Spent some time in western Putnam County today, mainly looking for early warblers (six species were in), but I also found some nice butterflies, as noted below in a trip list adapted from the NABA BIS program, which I still encourage folks to use as much as they can, even if it seems like work! (pronounced a la Maynard G. Krebs).
I saw one Pepper and Salt Skipper in eastern Putnam County many a year ago and have always thought that I would see more in the county but never have until today. I think of P&S Skipper as a May species, but when Julius Basham reported them in Polk County recently, I decided to be alert for them this month in Putnam, and it paid off. A BIG thanks to Julius for paving the way on this one. P&S Skipper will shortly become the 90th species of butterfly documented for Putnam at the BAMONA website.
Note: I also photographed Grapevine Epimenis (Psychomorpha epimenis) and Mournful Thyris (Thyris sepalchralis) today; these will shortly increase the woefully small list of moths documented in Putnam County at BAMONA.
Date: 04/07/2011 Number of Species: 12 Number of Individuals: 43 Location: Western Putnam Co., TN , USA Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus Adult 1 (FOY) Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis Adult 10+ (FOY) Pepper and Salt Skipper Amblyscirtes hegon Adult 2 Photo (FOY and BAMONA) Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus Adult 10+ West Virginia White Pieris virginiensis Adult 1 Photo Falcate Orangetip Anthocharis midea Adult 10 Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice Adult 2 Henry's Elfin Callophrys henrici Adult 1 (FOY) Spring Azure Celastrina ladon Adult 3 American Snout Libytheana carinenta Adult 1 (FOY Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos Adult 1 (FOY) Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria Adult 1 (FOY) The FAQ can be found by logging in at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=tn-butterflies Please report any abuse or questions about this list to kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx Users can unsubscribe from this list by sending an email to tn-butterflies-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field.
