don't have to decide "map the record or not"! I actually do not have a problem with keeping records on Georgia Satyr -- the savanna species near the southern coast -- because NatureServe give EACH species a rank of G3G4, which is on the rare-uncommon side (G5 being no concern and G1 being extreme concern). Thus, we are tracking each species, with Helicta going from S3? to a rarer S2?, and probably keeping Georgia at S3?, as it can be common at some savannas. Probably, Helicta deserves to be S1? and Georgia maybe S2?, but we'll only move them up to one rank in a given year. We'll hope for some records of both in 2010, and we REALLY need records of the group away from the coastal savannas.Subject: New names, new ranks/statuses for NC butterflies From: "Legrand, Harry" <harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:15:36 -0500 Folks: Tom Howard and I are working on the 17th Approximation now, and are about done with species accounts for the true butterflies; skippers aren't done yet. But, we are making a few changes, some of which I have already mentioned. Mimic Crescent is no longer a full species, but a subspecies of Northern Crescent. So, if you still wish to say "Mimic Crescent", fine, but remember this is now like saying "Myrtle Warbler" as opposed to "Yellow-rumped Warbler". We are not changing any statuses in NC; it is still a Watch List species/taxon, though its (Northern Crescent) global rank is now G5 (meaning common to abundant and not of conservation concern by NatureServe). To me, I think this was a good decision by Butterflies of America, as the Mimic does indeed look somewhat like Northern Crescent and has some of the behaviors and other features of this more northerly species. Basically, it is the southern Appalachian population/subspecies of Northern Crescent (Phyciodes cocyta incognitus). Had BOA lumped Mimic in with Pearl, then a lot of us would have had heartburn! It isn't about "losing" a species in NC so much in that it really does behave differently from Pearl Crescent. Olympia Marble is going to be re-instated back to a tracked species -- Significantly Rare -- by the NC Natural Heritage Program, rather than being treated as a stray/vagrant. It will go to S1 rank (very rare, 1-5 occurrences in the state). This is due to the fact that Jeff Glassberg photographed one (Am. Butterflies, Summer 2009 has a photo and data) near Gatlinburg, TN, in late April 2009. The 2001 record from NC was at an unspecified locale in neighboring Swain County, which at that time was a major southward disjunction from NE Tennessee. There is also a third TN county in the eastern part of the state where it has been recorded; see the Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) website for maps. Thus, there seems to be a legit resident population in the southern Apps. So, in late April or early May -- be checking out those whites in the mountains!! Helicta Satyr and Georgia Satyr are BOTH going to be tracked as Significantly Rare by the NC NHP. I had wanted to track only Helicta, but Steve Hall (also at NC NHP) points out that it is probably impossible or near impossible to ID the two, and neither of us believes they are valid species, though BOA and a few other checklists do. So, the point is -- if someone saw a "Georgia Satyr" in Pitt County, or in Moore County, for example, could we really assume it was Helicta (the more inland species)? We'll probably map them as Helicta, but ... at least we don't have to decide "map the record or not"! I actually do not have a problem with keeping records on Georgia Satyr -- the savanna species near the southern coast -- because NatureServe give EACH species a rank of G3G4, which is on the rare-uncommon side (G5 being no concern and G1 being extreme concern). Thus, we are tracking each species, with Helicta going from S3? to a rarer S2?, and probably keeping Georgia at S3?, as it can be common at some savannas. Probably, Helicta deserves to be S1? and Georgia maybe S2?, but we'll only move them up to one rank in a given year. We'll hope for some records of both in 2010, and we REALLY need records of the group away from the coastal savannas. Summary: Mimic Crescent -- now part of Northern Crescent, but still remains Watch List Olympia Marble -- now considered to be a very rare resident in NC and tracked as Significantly Rare Helicta Satyr and Georgia Satyr -- both are now being tracked as Significantly Rare in NC, with Helicta rank upgraded (rarer) from S3? in 2009 to S2? in 2010. Harry LeGrand P.S. Maybe one of these days someone in NC/SC will become an expert on azures, or satyrs. We still have a lot of unsettled questions about the Celastrina complex, and the Little Wood-Satyr, and probably some others! Expect a similar discourse for some skippers in a few days or a week. Harry LeGrand, Vertebrate Zoologist North Carolina Natural Heritage Program 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 Office: (919) 715-8697 harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov www.ncnhp.org E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. Note my new e-mail address (above)Subject: FOY Forsyth County From: nottke1 <nottke1 AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:59:50 -0500 (EST) Under bright sun and 63 degrees I saw my first two butterflies of the year here in NW Forsyth County; - a very worn Sleepy Orange nectaring on dandelion - a fresh Variegated Fritillary nectaring on crocus. Thought I had a third butterfly flopping around some Winter Jasmine blossoms, but it was a black and white moth that from a distance looked like a small Cabbage White. Jim Nottke Pfafftown, NCSubject: Fwd: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC From: Dennis Forsythe <dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:26:57 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Billy McCordSubject: Re: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC From: Dennis Burnette <deburnette AT triad.rr.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:26:46 -0500 Could you point us toward published research on this? Thanks, Dennis Burnette Greensboro, NC Guilford County deburnette AT triad.rr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/ on 1/19/10 4:41 PM, Paul Cherubini at monarch AT saber.net wrote: > These observations are all normal and routine. What happens > is that each year alot of monarchs in the New England States > emerge from their chrysalids in late September and October - too > late to make the two month long journey to the overwintering > sites in central Mexico. So by the time these individuals reach > the southeast Atlantic coast in November, the southward migratory > drive has ended or is very weak, hence the butterflies spend the > winter along the coast and outer islands (and some years get > killed by a severe freeze). Some that get as far south as central > Florida break reproductive diapause and reproduce on the local > milkweeds. > > Paul CherubiniSubject: Re: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC From: Paul Cherubini <monarch AT saber.net> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:41:23 -0800 These observations are all normal and routine. What happens is that each year alot of monarchs in the New England States emerge from their chrysalids in late September and October - too late to make the two month long journey to the overwintering sites in central Mexico. So by the time these individuals reach the southeast Atlantic coast in November, the southward migratory drive has ended or is very weak, hence the butterflies spend the winter along the coast and outer islands (and some years get killed by a severe freeze). Some that get as far south as central Florida break reproductive diapause and reproduce on the local milkweeds. Paul CherubiniSubject: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC From: Dennis Forsythe <dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:22:59 -0500 Hi All, Billy McCord send me this report from today. Dennis ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Billy McCordSubject: Fwd: tonight and monarchs From: Dennis Forsythe <dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:46:04 -0500 Hi All, Here is an email from Billy McCord about SC coast Monarch. Dennis ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Billy McCordSubject: Re: Winter Butterflies 2010 in NC From: Bruce Smithson <brucesmithson AT netscape.net> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:21:54 -0500 Dennis et alia, Amy Williamson and I spotted 2 Monarchs near the Ft. Fisher Historic Site (New Hanover County, NC) on Fri. 15 Jan, 2010 and Stacy Smaltz and I had a Red Admiral on an Audubon bird hike Sat. 16 Jan on Eagle Island, New Hanover County, NC. Bruce Smithson Wilmington, New Hanover County North Carolina -----Original Message----- From: Dennis BurnetteSubject: Re: Wintering Monarchs on Folly Beach, SC From: Alex Netherton <danetherton AT charter.net> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:31:59 -0500 With this talk of Monarchs overwintering, I am once again curious about this crazy species. Where do the Southeastern Monarchs go to breed? Are they migratory or not? Do any eastern butterflies, particularly ones we see here in WNC in the Fall end up in places like this instead of Mexico? Has any research been done on this? Thanks! Alex Netherton Asheville, NC danetherton AT charter.net http://blueridgediscovery.com Dennis Forsythe wrote: > Hi All, > > I just talked to Billy McCord who checked is wintering Monarch sites > on Folly Beach, S on Friday 15 January.. He was surprised that he > only found 2 dead butterflies and saw a number of live Monarchs. He > caught 5 one of which he had tagged previously. The only other > butterfly he saw was a Red Admiral. > Today, January 17, Donna had a Cloudless Sulfur in our neighborhood on > James Is., Sc while she was walking dogs. > > Regards, > > Dennis > >Subject: Re: Winter Butterflies 2010 in NC From: Salman Abdulali <abdulalis AT ecu.