FW: [MassLep] Late butterfly and dragonflies.

[Grkovich, Alex]

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> From:	Grkovich, Alex 
> Sent:	Monday, December 03, 2001 8:21 AM
> To:	'fgoodwin at massaudubon.org'; MassLeps
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> Subject:	RE: [MassLep] Late butterfly and dragonflies.
> 
> I found a VERY small Clouded Sulphur which was flying rather weakly and
> near the ground about our garden area on Saturday December 1, 2001 (temp.
> 71F at 11:30AM), in Peabody, MA. The specimen was a male, which was no
> larger than 1-1/4 in. wingspan, had a very dark dusted green ventral HW;
> the discocellular spot enclosed a bright silver color which stood out
> noticeably from the green ground color; the postmedian black spots on the
> ventral surfaces were reduced especially on the FW; the general ventral
> color was greenish. The dorsal surface ground  color was light yellow, but
> the most remarkable feature of this specimen was the very narrow black
> borders above , which were no more than 1/8 inch wide on the FW and much
> narrower on the HW. Overall the specimen looked quite "arctic", strongly
> resembling the northwestern Canadian/Alaskan subspecies vitabundi. (See
> the photo of vitabundi in Scott's 1986 Field Guide.)
> 
> While not at all worn, the specimen was not particularly fresh and lacked
> a portion of the apical area of one FW. It had probably emerged during one
> of the warmer days of last week. It is no doubt a good example of the
> effect of colder weather on the immature stages. 
> 
> Early spring philodice are typically smaller than the larger summer forms,
> but are not nearly as dwarfed and "arctic-looking" (as I referred to it
> above) as this one.
> 
> I seen no Orange Sulphurs recently. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Fred Goodwin [SMTP:fgoodwin at massaudubon.org]
> Sent:	Saturday, December 01, 2001 3:07 PM
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> Subject:	[MassLep] Late butterfly and dragonflies.
> 
> http://mrines.com/Butterflies/MassLep/
> 
> Hi All,
> Dec. 1st., 2 late records for the sanctuary today. An Orange Sulphur and 
> 5 male Yellow-legged Meadowhawks.
> Fred Goodwin
> Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
> 87 Perkins Row
> Topsfield MA
> 01983
> fgoodwin at massaudubon.org
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