[TN-Butterflies] Re: The butterfly garden is paying off!
- From: Rita Venable <ritavenable@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:17:14 -0500
Are your zinnias the old-fashioned kind or the dwarf? My lantana is having a
hard time getting started for some reason. It's just not growing much.
I am seeing a ton of Silver-spotted Skippers in my yard, mostly nectaring on
sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia). The pepperbush also had American
Snout, E. Tiger ST and Gray Hairstreak on it. I don't think I've ever had
Little Yellows in my yard, but did see them the other day not far from here.
Lots of nectaring on mint plants as well as the abelia. I have not seen one
Clouded Skipper this year. I let a little Lamb's quarter grow up for the
Sootys.
RV
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:05 PM, kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I spent a few minutes counting the butterfly species hanging around my
> butterfly garden this morning. I was moving around to get closer looks and
> some pictures but all could have been seen if I'd stood in one spot between
> the flower beds. Most were feeding on Lantana or Zinnias with a few on
> Purple Coneflowers. All the Cloudless Sulphurs were on Wave Petunias. Little
> Yellows were passing through with an occasional stop to feed on White
> Clover. Red-Spotted Purples and QM's were passing through with an occasional
> pause. I know Butterfly Bushes are supposed to be one of the best for
> attracting butterflies but my 3 plant are being pretty much ignored right
> now.
>
> Here's the list. The count was done at about 10:00 A.M.
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> Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
> Southern Cloudywing (Thorybes bathyllus)
> Hayhurst's Scallopwing (Staphylus hayhurstii)
> Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)
> Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius)
> Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)
> Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)
> Sachem (Atalopedes campestris)
> Little Glassywing (Pompeius verna)
> Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)
> Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)
> Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
> Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
> Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
> Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
> Little Yellow (Pyrisitia lisa)
> Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
> Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas)
> Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
> Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)
> Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos)
> Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
> Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
> American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis)
> 'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
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> I saw 2 more probable Confused Cloudywings but this was when I was working
> so I wasn't able to get really good looks to confirm the ID's
>
> Ken Childs
> Henderson, TN
> Chester County
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> http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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