[Ctleps-l] Hairstreaks Aplenty

[Wagner, David]

Hold the bus:  I don’t get out enough. Hairstreaks are appearing in number.

My student, Ben Gagliardi found (very fresh) Edward’s Hairstreaks flying at Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts today…with Banded Hairstreaks.

We have had Striped Hairstreaks hatching in the lab since Sunday.

Sharon Stichter wrote to me about a sighting of an Oak Hairstreak in Amherst.

Time to get out there among them.

David L. Wagner Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06268-3043
o: 860-486-2139; c: 860-942-1796; f: 860-486-6364

PS  So, Lenny, you probably weren’t too early for Edwards at West Rock Ridge St. Park, Hamden-New Haven, but perhaps too early this year to write off the population for this year.  Let us know.  Fingers crossed.

From: Wagner, David
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 5:52 PM
To: 'Steve Walter'; Epmanshell at aol.com; ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu
Cc: Ben Gagliardi (benlgagz at sbcglobal.net)
Subject: RE: [Ctleps-l] Butterfly sightings- West Rock Ridge St. Park, Hamden-New Haven

I agree with Steve that it is too early for Edwards here (fresh adults were flying in Ohio last weekend at Mothapalooza).  The only Satyrium possible, now, would be the Oak Hairstreak.

Ban Gagliardi, my graduate student, and I are doing a study on the Oak Hairstreak (for the State of Massachusetts) this year and next, and would appreciate hearing any report of the Oak Hairstreak this year.

On a side note: we were beating for caterpillars atop Great Blue Hill In Boston recently and ran into Edward’s Hairstreak caterpillars in such great numbers that we had to stop beating the oaks—got tired of individually reattaching the larvae.  We then started searching for larvae by eye, by first looking for their attendant ants.   It was not difficult to locate larvae—all were being tended by 3-4 Lasius ants.  Got some great pictures.   Will send out a blog link with images next week.

Best,

David L. Wagner Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06268-3043
o: 860-486-2139; c: 860-942-1796; f: 860-486-6364







From: ctleps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:ctleps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> [mailto:ctleps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu]<mailto:[mailto:ctleps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu]> On Behalf Of Steve Walter
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 5:32 PM
To: Epmanshell at aol.com<mailto:Epmanshell at aol.com>; ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Ctleps-l] Butterfly sightings- West Rock Ridge St. Park, Hamden-New Haven

Hi Lenny,
I think it's still early for Edward's, even though Banded is out. I'd try again in a week.

Steve Walter


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From: Epmanshell at aol.com<mailto:Epmanshell at aol.com>
Date: 06/22/2013 4:22 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: Re: [Ctleps-l] Butterfly sightings- West Rock Ridge St. Park, Hamden-New Haven


On Saturday, 6/22, I visited both the Lake Wintergreen section of the park and hiked the top of the ridge from the parkway south to the overlook.  The list for the day is as follows:

Spicebush Swallowtail (2)
Cabbage White (25)
Orange Sulphur (1)
Banded Hairstreak (23) (on top of the ridge and along the access road to the overlook)
Hickory Hairstreak (2+) (My first of the year) (On the access road; two individuals were perching on the same hickory sapling)
Summer Azure (3)
Great Spangled Fritillary (7)
Little Wood-Satyr (10)
Silver-spotted Skipper (1)
Hoary Edge (4)
Southern Cloudywing (6)
Least Skipper (1)
European Skipper (30)
Little Glassywing (1) (My first of the year)
Dun Skipper (1) (My first of the year)

On a negative note, despite a diligent search, for the second year in a row, I was unable to find Edwards' Hairstreak at this site and note that Larry Gall found only 2 Edwards' Hairstreaks on the 2012 Southern New Haven 4th of July butterfly count.  I'm concerned this site is becoming too warm for this northern species and would be very interested in any reports of Edwards' Hairstreak in the state.

Lenny Brown
Wallingford

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