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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: 803-478-2314
Subject: 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, NC
Subject: 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 McCord 
Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:54 PM
Subject: RE: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC
To: Dennis Forsythe 


He has it about correct, except that very few Atlantic coast migratory
monarchs end up in Mexico, regardless of when they arrive in the
Southeast. I have had a total of 3 out of 14K+ that were tagged here
and then recovered in Mexico. And, many that winter in SC have already
broken reproductive diapauses if they ever entered such!  We have
mating throughout the migration in our area, even in early to mid
October.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Forsythe [mailto:dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 4:49 PM
To: Billy McCord
Subject: Fwd: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC

Billy,

FYI


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paul Cherubini 
Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: Monarchs at Patriot's Pt. and Folly Beach, SC
To: Dennis Forsythe 
Cc: carolinaleps AT duke.edu, Jackie ,
Fitz Clarke 


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 Cherubini



--
Dennis M. Forsythe PhD
Charleston, SC 29412
843.795.3996-home
843.953.7264-fax
843.708.1605-cell
dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com



-- 
Dennis M. Forsythe PhD
Charleston, SC 29412
843.795.3996-home
843.953.7264-fax
843.708.1605-cell
dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com
Subject: 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 Cherubini

Subject: 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 Cherubini
Subject: 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 McCord 
Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 3:50 PM
Subject: RE: Fw: Monarchs on Skidaway Island, Ga
To: Dennis Forsythe 


Dennis,

I did go to both Folly (1145-1235) and Patriot's Point (1310-1400)
today.  I saw 2 monarchs at mid-Folly (caught & tagged 1) and saw ~15
at NE Folly (tagged 6 & recaptured 4 - 29, 29, 33 & 44 days at large).
 At Patriot's I saw 7 monarchs, of which I tagged 4 with no recaptures
- only tagged 7 there, all on Christmas Eve day.

Also at Folly I saw 1 red admiral and 1 question mark, both at
Elaeagnus pungens. At Patriot's I saw 1 question mark and 1 American
snout (both basking) in addition to the monarchs.

Billy

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Forsythe [mailto:dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 2:10 PM
To: Billy McCord; Jackie; Sarah Ernst
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Monarchs on Skidaway Island, Ga

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Fitz Clarke 
Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:56 PM
Subject: Fw: Monarchs on Skidaway Island, Ga
To: Sandra Wolf 
Cc: Jim & Diane Morey , Dennis Forsythe
, Billy McCord 


Sandra-thanks for the update.
Fitz

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandra Wolf
To: Fitz Clarke
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 1:33 PM
Subject: Monarchs
1-19-2010  Definitely have monarchs flying around.  Even saw a larva
though I don't know what it is eating as all the milkweed plants
froze.  Sandra


--
Dennis M. Forsythe PhD
Charleston, SC 29412
843.795.3996-home
843.953.7264-fax
843.708.1605-cell
dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com



-- 
Dennis M. Forsythe PhD
Charleston, SC 29412
843.795.3996-home
843.953.7264-fax
843.708.1605-cell
dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com
Subject: 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 McCord 
Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Subject: tonight and monarchs
To: Dennis Forsythe 


Dennis,

 I went out to Folly yesterday ~2 PM – 3 PM.   I saw ~12 monarchs and
1 red admiral.   This is all on the north end of Folly and a few
monarchs about mid-Folly (though I’m sure there are some at south
Folly – I just don’t go there).   I also saw 1 monarch yesterday fly
across  hwy. 171 near Oak Island.   I tagged 4 monarchs and recaptured
4.  One of the recovered monarchs I tagged on 8 Nov at the same site.
It has been there for at least 71 days!  The others had been tagged in
Dec and had been at large 28, 32 and 34 days.



On 15 Dec I tagged 4 monarchs, and I recaptured 1 (31 days) and
recovered 1 (31 days) apparently dead from freeze (with another
untagged dead monarch beneath an habitual roost tree (cedar).



