[Ctleps-l] Berkshires Trip 5/31

[Raymond Simpson]

Forgot over a dozen Tiger Swallowtails on Greylock.  I assume Canadian.

Ray Simpson

On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Raymond Simpson <raymond.simpson at yale.edu>
wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Went up to western Mass. as this was my "now or never" attempt because
> work load is only going to get worse in the next month.  I wanted to check
> out Moran WMA for the Arctic Skipper which I had never seen before.  It was
> a nice habitat and I would have put out a sheet there at night if it wasn't
> so windy and in the open Sat.  There was a lot of poplar, willow, and
> cherry and my moth sampling spots usually do not sample such habitats.
>
> I also dropped by Mt. Greylock at around 2:30pm where I saw Early
> Hairstreak with a Massachusetts photographer last year.  Surprisingly I
> didn't see anyone out there looking for it but I never did see any this
> day.  Very strange.  I was a bit late for the Early last year, but it
> doesn't seem the Early lived up to it's name this year.  All the other
> species are the same as last year, almost to the exact list!
>
> Did some moth collecting in Beartown St. Forest but a burst of rain ruined
> what was building to a decent sheet.  The sheet was sparse on new arrivals
> after that I guess because of wet conditions.  I got a late *Feralia
> comstocki, Bellura obliqua, Leuconycta diptheroides, and Maliattha
> concinnimacula*.  A nice green trifecta!  It was very geo heavy, like
> always in the late spring.
>
> *Moran WMA*:
> Tiger Swallowtail (Canadian?) - 2 (one very pale like a Pale Swallowtail)
> - I think Canadian is the species up here but I did not catch any to
> confirm.
> Black Swallowtail - 2 (M/F)
> Clouded Sulphur - 12+ (many whites all turned out to be white female
> *Colias*)
> Orange Sulphur - 2 (beat females, one flirting with a male *philodice*)
> Spring Azure - 5 (very worn out)
> Cherry Gall Azure - 1 (fresher male with *neglecta* underside, collected)
> Pearl Cresent - 6+ (these were fast fliers but my vouchers look like
> typical Pearl Crescent and not the Northern Crescent)
> Common Ringlet - 2
> Gray Comma - 1 (first outside NH for me, buzzed by while my net was
> occupied with a non-lep)
> Dreamy Duskywing - 6+
> Arctic Skipper - 20+ (these things were all over the place in twos and
> threes)
>
> *Mt. Greylock*:
> West Virginia White - 5 (one tiny one that I thought was a Orangetip)
> White Admiral/Redspotted Purple - 2 (one with full bands and one
> intermediate with blue)
> Red Admiral - 1 (on summit)
> Mourning Cloak - 7 (top of Stony Ledge Trail)
> Common Ringlet - 2 (Jones Nose Trailhead)
> Hobomok Skipper  - 3 (males)
> Pepper & Salt Skipper - 3
> NO Early Hairstreak!
>
> Greylock is a great spot to hike, and the view from the top is awesome.
>
> Odes were quite poor in diversity:
> Common Baskettail - 10+
> Common Whitetail - 2
> Clubtail sp. (prob. Lancet) - 1
>
> Also saw Hummingbird Clearwing (2)
>
> Ray Simpson
>
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