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:23:59 -0500 A search of the NBNC database turned up the following records for the month of January. Overall, this year's sightings seem consistent with the past record. And there are still no January records for Pitt County. American Lady (15 records) American Snout (6 records) Cabbage White (1 record) Clouded Sulphur (4 records) Cloudless Sulphur (32 records) Common Buckeye (7 records) Common Checkered-skipper (1 record) Eastern Comma (6 records) Falcate Orangetip (1 record) Gray Hairstreak (2 records) Great Purple Hairstreak (1 record) Gulf Fritillary (10 records) Monarch (17 records) Mourning Cloak (7 records) Orange Sulphur (10 records) Painted Lady (1 record) Question Mark (9 records) Red Admiral (16 records) Sachem (1 record) Silver-spotted Skipper (1 record) Sleepy Orange (22 records) Variegated Fritillary (2 records) Salman Abdulali Greenville, NC On Jan 17, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Dennis Burnette wrote: It's interesting to me that people are seeing adult butterflies in North Carolina despite the intensely cold weather that we have experienced in January so far this year. Not only am I a bit surprised that butterflies are being seen, the species also are interesting. The popular wisdom is that the following three species typically make it through the winter as adults: Question Mark, Eastern Comma, and Mourning Cloak. Yet, only one of the reported 2010 species is in that short list. The others are American Lady, Red Admiral, and Cloudless Sulphur. Here are the four North Carolina reports that I have found on Carolinaleps for the first half of January, 2010: 1/01/10, American Lady, Carteret County (Coastal Plain) Bob Cavanaugh 1/04/10, Eastern Comma, Wake County (Piedmont) Ali Ayoob 1/16/10, Red Admiral, Durham County (Piedmont) Greg Dodge 1/16/10, Cloudless Sulphur, Carteret County ( Coastal Plain) Bob Cavanaugh I would appreciate reports from others on the dates, species, and locations of butterflies you have seen this year. In fact, if you'll continue to past your sightings on Carolinaleps throughout the cold months, I'll put a summary together this coming spring. Dennis -- Dennis Burnette Greensboro, NC 27410 deburnette AT triad.rr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/Subject: Wintering Monarchs on Folly Beach, SC From: Dennis Forsythe <dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:40:30 -0500 Hi All, I just talked to Billy McCord who checked is wintering Monarch sites on Folly Beach, S on Friday 15 January.. He was surprised that he only found 2 dead butterflies and saw a number of live Monarchs. He caught 5 one of which he had tagged previously. The only other butterfly he saw was a Red Admiral. Today, January 17, Donna had a Cloudless Sulfur in our neighborhood on James Is., Sc while she was walking dogs. Regards, Dennis -- Dennis M. Forsythe PhD Charleston, SC 29412 843.795.3996-home 843.953.7264-fax 843.708.1605-cell dennis.forsythe AT gmail.comSubject: Re: Winter Butterflies 2010 in NC From: jspippen <jspippen AT duke.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:08:29 -0500 (EST) Hi Dennis and all, American Snout should be added to your list of species that typically overwinter as adults. Looking forward, as Dennis is, to hearing everyone's "firsts" for the year. Mine were White Peacock and Barred Yellow, but I was in FL at the time :-) Good Butterflying! Jeff On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, Dennis Burnette wrote: > It's interesting to me that people are seeing adult butterflies in North > Carolina despite the intensely cold weather that we have experienced in > January so far this year. > > Not only am I a bit surprised that butterflies are being seen, the species > also are interesting. The popular wisdom is that the following three species > typically make it through the winter as adults: Question Mark, Eastern > Comma, and Mourning Cloak. Yet, only one of the reported 2010 species is in > that short list. The others are American Lady, Red Admiral, and Cloudless > Sulphur. > > Here are the four North Carolina reports that I have found on Carolinaleps > for the first half of January, 2010: > > 1/01/10, American Lady, Carteret County (Coastal Plain) Bob Cavanaugh > 1/04/10, Eastern Comma, Wake County (Piedmont) Ali Ayoob > 1/16/10, Red Admiral, Durham County (Piedmont) Greg Dodge > 1/16/10, Cloudless Sulphur, Carteret County ( Coastal Plain) Bob Cavanaugh > > I would appreciate reports from others on the dates, species, and locations > of butterflies you have seen this year. In fact, if you'll continue to past > your sightings on Carolinaleps throughout the cold months, I'll put a > summary together this coming spring. > > Dennis > -- > Dennis Burnette > Greensboro, NC 27410 > deburnette AT triad.rr.com > http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/ > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jeffrey S. Pippen Nicholas School of the Environment Rm A-241 LSRC Bldg, Box 90328 Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 PH: (919) 660-7278 http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/nature.htm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Subject: Winter Butterflies 2010 in NC From: Dennis Burnette <deburnette AT triad.rr.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:41:19 -0500 It's interesting to me that people are seeing adult butterflies in North Carolina despite the intensely cold weather that we have experienced in January so far this year. Not only am I a bit surprised that butterflies are being seen, the species also are interesting. The popular wisdom is that the following three species typically make it through the winter as adults: Question Mark, Eastern Comma, and Mourning Cloak. Yet, only one of the reported 2010 species is in that short list. The others are American Lady, Red Admiral, and Cloudless Sulphur. Here are the four North Carolina reports that I have found on Carolinaleps for the first half of January, 2010: 1/01/10, American Lady, Carteret County (Coastal Plain) Bob Cavanaugh 1/04/10, Eastern Comma, Wake County (Piedmont) Ali Ayoob 1/16/10, Red Admiral, Durham County (Piedmont) Greg Dodge 1/16/10, Cloudless Sulphur, Carteret County ( Coastal Plain) Bob Cavanaugh I would appreciate reports from others on the dates, species, and locations of butterflies you have seen this year. In fact, if you'll continue to past your sightings on Carolinaleps throughout the cold months, I'll put a summary together this coming spring. Dennis -- Dennis Burnette Greensboro, NC 27410 deburnette AT triad.rr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/Subject: Carteret County, NC, 17 Jan 2010 From: ROBERT CAVANAUGH <papilio28570 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:40:12 -0800 (PST) After the latest two week deep freeze, observed a Cloudless Sulphur in Back
yard, Newport.
Nectaring on broccoli flowers in garden.
Bob
Subject: first lepFrom: Greg Dodge <grdodge AT embarqmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:23:49 -0500 First lep of the season was a Red Admiral on January 16 on the Dinosaur Trail at the Museum of Life + Science, Durham, NC. It was nectaring on Mahonia and resting on one of the boulders at the entrance to the trail. Overcast with temps in the high fifties. Greg Dodge Hillsborough, NC http://blogs.ncmls.org/greg-dodge/ --------------------------------------------------------Subject: first butterfly From: Gary Phillips <carolinensis AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:48:57 -0800 (PST) of the year in the confines here, a Cloudless Sulphur fluttering about the
backyard just a moment ago in the balmy 73F sunshine.
Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
"The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant:
'What good is it?'" - Aldo Leopold
Subject: Carolina Butterfly Society MembershipFrom: Dennis Burnette <deburnette AT triad.rr.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:35:20 -0500 Hi Folks, This is a reminder that the Carolina Butterfly Society membership year begins January 1st. I mailed out renewal forms just before the holidays. There are several forms that have not been returned from people that I'm certain are planning on renewing, so maybe the notice accidentally got mixed in with all that holiday junk mail we all get! You don't need the form to renew, of course; it just makes data entry easier for me. Please take a few moments now to write your membership renewal check to "Carolina Butterfly Society," and send it to me at the address below. When you send the check, please note any changes in name, address, telephone, and email that I need to make before we print our new membership directory. I'll record the information in our database and then send the checks to our treasurer. The annual dues are just $15, and again this year, the board is applying that rate to Family Memberships as well as Individual Memberships. Donations are gratefully accepted. (CBS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization.) The donations are used for educational and conservation purposes such as grants for butterfly gardens in schools. Members receive our quarterly newsletter, "The Chrysalis," and have the opportunity to participate in our field trips, butterfly symposiums, educational efforts, and conservation activities. If you aren't already a member, you are welcome to participate in some of our events to try us out before joining. If you would like to see some images from a few of our field trips, go to my Flikr site and take a look at the CBS collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/collections/ Thanks, Dennis Dennis Burnette, CBS Membership Chair 7 Brownstone Lane Greensboro, NC 27410 (336) 299-4342 deburnette AT triad.rr.comSubject: Re: one photo, two id's From: Alex Netherton <danetherton AT charter.net> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:23:58 -0500 Just goes to show that even professional Lepidopterists can be easily confused by Skippers. I am vindicated! Alex Netherton Asheville, NC danetherton AT charter.net http://blueridgediscovery.comSubject: Re: one photo, two id's From: jspippen <jspippen AT duke.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:33:47 -0500 (EST) BoA is correct; it is a male Sachem based on the faint pattern of submarginal spots, etc. Cheers, Jeff ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jeffrey S. Pippen Nicholas School of the Environment Rm A-241 LSRC Bldg, Box 90328 Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 PH: (919) 660-7278 http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/nature.htm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Salman Abdulali wrote: > Compare the 3rd photo at > > http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/images?l=2105 > > to the second photo at > > http://butterfliesofamerica.com/atalopedes_campestris_huron_live1.htm > > Clearly the same photo. Identified by Bamona as a Delaware Skipper. > Identified by Butterflies of America as a Sachem. I think BoA is correct. > > Salman Abdulali > Greenville, NC >Subject: one photo, two id's From: Salman Abdulali <abdulalis AT ecu.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:24:29 -0500 Compare the 3rd photo at http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/images?l=2105 to the second photo at http://butterfliesofamerica.com/atalopedes_campestris_huron_live1.htm Clearly the same photo. Identified by Bamona as a Delaware Skipper. Identified by Butterflies of America as a Sachem. I think BoA is correct. Salman Abdulali Greenville, NCSubject: Common /Scientific name changes in Butterflies of America listing From: "Legrand, Harry" <harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:22:46 -0500 Fellow lepsters: Tom Howard and I are updating the next Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina. As the NABA Checklist is basically out of date (2001), and as there is a panel of taxonomists/lepidopterists reviewing the Butterflies of America website, we are phasing toward that checklist. Below are the taxa changes of species in North Carolina from that huge list (includes all SUBspecies, and includes all taxa in North America, not just north of Mexico!). You will note some "new" or unfamiliar common names, and a few different scientific names. Of most interest are two taxa which we had considered as full species but which BOA treat as subspecies. Fortunately, we are not losing any species, just we no longer have Mimic Crescent or Appalachian Checkered-Skipper as full species. So, we have Northern Crescent (the "mimic" subspecies is the one in NC) and the Grizzled Skipper instead. This shouldn't cause any heartburn. (Helicta Satyr and Georgia Satyr are listed as separate species, as is Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail.) Also of interest is that the BOA checklist lists BOTH Atrytonopsis loammi (Loamm's or Loammi Skipper) and Atrytonopsis sp. (Crystal Skipper) as valid species. As many know, the latter is the bug found in coastal Carteret and Onslow counties; the former was (is?) found in Brunswick and apparently New Hanover counties, and in SC. The latter is endemic to coastal NC, and the former is mainly a Florida species. We still do not have a formal description -- full species or not -- of the Crystal Skipper, a name given to the butterfly because it occurs mainly on Bogue Banks = the Crystal Coast to the travel and tourism folks. So, I am going to split out this group onto two accounts, instead of one (in the 16th and earlier versions). Tom and I are going to adopt all or essentially all of the SCIENTIFIC name changes for the 17th approximation. However, we likely will not use any of the new common/English names in this version. A few will take some time getting used to -- such as Comma Anglewing and Hayhurst's Sootywing. We will include all these new names in the 17th, under the range maps in Synonyms and Other names. To see the full BOA list, go to this link: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm Note that at the bottom of the link is a place where you can download the checklist directly to an Excel file, which is what I did. Here are the taxa that I noted were different from names in the 16th: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlides halesus halesus (Cramer, 1777) Great Blue Hairstreak Parrhasius m-album (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1833]) (1793) White-M Hairstreak Celastrina idella D. Wright & Pavulaan, 1999 Holly Azure Heliconius charithonia tuckeri W. Comstock & F. Brown, 1950 Zebra Longwing Polygonia comma (T. Harris, 1842) Comma Anglewing Polygonia progne (Cramer, 1775) Gray Anglewing Polygonia faunus smythi A. Clark, 1937 Green Anglewing Junonia coenia coenia Hübner, [1822] Northern Buckeye Phyciodes cocyta incognitus Gatrelle, 2004 Northern Crescent Lethe portlandia portlandia (Fabricius, 1781) Southern Pearly-eye Lethe anthedon anthedon A. Clark, 1936 Northern Pearly-eye Lethe creola (Skinner, 1897) Creole Pearly-eye Lethe appalachia appalachia R. Chermock, 1947 Appalachian Brown Cyllopsis gemma gemma (Hübner, [1809]) Eastern Gemmed-Satyr Staphylus hayhurstii (W. H. Edwards, 1870) Hayhurst's Sootywing Pyrgus centaureae wyandot (W. H. Edwards, 1863) Grizzled Skipper Wallengrenia egeremet (Scudder, 1863) Northern Broken-dash Wallengrenia otho otho (J. E. Smith, 1797) Southern Broken-dash Atrytonopsis loammi (Whitney, 1876) Loamm's Skipper Atrytonopsis sp. undescribed Crystal Skipper --------------------------- If you feel strongly about some of these new names, let Tom (Subject: Some interesting observations on the Comma butterfly (from the UK) From: "Jules Fraytet" <jlfray AT ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:53:58 -0500 By a amateur naturalist who is trying to learn something every living thing in his garden http://lifeonanoxfordlawn.blogspot.com/ Jules Fraytet CharlotteSubject: FW: Butterflies of America year end report From: "Legrand, Harry" <harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:33:32 -0500 This is a long forwarded message that was sent to NABA-Chat, but in this off-season when nothing is flying except birds, you might want to peruse the Butterflies of America website, below. As this website and list is reviewed by leading taxonomists, expect to see some changes to common and scientific names in the Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina, 17th Approximation. I will summarize the changes in a day or two. Currently, the "Notes" generally uses the NABA Checklist, but this is rather out of date (2001), and most lepidopterists now use either the Opler-Warren or Pelham checklists. Harry LeGrand NC Natural Heritage Program DENR Division of Natural Resources Planning and Conservation 1601 MSC Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 (919) 715-8697 (work) e-mail: harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov ----------------------------------------------------- Notice: E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and therefore may be disclosed to third parties. ________________________________________ From: North American Butterfly Association List [NABA-CHAT AT PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM] On Behalf Of Kim Davis [kim AT KIMANDMIKEONTHEROAD.COM] Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 3:46 AM To: NABA-CHAT AT PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [NABA-CHAT] Butterflies of America year end report The Butterflies of America website is a great place to learn more about the adult or immature butterflies you have studied, collected or photographed. The content of the website has been carefully