[TN-Butterflies] Totals, 18th annual Tennessee River Gorge, TN NABA butterfly count
- From: "Bill Haley" <wgh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Harold Birch" <birchh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Nancy Williams" <williams-nancy@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Tommie Rogers" <Bananaquit1@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "David Spicer" <birdsnbflys@xxxxxxxxx>, "Libby Wolfe" <wolfe11111@xxxxxxx>, <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:11:53 -0400
Hello all;
The 18th annual Tennessee River Gorge, TN butterfly count was held on
Satuday, June 9. This is the second oldest continuously running NABA
count in Tennessee. Participants included: Libby Wolfe, David Spicer,
Scott Spicer, Harold Birch, Nancy Williams, Tommie Rogers and Bill
Haley. We enjoyed temperatures from 69-86 F. Sun in am - 80%, sun in pm
- 50%. Light winds 1-3 MPH. We split into 3 parties, for a total of 22
party hours, and walked a combined 6 miles. Good finds included:
Checkered White (somewhat uncommon around here), Little Yellow,
Harvester, American Copper, Striped Hairstreak and Juniper Hairstreak.
We located 7 Dianas. We had a great time and I would like to thank all
persons who participated in this count. Following are the totals:
Pipevine Swallowtail 8, Black Sw. 2, Spicebush Sw. 5, E. Tiger Sw. 14,
Checkered White 3, Cabbage Wh. 2, Clouded Sulphur 1, Orange Su. 21,
Cloudless Su. 2, Little Yellow 1, Sleepy Orange 1, Harvester 1, Am.
Copper 3, Coral Hairstreak 2, Banded Ha. 14, Striped Ha. 2, Juniper Ha.
1, Red-banded Ha. 6, E. Tailed Blue 44, Summer Azure 13, Am. Snout 2,
Gulf Fritillary 1, Variegated Fr. 35, Diana Fr. 7, Gr. Spangled Fr. 8,
Pearl Crescent 247, Question Mark 1, E. Comma 1, Painted Lady 3, Com.
Buckeye 47, Red-sp. Purple 6, Viceroy 1, Hackberry Emperor 2, N.
Pearly-eye 1, Gemmed Satyr 1, Carolina Sa. 15, Little Wood Sa. 2,
Silver-sp. Skipper 7, Hoary Edge 1, Wild Indigo Duskywing 1, Com.
Checkered Sk. 3, Clouded Sk. 1, Least Sk. 8, Fiery Sk. 10, Crossline Sk.
3, Sachem 87, Dun Sk. 2, unidentified dark swallowtail 9. Immatures: 1
Pipevine Sw. caterpillar on Dutchman's pipevine.
Total: 47 species, 661 individuals
Our next scheduled NABA count will be on Saturday, June 30 in
Soddy-Daisy, TN. Everyone is invited!
Reporting: Bill Haley, count compiler
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