Butterfly Sightings

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Hi Lenny et al,

Since you've revisited Chaffinch, I guess I have to tell my tale of galloping woe.

I revisited Tuesday at noon.  My first sighting was Noble Proctor, on his way out, who told me that he'd hit the trifecta:  Snout, Hackberry Emperor and Tawny Emperor.  He tried to describe where he'd seen them--sounded fairly straightforward (go around the lilac bushes; near the lady painting), but I looked and looked and couldn't find any of them!!  I did catch a glimpse of something near the lilacs that definitely wasn't a gypsy moth--larger, had spots, seemed emperor shaped, but nothing definite (other than a black swallowtail and several cabbage whites).

I'm glad you had better luck!!

Diane

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From: Epmanshell at aol.com
> Saturday, July 22-
>  
> I was visiting Chaffinch Is. Park in Guilford today.  
>  
> There was a half hour or so of sunny weather, with a burst of  butterfly 
> activity, when I was able to find 2 Hackberry Emperors and an American  Snout.  
> Unfortunately, the clouds came back in and that was it for  butterflies at the 
> park.
>  
> On the way home, I stopped at Van Wilgens Nursery in North Branford where I  
> found a male Fiery Skipper on the Buddleias, my first of the year and an  
> early date for the species.  It probably came up north along with the  tropical 
> storm  that passed through earlier this week.  
>  
> So far this year, while it is only July 22, there have already been a  total 
> of four southern immigrant species reported from the state for the year,  
> American Snout, Variegated Fritillary, Common Buckeye and now Fiery  Skipper.  
> That suggests 2006 will be a good year to look for southern  immigrants near the 
> coast.
>  
> Lenny Brown
> Wallingford



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