Billy


-- 
Dennis M. Forsythe PhD
Charleston, SC 29412
843.795.3996-home
843.953.7264-fax
843.708.1605-cell
dennis.forsythe AT gmail.com
Subject: 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 Burnette 
To: Carolinaleps 
Sent: Sun, Jan 17, 2010 2:41 pm
Subject: Winter Butterflies 2010 in NC


It's interesting to me that people are seeing adult butterflies in North
arolina despite the intensely cold weather that we have experienced in
anuary so far this year.
Not only am I a bit surprised that butterflies are being seen, the species
lso are interesting. The popular wisdom is that the following three species
ypically make it through the winter as adults: Question Mark, Eastern
omma, and Mourning Cloak. Yet, only one of the reported 2010 species is in
hat short list. The others are American Lady, Red Admiral, and Cloudless
ulphur.
Here are the four North Carolina reports that I have found on Carolinaleps
or the first half of January, 2010:
1/01/10, American Lady, Carteret County (Coastal Plain) Bob Cavanaugh
/04/10, Eastern Comma, Wake County (Piedmont) Ali Ayoob
/16/10, Red Admiral, Durham County (Piedmont) Greg Dodge
/16/10, Cloudless Sulphur, Carteret County ( Coastal Plain) Bob Cavanaugh
I would appreciate reports from others on the dates, species, and locations
f butterflies you have seen this year. In fact, if you'll continue to past
our sightings on Carolinaleps throughout the cold months, I'll put a
ummary together this coming spring.
Dennis
- 
ennis Burnette
reensboro, NC 27410
eburnette AT triad.rr.com
ttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisburnette/

Subject: 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.com
Subject: 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 lep
From: 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 Membership
From: 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.com

Subject: 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.com
Subject: 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, NC
Subject: 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 
() or me know. Again, we are expecting to use the NEW 
SCIENTIFIC names but not the COMMON names for this go-around. I did not label 
which of the two is different within each taxon above, but you probably can 
figure out which name or wording is different. The true butterflies are listed 
first, followed by the skippers. 


We wanted to give you folks an "early notice" now!

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: 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
Charlotte 
Subject: 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 Brock 

Subject: 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, at . 


PLANNING CBS ACTIVITIES - get on the calendar!!

May 16 - Davidson County count.

August 7 - Surry County count.

August 8 - Forsyth County count.

AUGUST 28 - the annual CBS SYMPOSIUM is planned for Saturday, August 28, at the 
JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh. 

Is anyone interested in scheduling a butterfly count or other field activity in 
the TRIANGLE AREA for Sunday, August 29? 


Sept 4 & 5 - Pat Sutton has announced that the Hobcaw Barony and Francis Marion 
NABA counts will be held Labor Day weekend, Sept 4 & 5. 


Jim Nottke



Jim Nottke
Pfafftown, NC
Subject: 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 Forsythe  wrote:


From: Dennis Forsythe 
Subject: FOY butterfly
To: carolinaleps AT duke.edu, "Jackie" , "Billy
McCord" , "Calver, James S SAM AT SAS"
, "Frances Egleston"

Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 8:36 AM

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.com

 
Subject: 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 Forsythe  wrote:

From: Dennis Forsythe 
Subject: FOY butterfly
To: carolinaleps AT duke.edu, "Jackie" , "Billy 
McCord" , "Calver, James S SAM AT SAS" 
, "Frances Egleston"  

Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 8:36 AM

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.com



      
Subject: 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" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 7:42 AM
Subject: [DPLEX-L:38242] monarchs on Hilton Head Island, SC


> 
> A friend was visiting Hilton Head last week and saw not only adult 
> monarchs, but caterpillars as well. Is it normal for coastal SC to have 
> caterpillars this time of year?
> 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.com
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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 Pugh
Subject: 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.com



Subject: 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, NC
Subject: 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.com
Subject: 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, NC
From: "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, NC
Subject: 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, NC
Subject: 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, VA
Subject: 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, SC
Subject: 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, SC
Subject: 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, NC
Subject: 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, NC
From: 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. Butterflies
From: "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 Science
Subject: 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, NC
Subject: 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.com

Subject: 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 Netherton 
To: Gary Phillips 
Cc: carolinaleps 
Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 11:50:41 PM
Subject: Re: Juniper Hairstreak and prescribed fire in Macon County

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



Subject: 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. Nancy
Subject: 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 Butterflies
From: 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, SC
From: 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.com
Subject: 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.com
Subject: 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, NC
Subject: 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, NC 
Subject: 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, NC 
Subject: 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, NC
Subject: 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.com



Subject: 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, NC
Subject: 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.com
Subject: 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, SC
Subject: 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, SC
Subject: 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