[TN-Butterflies] Re: bean field swarm
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:21:47 -0700 (PDT)
The biggest number of Sleepies I saw last year was around the edges of a field
of soybeans. Maybe that's just coincidence or maybe there are certain
wildflowers that do well in the same growing conditions as soybeans.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: "Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx" <Rconnorsphoto@xxxxxxx>
To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, September 27, 2010 7:55:17 PM
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] bean field swarm
9/24/10 Laurel Hill WMA, Lawrence Co. TN
Back at Laurel Hill on Friday assisting botanist Andrea Bishop I observed:
Swarm of 100+ Common Green Darners feeding over an overgrown soybean field
(wildlife plot?). Also in the field 100 + Sleepy Orange butterflies and as
many
Little Yellows. The butterflies attracted not so much to the soybeans as to
flowering weeds down in the beans, Prickly Mallow and Sicklepod (Sida sp. and
Senna. sp.). None of the dragonflies that I saw were feeding on the
butterflies, the big green darners are supposed to be small prey specialists.
Although earlier in the day at another location I did see a Com. G. Darner
eating a Red-spotted Purple butterfly.
Other butterflies seen: Fiery Skipper, Sachem, Tiger Swallowtail, Checkered
Skipper sp., Cloudless Sulfur, Gulf Frit., E. Tailed Blue, Amer. Lady, Com.
Buckeye (numerous but less than 100), Silver-spotted Skipper, Monarch (1), Am.
Snout.
Richard Connors
Nashville
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