scrutinized by scientists to assure that the data and identifications of the figured specimens, live adults and immatures is correct. Errors will inevitably creep in so we appreciate knowing about any errors that need to be investigated. For those of you who are not familiar with Butterflies of America or want to learn more about it, visit the Interactive List of American Butterflies at http://butterfliesofamerica.com/list.htm and you will be able to navigate using several types of links: Click on a link in the Scientific Name column to go to a page of thumbnails for that family, subfamily, tribe, genus, species or subspecies. Each family name is highlighted blue, and clicking that link will load a page of thumbnails for every taxon in that family that we have photos for (not recommended for dial-up users). Click on a highlighted link for the genus to load a page of thumbnails for that entire genus. Click on the species name to load thumbnails for that species and if applicable, for all its subspecies. Click on a subspecies name or author's name to load thumbnails for that subspecies only. Clicking on a species or subspecies common name or any highlighted text in the distribution column will take you to the main species page for that taxon. From the main species page you can visit pages for type specimens, pinned specimens, live adults, immatures, foodplants and habitats photos. If you are interested in making a tax deductible gift to Butterflies of America Foundation, you can do that via PayPal, check or credit card here: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/donate.htm Since it's end of the year report time for Butterflies of America Foundation, you might be interested in seeing how Butterflies of America has progressed during 2009. Here is the year end report for Butterflies of America: To: BOA Advisors and Contributors From: The BOA Staff December 28, 2009 Probably the best word to describe the growth and development of Butterflies of America during 2009 is "Spectacular!" The BOA website went public in May 2008 with 10,000 photos, today we'll post photo number 51,000. The hard work of all the staff members has made this seemingly impossible goal a reality and our future looks very promising. Major events during 2009: 1 Butterflies of America Foundation Dr. Nick Grishin joined our staff as an author and quickly went to work creating Butterflies of America Foundation which became a tax-exempt organization in February 2009. Donations thus far have been $2365, our thanks to all of you who've supported our work. All of the funds received from February through November 2009 were used to pay for website expenses and cover the costs for Mike and Kim to visit museums to photograph their collections. Donations during December will be discussed later in this letter. 2 New Photo Contributors One of BOA's major strengths is the willingness of so many to contribute their photos to build the archive. Many joined us as contributors during 2009, you can read their names and meet some of them here: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/photo_credits.htm 3 Lifetime photo collections All photos we've received are important but several of our contributors are among of the best butterfly photographers in the nation and have donated their entire lifetime collection of images to BOA. These photos created the foundation of the live adult collection and we wish to offer special appreciation to them from the BOA staff. Kim Garwood has been photoing butterflies and collecting images from other photographers for many years and has donated her collection of 35,000 images to BOA. Many are already on the site but we hope to post many more during 2010. Thanks Kim, you're the best. These photographers have also donated their life collections: Jim Brock, Bill Bouton, Jeff Pippen, David Powell, Parker Backstrom, Bill Berthet, Jim Snyder, Mike Stangeland & Kim Davis, Dave Hanson, Hank & Priscilla Brodkin, and Luc Legal. Thanks again, BOA is honored to have your collections. 4 New Advisors During 2009 BOA asked several colleagues to become advisors and were honored that they accepted: -Scientific Advisors: André Victor Lucci Freitas, PhD Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas CP 6109, Campinas, São Paulo CEP 13083-970, Brasil, Tel-55-19-35216310 Prof. Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke Departamento de Zoologia, Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Parana, Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980, Curitiba, Parana, Brasil Robert K. Robbins, Ph.D Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution NW, Washington, DC 20560-0105 Niklas Wahlberg, PhD Nymphalidae Systematics Group, Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland Keith Willmott, PhD Assistant Curator of Lepidoptera, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Powell Hall on Hull Road, UF Cultural Plaza, PO Box 112710, Gainesville, FL 32611-2710, Tel: (1 352) 273 2012, Fax: (1 352) 392 0479 -Content Advisor: Bernard Hermier 14 lot les Maripas, 97354 REMIRE MONTJOLY, FRANCE (Guyane Française - French Guiana) More about these advisors in our "Future Plans" section below. 5 Website Improvements and Development - Thumbnail photo collections Beyond adding 36,000 new photos, one of the most important improvements has been the thumbnail pages. Nick Grishin wrote a script and used powerful software to create them and they were introduced in May 2009. They quickly became the most popular feature on BOA. We all feel this improvement has made the website much more useful for all the users. Thanks Nick for this wonderful enhancement. - Synonymies A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada BOA author Jonathan P. Pelham spent 20 years writing this important work and has allowed us to post individual synonymies on each main species web page. They were originally posted in 2008 as jpegs which took a lot of bandwidth and were often hard to read. Nick Grishin and Jon Pelham worked hard to find a way to convert the original document to a text document that conserved all the special characters. They were successful and this fall Kim Davis created and uploaded all the now searchable documents. Our thanks to the team for this wonderful improvement. - Webpage Improvements During 2009 Kim Davis converted all pages on BOA to the new format that seperates the photos into related groups: type specimens, pinned specimens, live adults, immatures, habitat and foodplants. This improvement made the page presentations much more usable and attractive. Thanks again, Kim Davis, for your determination and hard work to make this transformation. - Original Descriptions During 2009 we started adding some of them in the Bibligraphy section on the Main Species pages. We plan to continue this into 2010. - Information Accuracy All photos and information on the site had to survive the scrutiny of Dr. Andrew Warren, he's tough. We all wish to thank you ADW for the untold number of hours you've devoted to making sure the highest scientific standards are followed. Andy is the mortar that holds the website together. FUTURE PLANS - South America Because of the success of creating a comprehensive website that figures 95% of all butterfly taxa from Alaska to Panama in just one and a half years the BOA staff has decided to start gathering images and data to bring South America into the collection. Having one website for all the butterflies in the Western Hemisphere will be a daunting and long term project and will require continued long term financial support. Part of the reason we asked the new advisors listed above to join us was our hopes of developing this project. They are all authorities on neotropical butterflies and their help and guidence will be critical as we move forward. We've decided to start the project with the skippers, visiting museums and primarily photoing this group first. Hopefully we can find new volunteers and get the funding needed to progress. - Plans for 2010 We still have 10,000 additional pinned specimens photos to process and post plus about 42,000 live adult, immature, and habitat-foodplant shots to process. This month BOA received generous gifts from Ray Collett and Ken Kertell. These funds will allow Kim and Mike to start visiting all the museums in California, Oregon, and hopefully Washington during the first half of 2010 and start serious work on the neotropical photo collection. Hopefully some of you will be able to take advantage of BOA's tax deductable status and help support this work. Thanks to everyone for making 2009 a fabulous year, The BOA Staff: Andrew D. Warren, Nick V. Grishin, Jonathan P. Pelham, Kim Davis, Mike Stangeland, Jim BrockSubject: Virtual Winter CBS Meeting Invitation From: nottke1 <nottke1 AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:26:49 -0500 (EST) It will be a Happy New Year when I se my FOY!! Nice to read about those exciting 2010 butterfly sightings from the coast - no chance of finding butterflies here in the Winston-Salem area until it gets above freezing - which may happen today! The Carolina Butterfly Society has held a business meeting in January in Charlotte the last several years - primarily to plan CBS activities for the coming year. It has been an "open" meeting, but only a few non-Board members attend each year. This year the CBS officers and chairs are going to try a "virtual" meeting, carried out by email over a couple week period, starting now. This will save fuel, travel time & $, and allow folks to participate who would not have come to the bricks/mortar meeting. So this email is a REQUEST for you to submit any topics or issues that you would like the board to consider. Send them to me at this email address or to Ken Bridle, CBS President, atSubject: FW: FOY butterfly From: "Ali Iyoob" <Aliiyoob AT nc.rr.