[TN-Butterflies] Re: ID help
- From: "Stedman, Stephen" <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 01:19:35 +0000
Bill,
Horace’s is very uncommon during spring and uncommon during summer and fall in
Tennessee. What is unusual about photos of butterflies is that few get
submitted to the BAMONA database, which is partly an archive focused on
determining the temporal, as well as geographic, distribution of butterflies
(and moths), so the more photos that are submitted, the better the flight
periods, as well as geographic patterns, of the various butterflies (and moths)
can be known.
Diana Frit should be flying around Asheville throughout August, with probably
more females than males being present the later one gets into the month. Good
luck looking for one. Cumberland County, TN, is a good place to look for
Dianas, too.
Steve
Stephen J. Stedman, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Tennessee Technological University
2675 Lakeland Dr.
Cookeville, TN 38506
931-528-3820
http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/birds.htm
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[mailto:tn-butterflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Fissell
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 7:31 PM
To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: ID help
Hi,
thanks so much for the help. Is Horace's unusual enough to warrant
submitting the pic? I am usually a birder, and you can only look at so many
hosue sparrow pics where people are looking for ID help before you go mad....
Since you are engaged and helpful, I'll be i Asheville next weekend to hike
around. Anything I shoudl be hopeful to find around there? Diana Frit?
thanks!
Bill
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Stedman, Stephen
<SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Bill,
No problem; I was just trying to take the easy way out to eliminate Juvenal’s
Duskywing, which is a spring-only flyer.
Your dwing has a fairly prominent white spot interior to the row of four apical
spots on the forewing; this spot eliminates Wild Indigo Duskywing, which
typically lacks that spot. Your dwing is not a Mottled based on lack of
checkerboard hindwing and other features, and Mottled is rare in Tennessee
anyhow. Funereal can be eliminated easily by lack of white fringe on hindwing.
Zarucco Duskywing is very rare in Tennessee, but a possibility. Your fly
appears to be a faded male but still with a fairly prominent white spot
interior to the four apical spots; a Zarucco male would lack that spot,
especially if faded.
So Horace’s would appear to be the correct i.d., as you suggested.
Hope you will submit this photo to BAMONA and see what the state reviewer
thinks of it.
Best wishes, Steve
Stephen J. Stedman, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Tennessee Technological University
2675 Lakeland Dr.
Cookeville, TN 38506
931-528-3820<tel:931-528-3820>
http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/birds.htm
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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 6:37 PM
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I apologize. 7/26/14
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Stedman, Stephen
<SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Bill, Give date of photo please.
Thanks, Steve
Stephen J. Stedman, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Tennessee Technological University
2675 Lakeland Dr.
Cookeville, TN 38506
931-528-3820<tel:931-528-3820>
http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/birds.htm
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Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 5:33 PM
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Subject: [TN-Butterflies] ID help
Hi, All,
I am a noob at butterflies. I saw this in Davidson County. I think its a
Horace's Duskywing. Can I get confirmation or correction?
thanks!
Bill
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