sightings & stuff

[jhimmel at comcast.net]

Okay, Diane - thanks for the gentle prodding...

About 14 people showed up at the CBA Bent of the River sanctuary in
Southbury today.  It was a nice group of people - fun to be afield with.
This area is really one CT's treasures and the Longstreths do a great job of
keeping it that way.

While we looked at anything that crawled or flew, these are the butterflies
we saw -

Black Swallowtail
Clouded Sulphurs
Orange Sulphurs
Some American Coppers
Coral Hairstreaks
A Banded Hairstreak
Hickory Hairstreaks (about a half a dozen)
Eastern Tailed Blues
Great Spangled Fritilaries
Pearl Crescents
Eastern Commas
Red Admirals
Brown sp.
Little Wood Satyr
Common Wood Nymphs (about a thousand bazillion)
Silver-spotted Skippers
A Duskywing sp.
A Least Skipper
Northern Broken Dashes
Little Glassywings
Delaware Skippers (about 8 or so)
Dun Skippers (quite a few)

Noticeably absent - Monarchs

Best -

John


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Subject: sightings & stuff


In the backyard & immediate neighborhood in Chester:

Sat. 7/9
2 Great Spangled Fritillaries
1 Mourning Cloak
several Cabbage Whites

Sun. 7/10
1 Mourning Cloak
2 Great Spangled Fritillaries (they seem to live on my a.tuberosa)
1 Clouded Sulphur
quick glimpses of an unidentified skipper, and a quick flying butterfly by
the window (possibly American Lady)

Saw in the Main Street News that Rich Chyinski is doing a program Tuesday
after a meeting of the Lyme Garden Club at the Lymes' Senior Center in Old
Lyme.  "The business meeting will begin at 1 p.m. and 'Connecticut
Butterflies' will begin at 2 p.m.  Richard Chyinski of the Connecticut
Butterfly Association will speak on the topic and conduct a question and
answer session..."  It does not say whether this is free and/or open to the
public.  Contact is Ellen Fennema at 434-2373.

Hope the field trip today went well.  I look forward to seeing field notes!
Next field trip:
Saturday July 23, 10 AM at Flaherty Field Trial Area in East Windsor, led by
Lenny Brown.  I know we saw lots of leps there last year!

Diane Adams