[TN-Butterflies] [TN-Butterflies]FOY for Chester County
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: 'TN Butterflies' <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 06:11:20 -0700 (PDT)
I have 4 people that say this is a Dun so that's what I'm going with. The Duns
I saw last year must have all been males because they didn't have the forewing
spots. They also were lighter and had gold heads.
I know that in general, butterflies feeding on mud are males but obviously
there are exceptions since this one is a female.
5/15/09
Dun Skipper
A few other notes on recent sightings.
Orange Sulphurs are into another generation here. They disappeared for about a
week and then a bunch of larger, fresh looking beauties showed up a few days
ago. Eastern Commas and QM's did basically the same thing although they
disappeared for a few weeks. Now there are a bunch of the summer forms flying
about.
Azures have never been common on the farm and in 2007 and 2008, I don't think I
saw more than 2 or 3 each year. I'm seeing at least 3 or 4 each day and usually
more than that.
Dragonflies are doing incredibly well this year. The numbers of the common
species are way up and I'm seeing species I haven't seen here before.
Common Buckeyes have not been common at all this year. I've only seen one this
year at my place.
When I first moved here I was told I needed to brush hog everything twice a
year which is what I did the first 2 years. A brush hog is a high powered mower
that mows down pretty much everything including small trees. Now I'm leaving
some of the back pastures semi-wild and I think it's paying off. You're
supposed to bush hog to keep down the populations of bugs and snakes but I like
bugs and snakes. :-)
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
--- On Sat, 5/16/09, tom howe <blountbirder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: tom howe <blountbirder@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Brown skipper alert - need help with an ID
> To: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx, "'TN Butterflies'" <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 4:20 AM
> Done found a Dun?
> Tom Howe
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of kjchilds
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 8:49 PM
> To: TN Butterflies
> Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Brown skipper alert - need help
> with an ID
>
>
> I took this shot today and don't know what it is. Can
> anyone help me out?
>
> http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_7542.jpg
>
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