[TN-Butterflies] A great day of butterflying (and goofing off)
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:21:52 -0700 (PDT)
Yesterday I spent a couple of hours yesterday exploring a friends 120 acres in
the far eastern part of Chester county. Some of the property is used for hay
farming but a large part is recovering hardwood forest. The forest was full of
Carolina Satyrs and some very large moths and one particular area had lots of
Northern Pearly-eyes. They have a couple of large flower gardens filled with
zinnias and most of the nectaring species were seen on these flowers.
I spent an hour or so sitting on the porch by their swimming pool and this is
where the Emperors were. The damn Hackberry Emperor kept landing right next to
my camera and would leave whenever I tried to get a shot. At least I now know
where I can find them in Chester. This location was good for lazy butterflying
because there was a constant stream of butterflies flying past in both
directions.
One of the big moths just about gave me a heart attack. It flew just like many
of the forest species of butterflies do and when it landed, this is what I saw.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9855.jpg
I slowly moved around the other side of the tree and saw what it really was.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9858.jpg
Here are a couple of the other moth species I saw. These are all big bugs.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9830.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9838.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9847.jpg
Here's a list of the 29 species I saw:
Silver-spotted Skipper
Horace's Duskywing
Sachem
Fiery Skipper
Clouded Skipper
Little Glassywing
Northern Broken-dash
Summer Azure
Eastern Tailed-blue
American Lady
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail
Red-spotted Purple
Cloudless Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Sleepy Orange
Monarch
Pearl Crescent
Great Spangled Fritillary
Variegated Fritillary
Gemmed Satyr
Carolina Satyr
Northern Pearly-eye
Tawny Emperor (BAMONA record)
Hackberry Emperor (no photo, no record)
Common Buckeye
American Snout
I have an open invitation to explore this and other properties in Chester
County so if anyone wants to join me here for some butterflying, let me know.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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