[Ctleps-l] Southern immigrant butterflies in CT

[Epmanshell at aol.com]

Cloudless Sulphur, Variegated Fritillary and Common Buckeye,  three 
southern immigrants, have all appeared in the state in June.
 
Fiery Skipper was reported in MA on Saturday, 6/30.
 
It looks like 2012 will be a good year for southern immigrants in CT.
 
I speculate that the recent storms in the southeastern US may have broken  
the drought in that part of the country, resulting in a butterfly population 
 boom that is leading to these southern immigrants making their north.
 
Lenny Brown
Wallingford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/2/2012 9:25:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Emmayct at cs.com writes:

Wow,  Cloudless in June..great to hear these  observations.

Maryann
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