[Ctleps-l] Belated reports - Winchester, Goshen, Windsor

Fri Aug 12 09:31:26 EDT 2016

Peter,

There’s definitely AT LEAST two species of Crescents flying in southern New England. James Scott identified THREE in VT: Pearl Northern, and Diminutor. And Mimic is most probably there (and here – meaning in Southern New England).

Alex

Alex Grkovich
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From: Peter DeGennaro [mailto:degennap at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 2:02 PM
To: Alex Grkovich
Cc: Ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Ctleps-l] Belated reports - Winchester, Goshen, Windsor

Alex,

I took a look at my email - I meant call Northern Crescent P. cocyta, not P. diminutor.  Diminutor has been treated as a separate species for a while now. Nevertheless, the crescents that fly in June in NW CT (and other areas?) are probably not P. tharos.

Peter DeGennaro

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Alex Grkovich <AG at balatmp.com<mailto:AG at balatmp.com>> wrote:
Peter,

This is a very good report. And that is a very nice Aphrodite specimen.

That “Summer Crescent” really DOES look like Diminutor – if I understand just what diminutor is. Scott’s papers were obviously very good and very detailed – and also quite difficult to follow; and NOBODY has, I think, followed up on them in terms of Field Guides.

Also, Northern Crescent (selenis/cocyta etc.)  is NOT diminutor; diminutor is either a distinct species OR something related to cocyta/selenis. I don’t think (Harry?) it is related to tharos.

Crescents are always a MESS….

Alex

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Subject: [Ctleps-l] Belated reports - Winchester, Goshen, Windsor

Some various sightings from June that I never got around to report:

6/4 - Lenny Brown reported that we found an Aphrodite Fritillary at the Mad River Dam in Winchester, which is a new early record by six days. Here's a photo of the frit: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_JAfCay&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=tKRJmLDPTIJgprl0FtXxtnXEZBVlgpDOYuGSF_KOi7E&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253a-252f-252furldefense.proofpoint.com-252fv2-252furl-253fu-253dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fflic.kr-5Fp-5FJAfCay-2526d-253dCwMFaQ-2526c-253d-2Ddg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw-2526r-253dwPbNkt6T-5FH4X7m-5FPlvSFCGU2a9-2DcsNvfRK2IVMi-2Dmp0-2526m-253dMBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-2DuLiLZ-5FVXflfWCGYRRE7xo-2526s-253d7Me6h6qYQuHdcD4atOPeb645yKLBGkOfUmT5XDk57mQ-2526e-253d-26data-3D01-257c01-257cAG-2540balatmp.com-257ceaffda6ab11c471be46c08d3bff68a28-257c2e6e62c5ddae422ea7e6902b42c67999-257c0-26sdata-3Dvbf89p0H-252bwSYk6dlf0FP-252ffHOVfmQSUzLjXvOA84eig4-253d&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=tPDqCepBrpxvQecXJhjVjzeCEYJQ_k9Cl3ukRT8UWII&e= >

I also had a flyby White Admiral at McLean Game Refuge in Granby earlier on 6/4.

6/12 - Goshen WMA, Goshen - I photographed an apparent Summer Crescent: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_JDx1UR&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=CFI2Z5Qo8ROujhXXDimV-icFSYqJ5JQQGGsbBi2jQyg&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253a-252f-252furldefense.proofpoint.com-252fv2-252furl-253fu-253dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fflic.kr-5Fp-5FJDx1UR-2526d-253dCwMFaQ-2526c-253d-2Ddg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw-2526r-253dwPbNkt6T-5FH4X7m-5FPlvSFCGU2a9-2DcsNvfRK2IVMi-2Dmp0-2526m-253dMBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-2DuLiLZ-5FVXflfWCGYRRE7xo-2526s-253d3Y-5FYhTBooykjRBR0H6jocS9yhbAZPMPpXXPFW1yK5zs-2526e-253d-26data-3D01-257c01-257cAG-2540balatmp.com-257ceaffda6ab11c471be46c08d3bff68a28-257c2e6e62c5ddae422ea7e6902b42c67999-257c0-26sdata-3DdzFyTVSaYaPxnfAwHlVtwqGxNM5lXLxOPYiQqNxhqec-253d&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=02YCFjo6-AuiwubDhd2t4wLC9gnCAFL5i-JOCdYMcqk&e= >

