From rchyinski at comcast.net Sun Jul 1 10:05:54 2018 From: rchyinski at comcast.net (RICHARD CHYINSKI) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 10:05:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Ctleps-l] where are the Sulphurs Message-ID: <1521226344.130339.1530453954576@connect.xfinity.com> Was at Walden yesterday doing some trail work. There are acres of Milkweed in bloom and plenty of butterflies flying but not see any Clouded or Orange Sulphurs and have seen very few this year. Did see my foty Pearly Eyes and Application Browns. Rich Chyinski -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pedro8410 at my.uri.edu Sun Jul 1 11:31:08 2018 From: pedro8410 at my.uri.edu (Dylan Pedro) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 11:31:08 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Killingly Northern Pearly-Eyes Message-ID: This morning around Ross Marsh WMA, at least 3 Northern Pearly-eyes Dylan Waterford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pcomins at ctaudubon.org Sun Jul 1 11:36:57 2018 From: pcomins at ctaudubon.org (Patrick Comins) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 15:36:57 +0000 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Recent reports Message-ID: I had a Striped Hairstreak in my yard yesterday morning; a species I had driven all over the state for with no luck until last year. Also Banded Hairstreaks yesterday and today and Summer Azure. Yesterday at West Peak in Meriden the Edward's Hairstreaks and Hoary Edge continued, along with a Banded Hairstreak. Today at the industrial park in Naugatuck with Bill Van Loan we had Acadian, Gray and Coral Hairstreaks, Southern Cloudywing, Great Spangled Fritillaries, Peck's Skipper, Eastern Tailed-Blue, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Cabbage White, Orange Sulphur, Dun Skipper, lots of Silver-Spotted Skippers and Little Glassywings, Common Wood-Nymphs and Little Wood Satyr and Bill had Delaware Skipper. Friday I was at Durham Meadows and didn't have much of note. I'm concerned that Reed Canary Grass is overtaking the fields. Patrick Comins, Meriden Sent from my iPhone From jhimmel at comcast.net Sun Jul 1 12:16:44 2018 From: jhimmel at comcast.net (John Himmelman) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 12:16:44 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Bent-of-the-River, Southbury CBA Walk Message-ID: <3A54DFB3-7787-46C0-82EF-07AE78286280@comcast.net> About 15 people came on the CBA Bent-of-the-River walk Saturday, June 30. We found 18 species: Black Swallowtail Cabbage Whites Clouded Suphur (only 2!) Hairstreak sp. (2 or 3 up high in an oak) Eastern Tailed Blue Summer Azures (3) Great Spangled Fritillarys (10 or so?) Eastern Commas (3) Red Admirals (3) Red-spotted Purple Northern Pearly Eye (2 or 3) Little Wood Satyr Common Wood Nymph Monarchs (3) Silver-spotted Skippers (2) Little Glassywing Delaware Skippers (4) Dun Skippers (4) We?ll find all the rest next year. John John Himmelman jhimmel at comcast.net ************************* Visit my websites: NEW BOOK BLOG - WWW.STORIESSTORIES.BLOG www.johnhimmelman.com www.greenhillmartialarts.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnHimmelman "The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things." Rainer Maria Rilke -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nafets519 at gmail.com Tue Jul 3 11:24:56 2018 From: nafets519 at gmail.com (Stefan Martin) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 11:24:56 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] 6/2- Stratford Point- White M Hairstreak Message-ID: Yesterday, I had an extremely fresh White-M Hairstreak on Swamp Milkweed by the building. Still waiting on our first Swarthy of the year. Stefan Martin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From degennap at gmail.com Tue Jul 3 20:03:00 2018 From: degennap at gmail.com (Peter DeGennaro) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 20:03:00 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] [NEleps] Naugatuck Industrial Park - 6 hairstreak species + L-t Skipper cats in Portland In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Harry, Thanks for the thoughts. I had the Long-tailed right along the bank of the CT River, which is a point toward it having flown up on it's own. It's true that there seems to be a bit of a trend of a few southern vagrants showing up this time of year. A Common Checkered Skipper I found along the Housatonic River in northern CT on 7/11/16 and a Sleepy Orange at Bent of the River in western CT in June a few years ago found by Patrick Comins come to mind. Of course, these