Seminole Crescents not first record

[Randy Emmitt]

Folks,

Sorry for the first posting on first record in NC as well as cross posting 
to these lists. I have been informed by Leroy Koehn that he collected 
Seminole Crescents (Anthanassa seminole texana) in Brunswick County, NC 
back in May of 1985 and September of 1987. Also he suggested that perhaps 
Bo Sullivan collected some in NC as well. For the record these "may" be the 
first found in NC in 15 years.

Mike was asking where in SC did I find my Richland records, 4 were under 
the bridge by the Dead River  on Highway 601 where you noted them last 
year. My Sumter record was on the Congaree at the Sumter/ Richland county 
line along the river to the north as far as you could walk along the river 
bank, this was the old boat landing across from the freshly mowed Richland 
County landing was along the highway towards Sumter.

For what its worth I also found on my way home new county sightings in 
Bladen County NC of Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) and Long-tailed 
Skipper (Urbanus proteus). New county is referring to records kept in the 
past 10 years.

Also I found a bunch of Cloudless Sulphurs Cloudless Sulphurs (Phoebis sennae)
  nectaring on red cannas which was a first for me. The cannas looked to 
have had Brazilian Skippers eating them at one point.

Anyone care to ID a mystery sphinx caterpillar I have a beautiful photo? It 
was just over a inch long brilliant orangish red with 8 elongated eye spots 
on the sides with a horn at the rear. It was feeding on a common weed about 
3-4 foot tall that the name escapes me, I have seen birds like Common 
Yellow-throat hanging from them eating the seeds at Mason's Farm in Chapel 
Hill, I think its flowers are yellow and the seed pods(resemble flowers) 
are elongated and about one inch long.

Randy Emmitt
Rougemont, NC
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