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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Peter,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">There’s definitely AT LEAST two species of Crescents flying in southern New England. James Scott identified THREE in VT: Pearl Northern, and Diminutor. And
Mimic is most probably there (and here – meaning in Southern New England).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Alex Grkovich<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Peter DeGennaro [mailto:degennap@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 11, 2016 2:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alex Grkovich<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ctleps-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ctleps-l] Belated reports - Winchester, Goshen, Windsor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alex,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I took a look at my email - I meant call Northern Crescent P. cocyta, not P. diminutor. Diminutor has been treated as a separate species for a while now. Nevertheless, the crescents that fly in June in NW CT (and other areas?) are probably
not P. tharos.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Peter DeGennaro<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Alex Grkovich <<a href="mailto:AG@balatmp.com" target="_blank">AG@balatmp.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This is a very good report. And that is a very nice Aphrodite specimen.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">That “Summer Crescent” really DOES look like Diminutor – if I understand just what diminutor is.
Scott’s papers were obviously very good and very detailed – and also quite difficult to follow; and NOBODY has, I think, followed up on them in terms of Field Guides.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Also, Northern Crescent (selenis/cocyta etc.) is NOT diminutor; diminutor is either a distinct species
OR something related to cocyta/selenis. I don’t think (Harry?) it is related to tharos.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="mailto:ctleps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">ctleps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ctleps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">ctleps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter DeGennaro<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 08, 2016 9:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Ctleps-l@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">Ctleps-l@mailman.yale.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ctleps-l] Belated reports - Winchester, Goshen, Windsor</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Some various sightings from June that I never got around to report:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">6/4 - Lenny Brown reported that we found an Aphrodite Fritillary at the Mad River Dam in Winchester, which is a new early record by six days. Here's a photo of the frit:
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https://flic.kr/p/JAfCay</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">6/12 - Goshen WMA, Goshen - I photographed an apparent Summer Crescent: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253a-252f-252furldefense.proofpoint.com-252fv2-252furl-253fu-253dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fflic.kr-5Fp-5FJDx1UR-2526d-253dCwMFaQ-2526c-253d-2Ddg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw-2526r-253dwPbNkt6T-5FH4X7m-5FPlvSFCGU2a9-2DcsNvfRK2IVMi-2Dmp0-2526m-253dMBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-2DuLiLZ-5FVXflfWCGYRRE7xo-2526s-253d3Y-5FYhTBooykjRBR0H6jocS9yhbAZPMPpXXPFW1yK5zs-2526e-253d-26data-3D01-257c01-257cAG-2540balatmp.com-257ceaffda6ab11c471be46c08d3bff68a28-257c2e6e62c5ddae422ea7e6902b42c67999-257c0-26sdata-3DdzFyTVSaYaPxnfAwHlVtwqGxNM5lXLxOPYiQqNxhqec-253d&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=02YCFjo6-AuiwubDhd2t4wLC9gnCAFL5i-JOCdYMcqk&e=" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/JDx1UR</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">6/23 - Northwest Park, Windsor - large skippers were flying in good numbers. I counted 15 Hoary Edges, including six in in the small area behind the second tobacco shed:
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and I managed to find the egg: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253a-252f-252furldefense.proofpoint.com-252fv2-252furl-253fu-253dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fflic.kr-5Fp-5FJgTnYS-2526d-253dCwMFaQ-2526c-253d-2Ddg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw-2526r-253dwPbNkt6T-5FH4X7m-5FPlvSFCGU2a9-2DcsNvfRK2IVMi-2Dmp0-2526m-253dMBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-2DuLiLZ-5FVXflfWCGYRRE7xo-2526s-253dvJZUUAYKsVPmb3CKnDCXeqkwU7srwF-2Dbzby5IeA-5F68s-2526e-253d-26data-3D01-257c01-257cAG-2540balatmp.com-257ceaffda6ab11c471be46c08d3bff68a28-257c2e6e62c5ddae422ea7e6902b42c67999-257c0-26sdata-3DNtGZ1Yfl8j1PspZH0YxR4mfq4Ava0FnvzJgb56R2-252fK8-253d&d=CwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=Hz0q4IiBuTIwy3Y5fYXaQom53IJMeq5GeIuBollVCV4&e=" target="_blank">https://flic.kr/p/JgTnYS</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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