out and about in eastern Ct

[RChyinski at aol.com]

Butterflies seen today in Salem, Lyme and Old Lyme.
Swallowtails: Eastern Tiger, Black, 12-15 at Griswold Point
Sulphurs: Orange, Clouded, Cloudless
Cabbage White
Eastern Tailed blue
Pearl Crescent
American Copper
Painted Lady
Monarch, Tagged 3 at Griswold Point.
 
No Pipevine Swallowtails have been seen in Lyme this fall. It looks like a  
combination of spraying, construction and possibly the appetite of the Pipevine 
 caterpillars  may have destroyed, at least temporarily, the population  
there. The Aristolochia seems to be recovering from the spraying and  
construction, I found 15- 20 plants there today, in the area that was most  heavily 
damaged.
Rich Chyinski
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