[Ctleps-l] Southern immigrant butterflies in CT

Mark Szantyr birdinggeek at gmail.com
Tue Jul 3 08:27:52 EDT 2012


I found a Common Buckeye two weeks ago well inland at Storrs on a residential lawn

Mark 

On Jul 3, 2012, at 8:00 AM, Epmanshell at aol.com wrote:

> Cloudless Sulphur, Variegated Fritillary and Common Buckeye, three southern immigrants, have all appeared in the state in June.
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> Fiery Skipper was reported in MA on Saturday, 6/30.
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> It looks like 2012 will be a good year for southern immigrants in CT.
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> I speculate that the recent storms in the southeastern US may have broken the drought in that part of the country, resulting in a butterfly population boom that is leading to these southern immigrants making their north.
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> Lenny Brown
> Wallingford
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> In a message dated 7/2/2012 9:25:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Emmayct at cs.com writes:
> Wow, Cloudless in June..great to hear these observations.
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> Maryann
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