[Ctleps-l] FW: [NEleps] Leesburg, VA. 7/20/18 and Silvery Checkerspot irruption

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Out of region, but this is noteworthy!

 

Rick

 

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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.

 

With the heavy rains yesterday (Sunday), we could see a continued surge in
numbers this week.

 

Harry Pavulaan 

 

 

 

 

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