Migrants

jh jhimmel at mindspring.com
Wed Oct 9 08:08:33 EDT 2002


>Hey Bill, here's a challenge: Steve Walter just reported a Eufala Skipper
from New York City.  
>Get your field guides out and watch for these along the Connecticut shore.
You never know!

I'm sure Bill is - no doubt I have been since Steve's report!

John

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Subject: Migrants


Bill Yule wrote, regarding this sudden surge of southern immigrants
(Sachems, Fiery and Ocola Skippers, Checkered Whites, etc.):

<<Have I missed it all these past years or is this new?"

This really isn't new, but it's not the norm either, so you didn't miss them
in such numbers and combinations.  At one time a Sachem, Fiery, Long-tailed
or Ocola Skipper in New England would have been front-page news, and you
would have been lucky to see just a single one of these all year.  Until
this year, these would have been "lifers" for most New England butterfliers.
There have been historical records of these skippers but most are about 100
years old.  So for most folks, it is probably an experience that likely
won't repeat itself again, or maybe it will.  Who knows.  

Certainly last year's non-winter played a large part in allowing these
insects to overwinter much further north than in most years.  Heck, we had
Cabbage Whites and Orange Sulphurs flying in every month of the past winter
here in the Washington D.C. area.  I doubt we'll see a repeat next year but
maybe this IS a sign of some kind of climatic warming (at least along the
eastern seaboard).

Hey Bill, here's a challenge: Steve Walter just reported a Eufala Skipper
from New York City.  Get your field guides out and watch for these along the
Connecticut shore.  You never know!

Best,
Harry Pavulaan

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