As I understand it, they look a lot like Northern Crescents (Phyciodes diminutor), but may be more closely related to Pearl Crescent. Otherwise, two Silver-bordered Fritillaries were noteworthy.

6/27 - Goshen WMA, Goshen - worn Dreamy Duskywing, which is a new late date

I also had a White Admiral on the dirt road before the entrance.

6/23 - Northwest Park, Windsor - large skippers were flying in good numbers. I counted 15 Hoary Edges, including six in in the small area behind the second tobacco shed: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_HLCcPw&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=73Rs-VDrdHE9Fqq2dDRvn675DI03cr0AIzx946A1MbA&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253a-252f-252furldefense.proofpoint.com-252fv2-252furl-253fu-253dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fflic.kr-5Fp-5FHLCcPw-2526d-253dCwMFaQ-2526c-253d-2Ddg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw-2526r-253dwPbNkt6T-5FH4X7m-5FPlvSFCGU2a9-2DcsNvfRK2IVMi-2Dmp0-2526m-253dMBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-2DuLiLZ-5FVXflfWCGYRRE7xo-2526s-253dQqXxXXA-5FCujQg1v-5Frt3b2K5Z1FBumliPGFzWEjWtsEg-2526e-253d-26data-3D01-257c01-257cAG-2540balatmp.com-257ceaffda6ab11c471be46c08d3bff68a28-257c2e6e62c5ddae422ea7e6902b42c67999-257c0-26sdata-3DL1tNQnZjsOzR6Ac0sy7gy6bql4f7Uyjm8P9gkhhNJ30-253d&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=9EKfO6Vt3AXwKhwq7xddFu_u1ny4COv7_QSRQ32aa3o&e= >

Also around were 4 Southern Cloudywings, 7 Northern Cloudywings, a few Silver-spotted Skippers, and 2 Gray Hairstreaks among other species. One of the Southern Cloudywings oviposited, and I managed to find the egg: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__flic.kr_p_JgTnYS&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=6uuHOqzJQtx-lD__BHPjfJmwGMEUCxatgmksUE2qKQY&e= <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com_-3Furl-3Dhttps-253a-252f-252furldefense.proofpoint.com-252fv2-252furl-253fu-253dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fflic.kr-5Fp-5FJgTnYS-2526d-253dCwMFaQ-2526c-253d-2Ddg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw-2526r-253dwPbNkt6T-5FH4X7m-5FPlvSFCGU2a9-2DcsNvfRK2IVMi-2Dmp0-2526m-253dMBCXqJHuNWhwmoe7015Ib-2DuLiLZ-5FVXflfWCGYRRE7xo-2526s-253dvJZUUAYKsVPmb3CKnDCXeqkwU7srwF-2Dbzby5IeA-5F68s-2526e-253d-26data-3D01-257c01-257cAG-2540balatmp.com-257ceaffda6ab11c471be46c08d3bff68a28-257c2e6e62c5ddae422ea7e6902b42c67999-257c0-26sdata-3DNtGZ1Yfl8j1PspZH0YxR4mfq4Ava0FnvzJgb56R2-252fK8-253d&d=CwIGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=wPbNkt6T_H4X7m_PlvSFCGU2a9-csNvfRK2IVMi-mp0&m=VTTMqE_sd8HTeQVDwtFxh5Gv8Zh4-x72hsRV_bEaeAc&s=Hz0q4IiBuTIwy3Y5fYXaQom53IJMeq5GeIuBollVCV4&e= >

Peter DeGennaro
Naugatuck

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