species winter much farther north than Long-tailed Skipper. I find it unlikely though that it found a male to mate with if it came up on its own - unless it that happened much farther south. Here are some photos of the skipper: http://flic.kr/p/27mtUCK Caterpillar: http://flic.kr/p/27EP3JC Eggs: http://flic.kr/p/27ojYzP Peter DeGennaro On Mon, Jul 2, 2018 at 5:15 PM, Harry Pavulaan wrote: > Peter: > > > The question came up whether the recent Connecticut Long Tailed Skipper flew > up on its own or arrived via human transport. I have a feeling that the one > recently observed in Connecticut and laying eggs arrived on its own. > Reason: In Rhode Island, all records are beginning August 17 and 20 and > going into October. These are all fresh individuals with all of their > tails. If they are fresh, they are of local origin. The recent Connecticut > individual has seen it's day and likely travelled a great distance. My > suggestion is that they DO fly up on their own at this time of year, lay > their eggs and their offspring start appearing in mid-August. > > > One thing to keep in mind is that there are way more numbers of any > butterfly than those observed and then reported by butterfly folks. Most > certainly, individuals of species such as the Long Tailed Skipper travel up > annually. Odds of one of the few coming up the coast, then crossing paths > with a butterflier in New England are akin to winning a big lottery or being > struck by lightning. > > > These were reported as lifers even in the D.C. metro region until around > 1990. Now they are a frequent sight. I don't think they are any more > common now than they ever were, but since more people are observing and > reporting butterflies, odds are increasing for people crossing paths with > them. Just imagine how many other interesting species are being seen. > Recall last year, several people observed Sleepy Oranges in Rhode Island and > one in Massachusetts. Two observers independently observed a Large Orange > Sulphur at Great Swamp in Rhode Island last year, while I came within feet > of one here in Loudoun County, VA. I tend to give butterflies more credit > than most. After all, they have wings and are prone to travel. Think of > the possibilities. > > > I might suggest raising those young caterpillars because odds are they will > never make it to adulthood, courtesy of parasites and predators. > > > Harry Pavulaan > > > > > Sent from Outlook > > > > ________________________________ > From: NEleps at yahoogroups.com on behalf of Peter > DeGennaro degennap at gmail.com [NEleps] > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2018 2:32 AM > To: Butterfly Posting; Northeasternlepidopterists > Subject: [NEleps] Naugatuck Industrial Park - 6 hairstreak species + L-t > Skipper cats in Portland > > 6/29/18 - Naugatuck Industrial Park, Naugatuck, CT - late afternoon - > it's a little before peak Satyrium hairstreak season here, good > diversity but mostly low numbers. As in prior years, some of the > Edwards' Hairstreaks had reduced spotting or the band of spots was > misaligned. I will post photos once I catch up editing/uploading them. > > Full list of species: > > Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2 > Coral Hairstreak 1 > Acadian Hairstreak 2 > Edwards' Hairstreak 7 > Banded Hairstreak 1 > Hickory Hairstreak 1 > Gray Hairstreak 1 > Eastern Tailed Blue 4 > Great Spangled Fritillary 2 > Little Wood Satyr 4 > Common Wood Nymph 1 > Silver-spotted Skipper 3 > Northern Cloudywing 1 > European Skipper 1 > Little Glassywing 8 > Dun Skipper 1 > > > 6/26 - Portland Fairgrounds, Portland - I stopped by late in the day > as I was working close by. The Long-tailed Skipper eggs have hatched - > I counted about five cats along with their leaf shelters. The winds > and time of day kept my count low - Cabbage Whites, Bronze Copper, > Eastern Comma (12), Red Admiral, Monarchs (5 - including a mating > pair), Zabulon Skippers, Peck's Skipper and probably a couple of > others > > > Peter DeGennaro > > > ------------------------------------ > Posted by: Peter DeGennaro > ------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEleps/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEleps/join > (Yahoo! 