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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="406184714-03072012"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"><strong>I would hesitate to refer to Common Buckeye - and even Variegated Fritillary - as a "southern immigrant". Buckeyes colonize the region annually,
and I have even found them (i.e. in mint condition) in southern Maine in mid-June which raises suspicion that in some years they may overwinter in the region. Growing up in southern Michigan and southern Ontario, where the winters are on average more severe
than around here, the Buckeye was always a common summer butterfly, and on recent visits to Essex Co., (southwestern) Ontario, I always seem to find it.</strong></font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="406184714-03072012"><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Similarly, I have actually found worn female Variegated Fritillaries in NORTHERN Maine in May; so again, these may well be overwintering the region
occasionally (at least). And in fact, there is at least one PERMANENT colony of claudia in the Quebec City, Quebec region.
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="406184714-03072012"><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">So, the Buckeye is better recognized as a Regular Colonist to the region, while the Fritillary - I don't know - occasional colonist???</font></strong></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="406184714-03072012"><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Certainly the Cloudless Sulphur, along with most of the other things that we look for in the region in late summer and early fall, IS a southern
immigrant.....</font></strong></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="406184714-03072012"><strong><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Alex</font></strong> </span></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> ctleps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:ctleps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Szantyr<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 03, 2012 8:28 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ctleps-l] Southern immigrant butterflies in CT<br>
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<div>I found a Common Buckeye two weeks ago well inland at Storrs on a residential lawn<br>
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On Jul 3, 2012, at 8:00 AM, <a href="mailto:Epmanshell@aol.com">Epmanshell@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<div>Cloudless Sulphur, Variegated Fritillary and Common Buckeye, three southern immigrants, have all appeared in the state in June.</div>
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<div>Fiery Skipper was reported in MA on Saturday, 6/30.</div>
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<div>It looks like 2012 will be a good year for southern immigrants in CT.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>In a message dated 7/2/2012 9:25:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <a href="mailto:Emmayct@cs.com">
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<font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial">Wow, Cloudless in June..great to hear these observations.<br>
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Maryann<br>
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