[TN-Butterflies] BAMONA for Loudon Co.

  • From: "Doug Bruce" <s137@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "TN Butterflies" <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:06:30 -0400

Intermittently overcast skies kept the number of butterflies low this afternoon 
at Melton Hill Dam Park, in Loudon County.

The only new BAMONA record I was able to photograph was a Delaware Skipper that 
had been struck by a vehicle:

Dorsal:
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/ae204/DougLepidoptera/Loudon_Co/BFLYAGRdelawareskipperMHDPLoudon-1.jpg

Ventral (same individual):
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/ae204/DougLepidoptera/Loudon_Co/BFLYAGRdelawareskipperMHDPLoudonCoT.jpg

Additionally, I saw scores of Eastern Tailed-blues, 8-10 American Snouts, 8-10 
Great Spangled Fritillaries, a couple of Sulphurs, and one probable Meadow 
Fritillary.

Doug Bruce
Oak Ridge

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