Oops. You are right, Bill. Silvery Checkerspots lay eggs on my flowers. I
am not seeing a lot of Silver-spotted Skippers this month, just a few.
However, there are a lot of Silvery Checkerspots here. I released 36 from
the caterpillars I picked off my flowers. The variety of species this week
is the best yet. I have Hoary Edge, Silver-spotted Skipper, Silvery
Checkerspots, Carolina Satyr, Red-banded Hairstreaks, E Tailed Blue, Great
Spangled Frit., Spicebush, several Cloudless Sulphurs, many Tiger
Swallowtails, some Pipevine Swallowtails, Sachems, Fiery Skippers, etc.
visiting my garden this week. I still cannot attract Black Swallowtails.
Also, I haven't seen Diana this year in my yard, although, they usually
visit a few times earlier in the season.
Thanks, Bill.
Tommie
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[mailto:tn-butterflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bill Haley
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Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Silver-spotted Skippers
Tommie, I think you are confusing Silver-spotted Skipper with Silvery
Checkerspot, which does use the plants you mention as host plants.
Silver-spotted Skippers use Black Locust, Kudzu and Tick Trefoil as host
plants in our area.
Speaking of Silver-spotted Skippers, we counted 1,528 on the Williamsburg,
Kentucky count on July 16.
Bill Haley, Chattanooga
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I have about 50 caterpillars every time I see a pair of Silver Spotted
Skippers hanging around my flowers. The chrysalides are already eclosing
from the last pair which visited. This year the caterpillars used three
different host plants. I don't know the names of two of them. Coneflowers
are their favorite host plant. I have a fuzzy leafed black-eyed susan. I
don't know the name of it. It came from a wildflower package of seeds.
They like it now, also. They refuse to eat the Black-eyed Susan with the
smooth leaves.
Tommie Rogers
Marion county
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Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Silver-spotted Skippers
Silver-spotted skippers were noticeably abundant in upper-east Tennessee in
early August. More numerous than Pipevine Swallowtails at most sites I
visited Aug. 1 - 4.
Richard Connors
Nashville
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Is anyone else seeing mass quantities of Silver-spotted Skippers? I just did
a quick count on the Lantana growing around my house and came up with 50+.
Ken Childs
Beech Bluff, TN
Madison County
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