Sachems - Old Lyme, CT

[jh]

Hi Folks - 

Thanks to the directions from Hank Golet, my wife Betsy and I got 
to see the brand new butterfly - for me and Connecticut - the Sachems!  
As he said, they were at Old Lyme Landscape in the zinnia patch.  
There were about 5 or 6 of them, males and females.  The males were 
like little terriers - chasing meadowhawks, sulphurs and other sachems.  
Two were mating on a zinnia.

Photos of a male and female at
 http://booksandnature.homestead.com/misc4.html

The owner was very hospitable (and Betsy got a nice
deal on some rosemary there).

Looks like the CT Butterfly Assn. has a new butterfly to
add to the checklist!  And I didn't see it listed on the
CT Butterfly Atlas - too bad - what a difference a year or
two can make.

Also - a Cloudless Sulphur was also present - and were just 
about everywhere we drove today!  Makes up for the dearth of that
spp. last year.  And a Buckeye at Rocky Neck SP.

John

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John Himmelman
Killingworth, CT
jhimmel at mindspring.com
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