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:38:28 -0500 I had a Eastern Comma today. Ali Iyoob North Raleigh, NC www.flickr.com/photos/longspur http://birdingjournal.blogspot.com From: ROBERT CAVANAUGH [mailto:papilio28570 AT yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 7:23 PM To: carolinaleps AT duke.edu; Jackie; Billy McCord; James S SAM AT SASCalver; Frances Egleston; Dennis Forsythe Subject: Re: FOY butterfly Jan 1, 2010 observed American Lady in yard, Newport, Carteret County, NC Dec 31, 2009 observed lone Cloudless Sulpher in back yard same location. Bob --- On Mon, 1/4/10, Dennis ForsytheSubject: Re: FOY butterfly From: ROBERT CAVANAUGH <papilio28570 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:22:43 -0800 (PST) Jan 1, 2010 observed American Lady in yard, Newport, Carteret County, NC Dec 31, 2009 observed lone Cloudless Sulpher in back yard same location. Bob --- On Mon, 1/4/10, Dennis ForsytheSubject: Fw: monarchs on Hilton Head Island, SC From: "Charles Cameron" <ccamer AT triad.rr.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:43:54 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Gibbs"Subject: FOY butterfly From: Dennis Forsythe <dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 08:36:42 -0500 Hi All, On 2 January with 10Knot winds and a high of 41 degrees I had a Red Admiral fly across the dike at the Corps of Engineers spoil site, Jasper Co., SC for my FOY butterfly sighting. Hope more are to come. Happy NEw YEar, Dennis -- Dennis M. Forsythe PhD Charleston, SC 29412 843.795.3996-home 843.953.7264-fax 843.708.1605-cell dennis.forsythe AT gmail.comSubject: Good luck new year! From: chrissy357 AT aol.com Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:00:08 -0500 Good luck new year! Dear friends,how are you ? I found a website ( www.motonn.com), There are many products, laptop computers,mobile phones, digital cameras, DJ Equipment, etc. The most important is that the price is very cheap, and they delivery fast . I have received my product, quality is very good, I know you are interested in electronic products, Therefore write and tell you, You don't miss this chance, Hope this product will bring good luck in 2010 for you, Wish you good luck in the New Year, happy every day!Subject: Monarch at Ft. Fisher From: dorothypugh AT aol.com Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:39:39 EST I saw a Monarch on a red cedar just off the Ft. Fisher Basin Trail (New Hanover County, NC) on December 23. Dorothy PughSubject: Wake Leps From: "Ali Iyoob" <Aliiyoob AT nc.rr.com> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:05:51 -0500 Over the past week, I saw an Eastern Comma, Question Mark, and Red Admiral. Ali Iyoob North Raleigh, NC www.flickr.com/photos/longspur http://birdingjournal.blogspot.comSubject: December Moths From: Lori Owenby <loriowenby AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:49:39 -0500 I have had two species of moths in the last week here at Riverbend Park (northern Catawba County, NC). I posted photos of both on my blog: http://reflectionsonthecatawba.blogspot.com/2009/12/pair-of-december-moths.html The first one, I really think is a Bruce Spanworm (Operophtera bruceata) and the other I'm not real sure about. Feel free to look at the photos and give an opinion! I would like to positively identify both of them since I am trying to create a "checklist" for the park. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays . . . -- ----- Lori Owenby www.reflectionsonthecatawba.blogspot.com Catawba County Parks Conover, NC __________________________ If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive. --Eleanora Duse (1858-1924)Subject: cabbage white From: Salman Abdulali <abdulalis AT ecu.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:41:16 -0500 I saw one Cabbage White this afternoon, 2009-12-14, on the ECU campus. Almost certainly the last butterfly of the year from over here. Salman Abdulali Greenville, NCSubject: new From: "Harry King" <kingha AT msu.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:24:11 -0500 Subject: Call for NC butterfly records From: "Legrand, Harry" <harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:14:58 -0500 Fellow butterfliers: I have entered all of the NC butterfly reports that have been sent to the Carolinaleps listserve during 2009, into my "buttNC-09" Excel file that I will send to Tom Howard at the end of the year, to jump-start the next (17th!!) annual approximation of "Notes on the Butterflies of North Carolina". I also have entered all of the NABA butterfly count results. This past year (2009) was a rather quiet one for butterfly records in NC, as the economy, apathy, etc., kept most folks covering their local areas and nearby areas, and not making that many exploratory trips to the coast or mountains, for example. But, of course I will be slightly re-writing/editing a good handful of the species accounts, though there won't be any new ones. A few of you might have your own database, hopefully in Excel, that you plan to send Tom or me soon. Each year, a few of you send us your sightings in such a manner. For the other 95-99% of you, you need do nothing now, except wait for several months until Tom or I announce that the 17th is available for downloading or perusal. Let Tom (tom.howard AT ncdenr.gov) or me know if you have records to send us for 2009 (or earlier). Some State Park folks have entered data into the Parks' database (for various taxa), and so Tom has additional records. We'd like to have all records in Tom's hands by December 31, as it takes us a month or two of text review and editing (Tom sends me the new flight charts and dot maps, and I edit the text accordingly) before we are ready for the final unveiling of the new approximation. One last item -- those of you that have a lot of butterfly photos are encouraged to go to the website --http://149.168.1.196/nbnc/ and see what species you might have photos that can be added to the species pages. A few species lack photos, but many could use a few more. Contact Tom about photos. Have a happy holidays! Harry LeGrand, Vertebrate Zoologist North Carolina Natural Heritage Program 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 Office: (919) 715-8697 harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov www.ncnhp.org E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. Note my new e-mail address (above)Subject: butterfly guide to mexico From: Alan Kneidel <akneidel AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:40:39 -0500 Apologies for the off-topic post. Can anyone recommend a butterfly field guide that covers Mexico? Reply off-list please. Thanks, -- Alan H. Kneidel Chapel Hill, NC 980-254-2706 akneidel AT gmail.comSubject: Carteret County: early Dec 2009 From: ROBERT CAVANAUGH <papilio28570 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:25:34 -0800 (PST) Still seeing a few of these each warm, sunny day: Below were seen in Newport
area since beginning of December.
Monarchs
Cloudless Sulphurs
Gulf Frits
Red Admirals
American Ladies
Buckeyes
Fiery Skippers
Checkered Skippers
LongTail Skippers
Bob Cavanaugh
Subject: Brazilian Skipper in Dare County, NCFrom: "Legrand, Harry" <harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:39:28 -0500 I got this note today from Jeff Lewis, botanist/horticulturalist at Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island. Just when we thought the exciting finds in NC were done for the year! Interestingly, there is one later record for the species in NC. ---------------- Harry, Had a late Brazilian Skipper today (4dec09) in the Eliz Gardens. Jeff Lewis ----------------------------------------------------- Harry LeGrand NC Natural Heritage Program DENR Division of Natural Resources Planning and Conservation 1601 MSC Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 (919) 715-8697 (work) e-mail: harry.legrand AT ncdenr.gov ----------------------------------------------------- Notice: E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and therefore may be disclosed to third parties.Subject: late cabbage white From: Salman Abdulali <abdulalis AT ecu.edu> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:15:25 -0500 I saw one Cabbage White on the ECU campus today (2009-12-04). This is the first December record for Pitt County. Salman Abdulali Greenville, NCSubject: Monarch Meck. Co. 11/28 From: Kevin Metcalf <skermetcalf AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:39:46 -0500 Belated report - On Saturday, 11/28 surprised to still see one Monarch - and one faded Orange Sulphur in Northern Mecklenburg Co. NC. Kevin Metcalf Huntersville, NCSubject: Sullivan's Island and Isle of Palms (belated) From: Bruce Grimes <bugpix AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:56:04 -0500 Hi, Spent Thanksgiving and a few other days in Charleston (without internet access). Thanksgiving Day (11/26) was warm and sunny, spent the morning on the beach at lower end Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island, and parts of Mt. Pleasant, and saw a few leps. Orange Sulphur 3 Little Yellow 2 Cloudless Sulphur 6 Red Admiral 2 Gulf Fritillary 21 Common Buckeye 17 Monarch 13 Checkered-Skipper sp. 1 By the next day, temperatures were down and saw only 2 Gulf Fritillary that I almost stepped on fly up briefly and then resume sunning at the visitor's center in Mt. Pleasant. By Saturday, more warmth later in day produced a few Monarchs and Gulf Fritillaries. Only odes ID'd were several Roseate Skimmers at Patriot's Point. (Thanks again Nathan for recommending.) Bruce Grimes from frozen North in Christiansburg, VASubject: Cloudless Sulphurs From: GKopka1 AT aol.com Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:58:41 EST Had 3 fresh looking Cloudless Sulphurs on Sunday. Found eggs on Cassia seedlings. Ginger Simpsonville, SCSubject: Fwd: 6th International Butterfly Conference call for contributed submissions From: "Bill Hilton Jr. (RESEARCH)" <research AT hiltonpond.org> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:43:44 -0500 Begin forwarded message: > Dear butterfly biologists everywhere! > > The 