[TN-Butterflies] Re: Clifton Bend Fall Count
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:30:05 -0700 (PDT)
I've been waiting to see these totals, mainly because there's been a big
outburst of Red-banded Hairstreaks here and I've been wondering if it's
happening all over.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
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From: Bart Jones <bjones7777@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jim Johnson <bubo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Donna Ward
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Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 10:17 PM
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Clifton Bend Fall Count
Hi Everyone,
Here are the results from Saturday's Clifton Bend Fall Seasonal Count. We had
an absolutely beautiful day to count with lots of species and individuals. The
highlight was catching a big fall irruption of Red-banded Hairstreaks which
seemed to be on almost every Verbesina virginica plant, LITERALLY! We had a
final total of 148 Red-bandeds! Also, with high counts were Cloudless Sulphurs
and Sleepy Oranges. Another highlight was a county record Ocola Skipper. One
interesting observation was a Carolina Satyr nectaring on the Verbesina. I
think that is the first time I've ever seen a Satyr nectar. I've seen Common
Wood-Nymphs occasionally take some nectar in the fall, but not Satyrs. Top
nectar plants were Verbesina virginica (Frostweed or White
Crownbeard), Vernonia gigantea (Ironweed), Prairie Dock (Silphium
terebinthinaceum), Rosinweed (Silphium latifolium), Slender Blazingstar
(Liatris cylindracea), Rough Blazingstar (Liatris
aspera), Fall Thistle (Cirsium altissimum), and Late Thoroughwort (Eupatorium
serotinum). I am having trouble getting the online form to accept this count,
so I apologize for not having the neat "report" format that I usually send out.
Pipevine Swallowtail - 39
Black Swallowtail - 2
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 39
Spicebush Swallowtail - 13
Cloudless Sulphur - 208
Sleepy Orange - 337
Juniper Hairstreak - 2
Red-banded Hairstreak - 148
Gray Hairstreak - 12
White-M Hairstreak - 3
Eastern Tailed-Blue - 31
Summer Azure - 10
American Snout - 11
Monarch - 13
Gulf Fritillary - 17
Variegated Fritillary - 13
Great Spangled Fritillary - 14
Silvery Checkerspot - 2
Pearl Crescent - 58
Common Buckeye - 52
Question Mark - 5
Eastern Comma - 1
Painted Lady - 1
Red-spotted Purple - 42
Viceroy - 8
Goatweed Leafwing - 1
Hackberry Emperor - 44
Tawny Emperor - 4
Gemmed Satyr - 2
Carolina Satyr - 6
Common Wood-Nymph - 1
Silver-spotted Skipper - 44
Southern Cloudywing - 1
Horace's Duskywing - 2
Common/White Checkered Skipper - 6
Swarthy Skipper - 5
Clouded Skipper - 32
Least Skipper - 4
Fiery Skipper - 18
Sachem - 14
Northern Broken-Dash - 2
Little Glassywing - 2
Dun Skipper - 10
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper - 2
Ocola Skipper - 1
Unknown Skipper - 3
Unknown Hairstreak - 3
Unknown Swallowtail - 1
Unknown Satyr - 1
Total Species - 45
Total Individuals - 1290
Bart Jones
Memphis, Shelby County
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