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Steve From: Ctleps-l [mailto:ctleps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of rcech at nyc.rr.com Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2018 8:12 PM To: nyleps at googlegroups.com Cc: Ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu ; 'Mike Freeman' >; 'Cindy Goulder' >; 'Emily Peyton' > Subject: [Ctleps-l] Central Park Gulf Fritillary Hi, passing along Mike Freeman's 7/4 sighting of a Gulf Fritillary in the "English (south) section of the Conservatory Garden" in Central Park, NYC. Quite an event for the Park, and in early July. Rick Cech -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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A good percentage of the colony every year has reduced spotting to some extent. #1: http://flic.kr/p/LGejRh #2: http://flic.kr/p/28Q35JZ Peter DeGennaro From dbbingham at sbcglobal.net Thu Jul 5 13:56:08 2018 From: dbbingham at sbcglobal.net (david bingham) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 13:56:08 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Salem Monarchs In-Reply-To: <1423972296.404115.1530797493603@connect.xfinity.com> References: <1423972296.404115.1530797493603@connect.xfinity.com> Message-ID: <26F1BC5C-36EA-48E8-B69E-66F9C5D60E8D@sbcglobal.net> Several Monarchs seen today in field next to Rt 82, across from Mitchell Pond, with first evidence of chewed Milkweed leaves (no cats seen). Monarch eggs present, and Milkweed seems to be very abundant this year especially at Walden Preserve. DBB > On Jul 5, 2018, at 9:31 AM, RICHARD CHYINSKI wrote: > > weekend field trips > > Sat July 7. CBA field trip starting at 10:00 AM > > www.ctbutterfly.org for details > > Sun. July 8. Salem Land Trust starting at 9:30 > > www.salemlandtrust.org for details > > > > both are open to the public. > > > Milkweed is in full bloom, trails are mowed and the weather is looking good. Should be plenty of butterflies, we may even see a couple of Sulphurs. > > > > Rich Chyinski > > _______________________________________________ > Ctleps-l mailing list > Ctleps-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/ctleps-l -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Milkweed should be in bloom at both places. Saturday July 7, 10 AM Walden Preserve, Salem Leader. Rich Chyinski 860-859-1326 The milkweed and many other wildflowers will be in full bloom, providing easy viewing of a wide variety of butterflies, including many species of Hairstreaks, Swallowtails, including the Pipevine, and many Skippers. Milbert?s Tortoiseshells, Harvesters and Northern Pearly Eyes have been seen in the meadows and surrounding woodlands. Walden provides easy walking on mowed trails through wild flower meadows, which are in close proximity to the parking area. Directions: Take I-395 to exit 77 (Rte 85) and go north or west toward Salem. Follow Rt.85 to Salem 4 Corners (Rte 82 and Rte 85). Follow Rte 85 north 1/2 mile, turn left onto Hagen Rd. Parking area 200 ft on the right. Sunday July 8, 10 AM ? noon Lake Gaillard, North Branford Leader: Tom Kelly, 203-430-3180 This is a walk at the main reservoir for the Regional Water Authority. It is our second trip to a site not normally open to the public! This very scenic property includes fields and Christmas tree plantations. Expect to see lots of Great Spangled Fritillaries, as well as many other species. Directions: Access is from North St. in North Branford, which is 1/4 mile east of the Rt. 80 and 22 junction. Peter DeGennaro From epmanshell at gmail.com Thu Jul 5 15:19:55 2018 From: epmanshell at gmail.com (Lenny Brown) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 15:19:55 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Hollenbeck Preserve, Canaan Message-ID: Thursday, July 5th- I visited Hollenbeck Preserve this morning after hearing from Peter that the Eyed Browns were on the wing at the preserve. In addition to finding a couple of Dion Skippers and a number of Eyed Browns, I found a worn Two-spotted Skipper as well as a couple of Appalachian Browns. The Appalachian Browns were found at the line of trees where the newly mowed path ended. The Two-spotted Skipper and a number of Eyed Browns were found in the preserve beyond the end of the newly mowed path, on a segment of the path that must have been previously mowed. Lenny Brown Wallingford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From epmanshell at gmail.com Fri Jul 6 16:59:42 2018 From: epmanshell at gmail.com (Lenny Brown) Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 16:59:42 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Butterfly sightings- Brooksvale Park, Hamden Message-ID: Friday, July 6th- once the rain stopped and the sun began to break though the clouds, I visited the meadow at the north end of the park where I found Cabbage White (1) American Copper (1) Coral Hairstreak (2) Banded Hairstreak (1) Great Spangled Fritillary (8) Little Wood-Satyr (4) Common Wood Nymph (8) Silver-spotted Skipper (1) Little Glassywing (3) Mulberry Wing (1) (My first of the year, nectaring on dogbane. I'm assuming it flew in from habitat along the nearby canal. 