6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies will be held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada from June 29 through July 2, 2010. This meeting has been held at irregular intervals since 1981 and recognizes the role that the study of butterflies has played in our understanding of both evolutionary biology and ecology. The meeting will include Symposia, Contributed Papers, Posters, Banquet and Field Trips. > > For those wishing attend this meeting, and anyone wishing to present a Contributed Paper or a Poster, please view the Conference webpage at: > http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/biobutterfly2010 > > Deadline for lower-cost Registration: March 31, 2010 > Deadline for Abstract submission: May 17, 2010 ========= RESEARCH PROGRAM c/o BILL HILTON JR. Executive Director Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History 1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA (803) 684-5852 Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net): Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History at http://www.hiltonpond.org "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org ==================Subject: CBS Membership Renewals From: Dennis Burnette <deburnette AT triad.rr.com> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:47:04 -0500 Butterfliers, This is your last call to help us be a bit more green this year by sending in your 2010 Carolina Butterfly Society dues before the renewal notices are mailed out. Not only will it save on printing, envelopes, and postage, it will mean less volunteer labor. Individual memberships are just $15, and again this year the board is holding Family memberships to the Individual level of $15, as well. Send your renewal check and any contact information updates to me. I'll add you to our 2010 database and then pass along the checks to our Treasurer, Jim Nottke. Thanks, Dennis -- Dennis Burnette CBS Membership Chair 7 Brownstone Lane Greensboro, NC 27410 (336) 299-4342 deburnette AT triad.rr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/Subject: Dorchester Co. leps 11-29 From: p51mustnb AT aim.com Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:06:32 -0500 Hey all, It hit 70 degrees today so I figured I'd go out locally for a few hours and found a great gated road off of Rt. 61 past all of the plantation houses along the Ashley. The area had rich habitat diversity with dry savanna scrub, bottomland forest, and marshy sedge areas. In some spots there was open pine forest with extensive sedge understory. The gated road was no doubt a forest service road but it didn't look cut in quite some time. Anyway, it was excellent diversity for nearly December! Cloudless Sulphur - 10 Little Yellow - 5 Sleepy Orange - 4 Gulf Fritillary - 3 Pearl Crescent - 5 Question Mark - 1 light form Red Admiral - 1 Buckeye - 1 Carolina Satyr - 6 Gemmed Satyr - 3 (latest I've seen them) Tropical Checkered Skipper - 1 female Ray Simpson Charleston, SCSubject: Forsyth Bflys From: nottke1 <nottke1 AT earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:16:40 -0500 (EST) Got to 65 degrees here about an hour ago - saw three species in the yard today; 3 Sleepy Orange 1 Variegated Fritillary 1 Common Checkered Skipper Jim Nottke Pfafftown, NCSubject: recent leps Conway, SC 11-29-2009 From: Gary Phillips <carolinensis AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:44:56 -0800 (PST) hi y'all,
not much, but any are better than none.
Cloudless Sulphur - 3 11-28-09
Long-tailed Skipper - 2 11-28-09
at least 3 species of Sallow moths have been flying here the past week or so,
Silky Sallow (Chaetaglaea sericea), two as-yet un-id'd. all found at grape
jelly.
Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
"A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newtion." - Darwin
Subject: Fall leps - Macon County, NCFrom: Jason Love <jasonplove AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:49:22 -0800 (PST) Folks,
Here are a few short lists of leps from this fall from Macon County. I assisted
in helping students in the Science Club at Macon Middle School and at Macon
Early College net, i.d., and release butterflies in their schoolyard. Here are
the modest lists:
September 24, 2009 (Macon Middle School)
Viceroy - 2
Clouded Sulphur - 2
Sachem - 2 female, 1 male
Fiery Skipper - 2
October 1, 2009 (Macon Middle School)
Painted Lady - 3
Sachem - 3
Great Spangled Fritillary - 2
Monarch - 1 male, 1 female (tagged and released)
October 7, 2009 (Coweeta Hydrologic Lab)
Pearl Crescent - 1
Fiery Skipper - 1
Eastern-tailed Blue - 1 male
Cloudless Sulphur - 1 male
October 16, 2009 (Macon Early College 9th grade class - Franklin Greenway)
Orange Sulphur - 1
Clouded Sulphur - 1
Cabbage White - 1 female
Gulf Fritillary - 1
Also, today (November 28, 2009) I netted, photographed, and released a Shadow
Darner.
Cheers -
Jason Love
Subject: Durham Co. ButterfliesFrom: "Richard Stickney" <Richard.Stickney AT ncmls.org> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:22:38 -0500 Hi all, Today (11/28) around noon I saw a worn Painted Lady visiting flowers of a Loquat tree on the Museum grounds. Temp. couldn't have been much over 50 degrees. I neglected to post an unusual sighting last week, around the 20th: a Red-Banded Hairstreak, also on our grounds. I've never seen one here that late. Richard Stickney NC Museum of Life and ScienceSubject: Thanksgiving in Pitt From: Salman Abdulali <abdulalis AT ecu.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:15:52 -0500 Thanks to sunny skies and temperatures in the mid 60's I was able to see the following butterflies at the Pitt County Arboretum today, 2009-11-26. Names marked with a (*) are new late dates for the county. Cloudless Sulphur - 2 Sleepy Orange - 1 *Cabbage White - 2 Common Buckeye - 2 *Southern Skipperling - 1 *Fiery Skipper - 15 *Clouded Skipper - 1 Salman Abdulali Greenville, NCSubject: CBS Members - Be Green! From: Dennis Burnette <deburnette AT triad.rr.com> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:39:03 -0500 Carolina Butterfly Society Members: It's time for us to renew our memberships for 2010. Help your butterfly club be green by sending in your check now. I'm in the process of preparing the dues notices that I'll send out after Thanksgiving. Head me off at the pass! Send me your renewal (and gift membership) checks right away, and it will save CBS the price of envelopes, printing cost, stamps, and volunteer labor we'll expend to get the notices out. When you renew, please update any changes in your address, telephone number, and email address. I'll be preparing out a new member directory after the first of the year, so I'll need that information. The board is holding Family Memberships at the same rate as Individual Memberships, $15.00, for a second year. Corporate/Library memberships remain at $25. And did you know that you might be able to take a tax deduction for donations to Carolina Butterfly Society? We're a 501(c)(3) non-profit group. We use donations for educational and conservation purposes such as making grants, holding an annual butterfly symposium, and other similar activities. Please send your renewals to me at the address below. I'll update the member database and then forward the checks to our treasurer. Thanks, and have a great Thanksgiving! Dennis -- Dennis Burnette CBS Membership Chair 7 Brownstone Lane Greensboro, NC 27410 deburnette AT triad.rr.comSubject: Re: Juniper Hairstreak and prescribed fire in Macon County From: Nathan Dias <diasn AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:31:06 -0800 (PST) Alex is right - burn part (50% or less) of the habitat and give it a few years for the Hairstreaks to recover before burning the rest (in parts ideally). Otherwise, you may extirpate them locally, as has happened to King's Hairstreaks on so much of state game lands around the southeast U.S. In the habitat you burn: You might also try trimming around selected cedar stands to remove standing fuel, and wetting the bejeezus out of surrounding patches of leaf litter (around the host plants) to try and preserve them from burning as the fire line passes. Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC ----- Original Message ---- From: Alex NethertonSubject: late butterflies From: Nancy Baldwin <nbaldwin03 AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:08:56 -0500 my neighbor reported seeing in her yard in Green Mt a polygonia on Nov. 22 and a cloudless sulphur Nov.17th. Happy Thanksgiving. NancySubject: Re: Juniper Hairstreak and prescribed fire in Macon County From: Alex Netherton <danetherton AT charter.net> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:50:41 -0500 I know that prescribed burning is very important to preserve many ecosystems, and Juniper woods are probably a fire dependent one. I think I would look at either firing a part of the habitat, allowing the Hairstreaks to recover, and then burning the rest, or waiting till the B'flies are in the air and can escape. Actually, they may have adapted, and developed a lifestyle that is resistant to fire... Alex Netherton Asheville, NC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carolinamountainbirding/ http://blueridgediscovery.blogspot.com Gary Phillips wrote: > the references i have handy merely state "pupae hibernate," but according to Penn. Nat. Heritage Program factsheet, pupae overwinter in soil and debris. > > http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wrcp/factsheets/Juniper%20Hairstreak.pdf > > burning might not be so beneficial for the species. > > Gary Phillips > Conway, SC > > "A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton." - Darwin > > > > >Subject: RE: Juniper Hairstreak and prescribed fire in Macon County From: Gary Phillips <carolinensis AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:37:28 -0800 (PST) the references i have handy merely state "pupae hibernate," but according to
Penn. Nat. Heritage Program factsheet, pupae overwinter in soil and debris.
