East Lyme Butterflies- Where are the Duskywings?

[Grkovich, Alex]

A further footnote to my field trip experience at the Boston Hill, North
Andover MA yesterday: This may be a poor season for Duskywings, but it
appears that it may not be a poor season for ticks...when I got home, I
checked myself and my clothes very carefully, and it's a good thing I did: I
found at least FIFTEEN (15) ticks of at least two species, on my clothes and
on me...and one was already trying to attach itself. I DO believe that I got
them all...

Good reason to spray your clothes well with bug/tick spray when going into
such an area...

Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Grkovich, Alex [SMTP:agrkovich at tmpeng.com]
> Sent:	Monday, May 05, 2003 10:02 AM
> To:	'RChyinski at aol.com'; ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject:	RE: East Lyme Butterflies- Where are the Duskywings?
> 
> aAn (?) interesting note: I have seen absolutely NO Duskywings (Erynnis)
> of
> ANY species at all so far this spring, either in Mass. or in Rhode
> Island...The season appears to be even later than in 2002. I spent a
> couple
> of hours at the Boston Hill, North Andover, Essex Co, MA yesterday (60 F,
> 10
> mph N wind) and saw only a few Brown and Eastern Pine Elfins; along with
> one
> male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and a few "Cabbages" (big deal, eh?). The
> blueberry is only now just beginning to come into bloom...
> 
> Field trip is planned back to Rhode Island on Friday and to CT on
> Sunday...I'll keep everyone posted...
> 
> Alex 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	RChyinski at aol.com [SMTP:RChyinski at aol.com]
> > Sent:	Saturday, May 03, 2003 5:38 PM
> > To:	ctleps-l at lists.yale.edu
> > Subject:	East Lyme Butterflies
> > 
> > Still not a lot of species but quantities are starting to increase. This
> > afternoon in East Lyme I saw plenty of Spring Azures, 6 Clouded
> Sulphurs,
> > 2 Cabbage Whites and one each Mourning Cloak and Eastern Comma
> > Rich Chyinski
> > 
> > 
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