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Copper Tailed Blue Question Mark Amer Lady Red Spotted Purple Hairstreak unable to I/D Red Admiral Northern Pearly Eye Eastern Comma Appalachian Brown Northern Broken Dash Delaware Skipper European Skipper Southern Cloudy Wing If I missed any feel free to add to the list. Thanks for all the helpful eyes and camera work. Left in my pickup was a pocket monocular scope which will be brought to the field trip tomorrow. Rich Chyinski . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pcomins at ctaudubon.org Sat Jul 7 16:31:22 2018 From: pcomins at ctaudubon.org (Patrick Comins) Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 20:31:22 +0000 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Deer Pond Farm Butterflies Sherman Message-ID: <60BFF3D1-4A15-482B-AD80-470B6D7B5BCA@ctaudubon.org> Butterflies seen today at the grand opening of the Connecticut Audubon Society's Deer Pond Farm Sanctuary in Sherman: Northern Pearly-Eye (8+) Meadow Fritillary Great Spangled Fritillary (many) Dun Skipper (2) Little Glassywing (2) American Copper Little Wood Satyr (many) Cabbage Whites Orange Sulphur Summer Azure Eastern Tiger Swallowtail We don't have all that much nectar on the property yet, but we are working on that, so the butterflies should only continue to improve. Patrick Comins, Meriden Sent from my iPhone From thomask567 at aol.com Sun Jul 8 20:45:41 2018 From: thomask567 at aol.com (Thomas Kelly) Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2018 20:45:41 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Lake Gaillard No. Branford walk results Message-ID: <1647c804f1d-179e-d926@webjas-vad188.srv.aolmail.net> Today, 7/8, was a perfect weather day for a butterfly walk! Sunny temps in the 80's. 20 participants, 13 species: Great Spangled Frittarily, Pearl Crescent, Grey Hairstreak, Eastern Tailed Blue, Orange Sulphur, Wild Indigo Duskywing, Monarch, Cabbage White, European Skipper, Orange/Clouded Sulphur, Cloudless Sulphur, Silver Spotted Skipper, Spicebush Swallowtail. Thanks to all for coming! Tom Kelly Guilford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Alas it took off as I pointed my camera at it and I didn't get a good enough look to differentiate hackberry or tawny. Patrick Patrick M. Comins Executive Director [horizontal Logo for email_sharperVersion] 314 Unquowa Road Fairfield, CT 06824 203-259-0416 x107 www.ctaudubon.org Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Broad-winged Skipper (wet meadow near lower pond) Dun Skipper (tons near Deer Pond and the little pond nearby) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Cabbage White (several) Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur (3) Gray Hairstreak (on clover in lawn near house) Great Spangled Fritillary (3) Red-spotted Purple (4, clearings in woods) Pearl Crescent (many) Northern Pearly-eye (20+, scattered throughout woods) Little Wood-Satyr (several, in woods) Patrick Comins Sent from my iPhone From degennap at gmail.com Thu Jul 19 18:19:49 2018 From: degennap at gmail.com (Peter DeGennaro) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 18:19:49 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Reminder - CBA field trip - John Flaherty Field Trial Area, East Windsor Message-ID: Saturday July 21, 10 AM John Flaherty Field Trial Area, East Windsor Leader: Lenny Brown 203-949-9024 An overlooked hotspot for butterflies! Over 25 species are possible including the rare Horace?s Duskywing. An excellent trip! Wear sturdy walking shoes, bring water and sunscreen. Directions: From I-91 take exit 44, go south on Rte 5 for 1.1 miles, make left on Tromley Rd. Go 0.7 miles to entrance on left. Peter DeGennaro From swalter15 at verizon.net Thu Jul 19 18:52:49 2018 From: swalter15 at verizon.net (Steve Walter) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 18:52:49 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Banded Hairstreaks Still Message-ID: <002101d41fb3$38254280$a86fc780$@verizon.net> Going full circle on the method I talked about that I use for finding Banded Hairstreaks in my area of Queens, I was back out there today, a month after the first ones of the year. Still 4 individuals at the one spot I looked at. I do this once or twice a week throughout the flight period because I want to squeeze out as much enjoyment of them as I can, before my life is devoid of Satyrium hairstreaks for eleven months. It's a nice drawn out flight period, but I think as the Rolling Stones once sang, "this could be the last