Butterflies numbers were lower than normal for the Catoosa-Whitfield County, GA butterfly count conducted on Sat., July 18, 2009. Eight participants in 3 parties counted from 1000-1630 for a combined effort of 14.5 party hours. Temperatures ranged from 66-83 F. Sunshine 75-100% am, 50-74% pm. Wind 5-10 MPH. Cooler conditions than on previous counts this year! Totals: Pipevine Swallowtail - 2 Black Sw. - 3 Spicebush Sw. - 2 E. Tiger Sw. - 6 Cabbage White - 1 Orange Sulphur- 19 Cloudless Su. - 24 Sleepy Orange - 3 Gray Hairstreak - 1 E. Tailed Blue - 88 Summer Azure - 2 Am. Snout - 6 Variegated Fritillary- 7 Great Spangled Fr. - 2 Silvery Checkerspot - 8 Pearl Crescent - 16 American Lady - 1 Painted Lady - 1 Red Admiral - 2 Com. Buckeye - 16 Red-spotted Purple - 3 Hackberry Emperor - 10 Carolina Satyr - 57 Common Wood Nymph - 18 Silver-spotted Skipper - 6 S. Cloudywing - 7 N. Cloudywing - 1 Hayhurst's Scallopwing - 1 Common Sootywing - 1 Swarthy Sk. - 2 Least Sk. - 4 Fiery Sk. - 1 Little Glassywing - 2 Sachem 63 Dun Sk. 4 Total: 35 species, 392 individuals Bill Haley Chattanooga, TN Hamilton Co.