[TN-Butterflies] FOY for Chester County

  • From: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx
  • To: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:46:41 -0700 (PDT)

Spotted by Ken Childs on 3/30/09

American Lady x 2 (photo)
Juvenal's Duskywing x 1 (photo)

Here's the rest of what I saw today on the farm: 
Azure sp. x 1
Gray Hairstreak x 3
Falcate Orangetip x 3 (all females)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail x 4
Black Swallowtail x 4
Question Mark x 1
Sleepy Orange x 1
Sulphurs x many

Nessus Sphinx Moth x 2

A few notes about today:
The ETSW's were all late arrivals. I did a last check of my favorite patch of 
henbit at about 4:30 and saw the first one. About 3 minutes later, the next one 
arrived. A minute after that #3 showed and about a minute after that #4 showed 
up. I sat for another 10 minutes and that was it. All 4 were males.

Last year I was having a difficult time getting underside shots of the 
duskywings so I could get them documented for Chester County. I eventually did 
but the funny thing is that this year, the first of each species that I saw 
gave me easy underside shots.

I saw my first dragons of the year. Blue Corporals were emerging and were all 
around my ponds. I stopped counting at 20 but I'd estimate that I saw 40 or so 
today. 

I also found my first mole salamander this morning. 

Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County

http://www.finishflagfarms.com



      
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