I wasn't expecting much today because it was mostly cloudy and wasn't all that warm. Everything listed below was seen while the temps were still in the 50's. Spotted by Ken Childs on 4/3/09 Silver-spotted Skipper Pearl Crescent (photo) Red-spotted Purple Painted Lady (photo) I also saw my first 3 Snowberry Clearwings of the year today. I was surprised to see a Red-spotted Purple this early in the season. I was even more surprised when it did the following. I saw it on the grass but it took off before I could get a shot. It lazily flew around and slowly gained altitude. I was hoping it would land again so I kept watching it but it continued to slowly fly up and it finally landed in the top of an 80 foot tall pine. Ken Childs Henderson, TN Chester County http://www.finishflagfarms.com The FAQ can be found by logging in at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=tn-butterflies Please report any abuse or questions about this list to: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxxx Users can unsubscribe from this list by sending email to tn-butterflies-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.