time, maybe the last time, I don't know". Not that I'm pegging them to die off. I like to think they just walk around the forest floor after the wings wear out. Now, can I pull out Coral Hairstreak in a count I do in another area Saturday? That could be a challenge. The joint was jumpin' today, in fact. The late day patch of sunlight also attracted a Red-spotted Purple, an Eastern Comma, and a couple of Spicebush Swallowtail. Even a Great Blue Skimmer, which has been relatively scarce this year, was an added bonus. Steve Walter Bayside, NY -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From degennap at gmail.com Sun Jul 22 10:56:00 2018 From: degennap at gmail.com (Peter DeGennaro) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 10:56:00 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Pomfret Aubudon Center Message-ID: 7/21 - My brother and I visited the CAS Center in Pomfret for the nesting Sedge Wrens before continuing to the RI border to "hike" the RI high point. Some nice meadows here, though we saw nothing particularly uncommon. We did not enter any forest habitat. Black Swallowtail 5 Spicebush Swallowtail 1 Cabbage White 3 Clouded Sulphur 3 American Copper 2 Eastern Tailed Blue 2 Great Spangled Fritillary 1 Pearl Crescent 10 Red Admiral 1 Common Wood Nymph 8 Monarch 7 (including one that chased one of the Sedge Wrens across the road) Tawny-edged Skipper 2 Little Glassywing 2 Dun Skipper 2 Peter DeGennaro From rcech at nyc.rr.com Sun Jul 22 13:33:26 2018 From: rcech at nyc.rr.com (rcech at nyc.rr.com) Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 13:33:26 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] FW: [NEleps] Leesburg, VA. 7/20/18 and Silvery Checkerspot irruption In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000e01d421e2$1b0c1850$512448f0$@nyc.rr.com> Out of region, but this is noteworthy! Rick From: NEleps at yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Harry Pavulaan harrypav at hotmail.com [NEleps] Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2018 1:14 PM To: TILS-leps-talk at yahoogroups.com; Northeasternlepidopterists ; valeps at yahoogroups.com; va-md-de-bugs at yahoogroups.com; Rick Borchelt Subject: [NEleps] Leesburg, VA. 7/20/18 and Silvery Checkerspot irruption Leesburg, VA. 7/20/18 My flowerbeds, Balls Bluff Regional Park and Veterans Memorial Park After a dribble of rain a few days earlier, butterflies FINALLY started appearing fresh. Still disappointing low numbers and diversity but with one blaring exception: Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) - 1 Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) - 1 (resident for a week now) Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta) - 2 Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas) - 1 Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) - 2 fresh summer form Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) - 1 Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis) - 1 Silver Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus) - 1 Sachem (Atalopedes campestris) - 3 Silvery Checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) - 1000-2000 in all open areas near forest. I have never witnessed an irruption of this butterfly at this scale. Mostly fresh males, many being eaten by Odonates as evidenced by wings on the ground and Odonates pursuing these little meals on wings. With such numbers along the main roadways and trails, I imagine the total number in the park being in the tens of thousands, and regionwide in astronomical numbers as evidenced by similar large counts in the mountains. 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Directions: from I-95, exit 61, head north approximately .1 mile on Route 79. Take a left onto Hunter?s Trail. Proceed to the end (less than one mile) and turn right onto Copse Road. The center, with parking, is immediately on the left. Meet in the parking area. Peter DeGennaro From rcech at nyc.rr.com Thu Jul 26 23:06:43 2018 From: rcech at nyc.rr.com (rcech at nyc.rr.com) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 23:06:43 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Lincoln Brower Message-ID: <00c101d42556$db4a1eb0$91de5c10$@nyc.rr.com> For those who didn't otherwise hear, we lost one of the stalwarts of the butterfly community this week, Lincoln Brower, a pioneer in Monarch research as well as other topics (including the famous "barfing Blue Jay" article (as he called it) in Scientific American that provided early evidence of how aversion to noxious insects can be learned by birds). Lincoln was an extremely warm, energetic, and engaging individual, and he will be greatly missed. I've attached a link to his NYT obituary, as well as to some photos taken (1) by me in Florida in 2009, and (2) by someone else at a Yale entomology reunion with Bob Pyle and Chares Remington (two equally renowned entomologists) in 1992 [courtesy of Yale Peabody Museum archives]. Best, Rick Cech NYT obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/obituaries/lincoln-brower-champion-of-the -monarch-butterfly-dies-at-86.html?action=click &pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&moduleDetail=inside-nyt-region-5&modul e=inside-nyt-region®ion=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region Pix: https://rbc-pix.