[TN-Butterflies] Re: Lots of activity today
- From: Rita Venable <ritavenable@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:42:02 -0500
Beautiful White Ms! I thought they were all gone by now. I am seeing all of
yours below, plus a Cabbage White or two. Take that back. I haven't seen
Daintys in a while up here, but I think others have. (No White Ms since a
month or so ago.)
Our NABA chapter (Middle Tennessee) planted a butterfly garden at the Memory
Care Unit at NHC Place at Cool Springs. I went there Wednesday, and there
was a Gulf Fritillary, several Sachems and Fiery's and a beautiful, fresh
male Monarch landed on the marigolds right in front of me and nectared on it
for a moment. The garden is in an enclosed courtyard and the dwarf zinnias
are still doing their job.
Rita Venable, Franklin, TN
Williamson Co.
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:19 PM, kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The white asters are really bringing them in today! Sachems, Fiery
> Skippers, Clouded Skippers, Checkered-Skippers, Pearl Crescents, Dainty
> Sulphurs, Orange Sulphurs (finally!) and Buckeyes were all enjoying the
> sunshine and nectar. The treat for the day was a pair of White M Hairstreaks
> feeding right next to each other. I saw them from a distance thinking they
> were probably Gray Hairstreaks but when I got closer, one of them took off
> and there was no doubt what they were' The tops of the wings were BLUE!
>
> These shots aren't particularly good but I chose them because you can see a
> bit of the upper-wing blue because of the missing chunk.
> http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9019.jpg
> http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_9029.jpg
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> The Dainty Sulphurs were all the larger winter form. Do any of the guides
> mention a size difference between the summer and winter forms? This is my
> first time seeing the summer form so I don't really have any history to go
> by but the difference in size that I've seen is pretty big.
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> The multitudes of Cloudless Sulphurs and Gulf Fritillarys are sticking with
> my flower garden. There are still a few Little Yellows around but they're
> pretty much aimlessly wandering around the fields and don't seem to be
> interested in the Asters.
>
> Ken Childs
> Henderson, TN
> Chester County
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> http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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