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wrcp/factsheets/Juniper%20Hairstreak.pdf
burning might not be so beneficial for the species.
Gary Phillips
Conway, SC
"A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton." - Darwin
Subject: Lingering Columbia, SC ButterfliesFrom: Dennis Burnette <deburnette AT triad.rr.com> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:10:43 -0500 Lynn Burnette, Dave Kastner, Marty Kastner and I were surprised to find 26 butterflies of 7 Species at the Clemson Sandhill Research and Education Center in Columbia, SC, last weekend on Saturday, 11/21/09 between 2:00 and 4:00 pm. The afternoon was partly sunny with a light breeze. The temperature reached around 63° but dropped into the upper 50s in a couple of hours. When we first arrived, there were several active butterflies in the meadow, but by the time we gave up we were finding only perched butterflies (thanks to Marty's keen eye) that seemed to be through for the day due to the chilly temperature and cool breeze. Orange Sulphur 1 Variegated Fritillary 7 (several fresh) American Lady 1 (very ragged) Common Buckeye 6 (several relatively fresh and one very ragged) Common Checkered-Skipper 6 Southern Skipperling 4 (two very ragged) Fiery Skipper 1 All of the butterflies we saw were in one meadow, although we searched other potentially good sites. The small white flowers of Rough Mexican Clover (Richardia scabra) were the predominant nectar source. The most conspicuous flowers were a yellow aster-like plant that I couldn't identify. Only the Variegated Fritillaries seemed to be using it for nectar. -- Dennis Burnette Greensboro, NC Guilford County deburnette AT triad.rr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/Subject: Juniper Hairstreak and prescribed fire in Macon County From: Jason Love <jasonplove AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:58 -0800 (PST) Folks,
A local land trust is planning on doing some much-needed prescribed fire on one
of its properties that contains a pitch pine stand and a cedar glade. The cedar
glade has one of the few known western NC records of Juniper Hairstreak and we
would like to do what we can to not extirpate the species unintentionally - the
cedar glade is getting choked by small trees and exotics and we hope the fire
will help restore the site. I know the Juniper Hairstreak overwinter as
chrysalids. But do they hang out in their chrysalis in the Eastern Redcedar
(shrub layer) or in the herb layer? Basically, we are trying to figure out if
we can just trim around some of the cedars so they won't go up in flame, thus
protecting the overwintering chrsalids, or if we need to leave larger areas of
the herb layer unburned too.
Cheers -
Jason
Subject: Great Southern White, James IS, SCFrom: Dennis Forsythe <dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:27:52 -0500 Hi All, Around noon today, 21 Nov. 2009, while walking our dogs in the Eastwood Neighborhood, James Is, SC, I had a Great Southern White flying North up the street. This is a new butterfly for our neighborhood. Dennis -- Dennis M. Forsythe PhD Charleston, SC 29412 843.795.3996-home 843.953.7264-fax 843.708.1605-cell dennis.forsythe AT gmail.comSubject: FW: Of El Nino and Butterflies From: Dennis Burnette <deburnette AT triad.rr.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:18:25 -0500 Carolina Butterfliers, A friend in Winston-Salem who sometimes uses tour companies for her trips sent me the paragraph below from Victor Emanuel of VENT. We¹re certainly seeing the rain. It will be interesting to see if the Carolinas will be affected next spring. Subject: Of El Nino and Butterflies ³Unless you are from the southern part of the United States, you may not be aware that Central Texas has just come through its most severe drought since the 1950s. With an El Niño winter reportedly on the way, rain finally began falling in the third week of September and has continued, off and on, ever since. Though the drought has not been officially declared over, it has certainly been alleviated. As a result, we have witnessed the most dramatic change in the landscape most of us have ever seen. In August, rivers were drying up, the vegetation was brown, trees had died, and our lake levels were way down. By late September, the land was lush and green and displaying an excellent bloom of fall wildflowers. Some species that normally bloom in the spring are blooming now. Prior to the rains, there had been very few butterflies around. Now there is an abundance of butterflies including such beauties as bordered patch, giant swallowtail, Gulf fritillary, common buckeye, red admiral, and a host of skippers. For those of us who love the natural world, these changes are marvelous to observe and add so much to our lives.² -- Dennis Burnette Greensboro, NC Guilford County deburnette AT triad.rr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/Subject: James IS, SC leps 19 Nov. 2009 From: Dennis Forsythe <dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:49:03 -0500 Hi All, Yesterday, I spent an hour mid-day in beautiful weather at Ft. Johnson Marine Lab. on James IS, SC. I found a number of butterflies in the lantana. Cloudless Sulfur-10+ Little Yellow-3 Gulf Fritillary-10 Common Buckeye-3 Monarch-2 Long-tailed Skipper-6 Wild Indigo Duskywing-1 a surprise. Tropical Checkered-Skipper-12+ Fiery Skipper-6 Cheers, Dennis -- Dennis M. Forsythe PhD Charleston, SC 29412 843.795.3996-home 843.953.7264-fax 843.708.1605-cell dennis.forsythe AT gmail.comSubject: Rainy Day Butterflying From: nottke1 <nottke1 AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:02:00 -0500 (EST) I don't know if this has appeared on carolinaleps earlier, but you can follow the action of the Painted Ladys on the shuttle trip at http://www.nsbri.org/Education/ButterfliesinSpace.html Jim Nottke Pfafftown, NCSubject: Re: daytime moth From: Alex Netherton <danetherton AT charter.net> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:05:50 -0500 Shame the bugguide feller could only solve his problem with poison. One of our world's problems IMHO. Alex Netherton Asheville, NC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carolinamountainbirding/ http://blueridgediscovery.blogspot.com Loretta wrote: > Chris Helms identified the moth as a Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia). I > Googled same and got two interesting sites with photos and > information. The second site is provide by a man who received a nasty > sting from the caterpillar. It's definitely a do not touch critter. > > > http://10000birds.com/buck-moth-hemileuca-maia.htm > > http://bugguide.net/node/view/269833 > > Loretta Lutman > Asheboro, NC > Randolph Co. >Subject: daytime moth From: "Loretta" <butterflies_bg AT triad.rr.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:27:29 -0500 Chris Helms identified the moth as a Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia). I Googled same and got two interesting sites with photos and information. The second site is provide by a man who received a nasty sting from the caterpillar. It's definitely a do not touch critter. http://10000birds.com/buck-moth-hemileuca-maia.htm http://bugguide.net/node/view/269833 Loretta Lutman Asheboro, NC Randolph Co.Subject: RE: daytime moth From: "Helms, J" <j.chris.helms AT ncdenr.gov> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:43:00 -0500 Bet it's a Buck Moth (Hemileuca maia). November is typically the month I've seen them both in the Sandhills and down here at Lake Waccamaw. Chris Helms Lake Waccamaw State Park Columbus Co. NC -----Original Message----- From: Loretta [mailto:butterflies_bg AT triad.rr.com] Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:54 PM To: carolinaleps-request AT duke.edu; carolinaleps AT duke.edu Subject: daytime moth Every year about this time, there is a black and white moth with a vigorous flight pattern, that flies during daylight hours. Is it also nocturnal? What is it? Loretta Lutman Asheboro, NCSubject: daytime moth From: "Loretta" <butterflies_bg AT triad.rr.