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Images/Lincoln-Brower -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The list for the day is as follows: Cabbage White (6) Clouded Sulphur (4) Orange Sulphur (8) Eastern Tailed-blue (2) Summer Azure (3) Pearl Crescent (26) Common Ringlet (1) Monarch (6) Silver-spotted Skipper (4) Wild Indigo Duskywing (5) Least Skipper (2) Peck's Skipper (3) (fresh second brood individuals) Tawny-edged Skipper (1) (fresh second brood individual) Crossline Skipper (1) Northern Broken Dash (1) Little Glassywing (3) Broad-winged Skipper (1) Dun Skipper (4) I also visited a site in Canton where I found a Mulberry Wing and a Black Dash. Lenny Brown Wallingford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jennifer.Giantonio at utc.com Mon Jul 30 10:49:38 2018 From: Jennifer.Giantonio at utc.com (Giantonio, Jennifer UTCHQ) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:49:38 +0000 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Moth in CT Message-ID: <3b4b2439dcf14c54ab0235c92428fba8@UUSALE1E.utcmail.com> My husband took this pic of a moth in New Hartford yesterday, what is its name? 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Jennifer From swalter15 at verizon.net Mon Jul 30 14:58:29 2018 From: swalter15 at verizon.net (Steve Walter) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:58:29 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Moth in CT In-Reply-To: <3b4b2439dcf14c54ab0235c92428fba8@UUSALE1E.utcmail.com> References: <3b4b2439dcf14c54ab0235c92428fba8@UUSALE1E.utcmail.com> Message-ID: <000b01d42837$4e593b10$eb0bb130$@verizon.net> Clymene Moth -----Original Message----- From: Ctleps-l [mailto:ctleps-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Giantonio, Jennifer UTCHQ Sent: Monday, July 30, 2018 10:50 AM To: Butterfly Posting (CTLEPS-L at mailman.yale.edu) Subject: [Ctleps-l] Moth in CT My husband took this pic of a moth in New Hartford yesterday, what is its name? Jennifer From butterflypr at comcast.net Tue Jul 31 12:37:53 2018 From: butterflypr at comcast.net (butterflypr at comcast.net) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:37:53 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Haddam Meadows Message-ID: <59886823-95fa-4898-abf7-b831a96bbf9a@iPhone> Just stopped by Haddam Meadows SP to pick up some milkweed for the 30+ caterpillars currently sharing my home. Only visited the southern end&saw: Monarchs Pearl Crescents Cabbage Whites Silver Spotted Skippers And Viceroy! My FOY. Diane Adams Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From degennap at gmail.com Tue Jul 31 23:01:44 2018 From: degennap at gmail.com (Peter DeGennaro) Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 23:01:44 -0400 Subject: [Ctleps-l] Recent sightings - Canaan and Naugatuck Message-ID: 7/29 - I stopped briefly at Hollenbeck Preserve and Robbins Swamp in Canaan on the way to doing some hiking in MA. The second Giant Swallowtail brood is flying - one seen Page Road and two others at Robbins Swamp. One was especially tame while puddling; I posted a photo on the CBA Facebook page. Some good stuff just over the border in MA: 2-3 Gray Commas, Tawny Emperor, White Admiral, and many more Giants. 7/28 - Gunntown Park, Naugatuck: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1 Spicebush Swallowtail 1 Cabbage White 5 Clouded Sulphur 1 Eastern Tailed Blue 4 (one chasing away Cicada Killers) Pearl Crescent 20 Red Admiral 1 Common Buckeye 1 Viceroy 2 Monarch 3 Least Skipper 1 Peck's Skipper 4 Tawny-edged Skipper 1 Northern Broken Dash 2 Little Glassywing 2 Dun Skipper 2 Larkin Bridle Trail, Naugatuck/Oxford: Cabbage White 2 Summer Azure 3 Great Spangled Fritillary 1 Pearl Crescent 5 Anglewing sp 2 - near a cherry stand so probably Question Marks Monarch 1 Least Skipper 1 Broad-winged Skipper 8 Naugatuck Industrial Park - just a blooming dogbane stand: Gray Hairstreak 1 Silver-spotted Skipper 1 Wild Indigo Duskywing 5 Peter DeGennaro