Congratulations on a great find.
Larry McDaniel
Johnson City, TN
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From: tn-butterflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <tn-butterflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
on behalf of Bart Jones <bjones7777@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2016 4:25 PM
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] STATE RECORD CERAUNUS BLUE !
Hello everyone,
I visited Eagle Lake WMA just north of Memphis today for a couple of hours and
as I was walking along one of many mowed areas between a cornfield and a
drainage ditch, I stirred up a blue. It seemed to be flying just a bit
stronger than the typical Eastern Tailed-Blue, so I thought it might be a
Reakirt's Blue as I've seen them occasionally there. But once it landed and I
got a good look at it, I realized it was a Ceraunus Blue!!! To my knowledge,
this is a state record sighting. As you can see from the photo, it appears to
be the southwestern form, so this probably drifted up from Texas, but it is
relatively fresh, so it must have hatched nearby. According to range maps, the
normal range is several hundred miles away, so this was quite a surprise.
Bart Jones
Memphis, Shelby County