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:53:30 -0500 Every year about this time, there is a black and white moth with a vigorous flight pattern, that flies during daylight hours. Is it also nocturnal? What is it? Loretta Lutman Asheboro, NCSubject: Re: Lake Crabtree From: Alex Netherton <danetherton AT charter.net> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:04:05 -0500 Ali, I don't know if you are aware, but I own a Yahoo group that is specific to Southeastern Odonates at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/se-odonata/ I have purposefully left the group settings so we can attach photos for ID purposes. The group is very popular, and has as its members some of the finest Odonate Entomologists in the US. I am sure they would love to answer any questions you might have, and I would love to welcome you and anyone else interested to the group. If anyone wishes to join, and does not want to go through the Yahoo hoops, let me know; I can directly subscribe you. Alex Netherton Asheville, NC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/carolinamountainbirding/ http://blueridgediscovery.blogspot.com Ali Iyoob wrote: > Today at Lake Crabtree I had 5 Cloudless Sulfurs, 2 C. Buckeyes, 1 Eufala > Skiper, 1 Monarch, 1 Orange Sulfur, and 1 Red Admiral. > I also had 4 Meadowhawks, 2 of which I know were Blue-faced. One flew by too > fast, and the other is a real puzzler. It looks just like a Blue-faced, > except for the fact that its face is red. I got great shots of it and can be > viewed at > http://www.flickr.com/photos/longspur/4106693367/ Any help would be > appreciated. > > Ali Iyoob > North Raleigh, NC > www.flickr.com/photos/longspur > http://birdingjournal.blogspot.com > > > > > >Subject: Yesterdays butterflies and odes From: birdcr AT concentric.net Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:36:19 -0500 Folks, Yesterday meg and I worked on the gardens here. We had a beautiful Mourning Cloak in excellent condition, 2 Cloudless Suphurs and a Clouded Skipper. Also a fewmale Autumn Meadowhawk landed on Meg's arm while I observed it. While digging a hole for a camellia I found a Six-spotted Tiger Beetle, not seen one of these in some time, not sure if my digging brought it out or what. Spring Peepers called all day, saw a Common Ground Skink and the painted turtles were out on logs in the pond. Cheers, Randy Emmitt and Meg Millard Rougemont, NCSubject: Lake Crabtree From: "Ali Iyoob" <Aliiyoob AT nc.rr.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:04:59 -0500 Today at Lake Crabtree I had 5 Cloudless Sulfurs, 2 C. Buckeyes, 1 Eufala Skiper, 1 Monarch, 1 Orange Sulfur, and 1 Red Admiral. I also had 4 Meadowhawks, 2 of which I know were Blue-faced. One flew by too fast, and the other is a real puzzler. It looks just like a Blue-faced, except for the fact that its face is red. I got great shots of it and can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/longspur/4106693367/ Any help would be appreciated. Ali Iyoob North Raleigh, NC www.flickr.com/photos/longspur http://birdingjournal.blogspot.comSubject: Guilford Co., NC, butterflies 11-15-09 From: Dennis Burnette <deburnette AT triad.rr.com> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:32:26 -0500 Don Allemann, Gregg Morris, and I took advantage of the clear sky and 76 degree temperature to look for butterflies in Greensboro, Guilford County, NC, this afternoon, 11/15/09. We stopped first at the Greensboro Arboretum, where we saw two butterflies and two moth species in about 45 minutes. Don and I continued on to the Legacy Demonstration Garden at the Guilford County Cooperative Extension Center where we spent another hour. In total we recorded 10 butterflies of 7 species, plus 2 day-flying moths. That¹s a pretty good count for the middle of November! Greensboro Arboretum = A Legacy Demonstration Garden = L Location: A L Total Butterflies: Cabbage White 0 1 1 Cloudless Sulphur 0 1 1 Sleepy Orange 0 1 1 Monarch 0 1 1 Common Checkered Skipper 1 0 1 Fiery Skipper 1 1 2 Sachem 0 3 3 Total butterflies: 2 8 10 indiv., 7 species Day-flying moths: Yellow-collared Scape Moth 1 0 1 Ailanthus Webworm Moth 1 0 1 Total moths: 2 0 2 indiv., 2 species Dennis -- Dennis Burnette Greensboro, NC Guilford County deburnette AT triad.rr.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/Subject: Pitt County, November 15 From: Salman Abdulali <abdulalis AT ecu.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:30:12 -0500 Butterflies seen today (2009-11-15) in Pitt County, mostly at the Arboretum. The sun emerged today after a week of rain and clouds, and the butterflies clearly wanted to take advantage of it. Cloudless Sulphur- 2, Pitt County Arboretum Sleepy Orange - several, Pitt County Arboretum Cabbage White - 1, ECU campus, new late date for Pitt Gray Hairstreak - 1, Pitt County Arboretum, new late date for Pitt American Snout - 1, Pitt County Arboretum, first November record for Pitt Monarch - 2, Pitt County Arboretum Variegated Fritillary - 1, Pitt County Arboretum Common Buckeye - several, Pitt County Arboretum American Lady - several, Pitt County Arboretum Painted Lady - 1, Pitt County Arboretum, new late date for Pitt Red Admiral- 1, Pitt County Arboretum Checkered Skipper- 1, Pitt County Arboretum Southern Skipperling - 2, Pitt County Arboretum, new late date for Pitt Fiery Skipper - several, Pitt County Arboretum Eufala Skipper - 1, Pitt County Arboretum, new late date for Pitt Ocola Skipper - several, Pitt County Arboretum, new late date for Pitt Salman Abdulali Greenville, NCSubject: Some Mecklenburg County butterflies From: piephofft AT aol.com Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:55:47 -0500 Folks, Butterflies noted November 14 at Sheffield Park and Evergreen Nature Preserve included: Monarch 1 Orange sulphur 2 Cloudless sulfur 1 Question Mark 3 Common checkered skipper 1 Taylor Piephoff Charlotte, NC PiephoffT AT aol.comSubject: Francis Marion SC leps 11-14 From: p51mustnb AT aim.com Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:36:56 -0500 Hey all, Went to the FMNF today and I had a spot along Wardfield Rd. that had surprising numbers and diversity for November. The spot looked like a house should have been there in the past as there were live oaks scattered about where there should have been pine forest. There were a few open patches with a yellow flower that was basically the only nectar around. Cloudless Sulphur - 10+ Little Yellow - 6+ Sleepy Orange - 6+ RB Hairstreak - 1 Gulf Fritillary - 2 Buckeye - 20+ American Lady - 1 Pearl Crescent - 4 SSS - 1 Longtailed Skipper - 5 - I rarely see them in the FM, more around human plantings White Checkered Skipper - 3 Fiery Skipper - 2 males and 2 females Clouded Skipper - 1 worn Brazilian Skipper - 1 - a surprise as no canna anywhere nearby Scape Moths Mournful Sphinx (Enyo lugubris) Ray Simpson Charleston, SCSubject: Snouts and More From: "Lynn B. Smith" <smithlynnb AT bellsouth.net> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:01:05 -0500 Hello all, Today SCAN went to Manchester State Forest in Sumter County, SC. Gorgeous day, temps making it up into the low 70s. I saw, in order of first appearance, American Snout - 5 Carolina Satyr Cloudless Sulphur 2 Sleepy Orange 2 Question Mark Lynn Smith Camden, SCSubject: Monarch, Cloudless 11/14 From: Kevin Metcalf <skermetcalf AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:39:31 -0500 Saw one each of Monarch and Cloudless Sulphur in northern Mecklenburg County today. Kevin Metcalf Huntersville, NC |