[TN-Butterflies] county list totals in tn
- From: "Stephen Stedman" <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 08:48:35 -0500
Recent submission of photos documenting new county butterfly records in
Tennessee have increased the lists of all counties in the state out of
the single digit realm, with one notable exception: Crockett County,
currently with only 7 species on its list, which, by the way, has some
impressive species (like Edwards' Hairstreak) among those 7.
Still, I am wondering if it might be possible to increase the Crockett
County list by at least three before the end of the year, so that there
will be no single-digit list totals left in the state after 2010. Hope
that a few among the West Tennessee butterfly contingent can get back
into that small county in the next month or so to make this happen.
Doug Bruce spent some time in Tennessee's easternmost county-Johnson
County-lately and was able to photograph a sufficient number of county
record 'flies to bring the list for that count up to 30. Johnson was
the last East Tennessee county to have a butterfly list of less than 30
until Doug worked his photographic magic, so now the entire swatch of
counties east of the Cumberland Plateau has butterfly lists of 30 or
more. Congrats to Doug on being a big part of this accomplishment.
David Trently and Harold Howell have also been active in this East
Tennessee effort, as has David Spicer.
The BAMONA effort to upgrade its website continues but has not been
completed yet; there's a good chance this makeover will be complete
before the end of the month. In the meantime, send along photos of
county records, and I will continue to process and submit them.
Good 'flyin', Steve Stedman
Cookeville (Putnam County)
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