[TN-Butterflies] butterfly distribution in tn--filling in the voids
- From: "Steve Stedman" <birdsongteam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:55:22 -0500
Following the posting of the latest batch of county butterfly records for
Tennessee, I checked on the status of some of the more common 'flies to see how
far from total blueness on the BAMONA map of the state they now are.
My cursory look at the maps of most of the common species reveals that the
following species lack documenation in just a few counties:
Pearl Crescent 3 (Crockett, Hickman, and Robertson)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 6
Common Buckeye 8
Sachem 9
Red-spotted Purple 9
Some species in the next largest echelon of seekers of total blueness include
these:
Silver-spotted Skipper 12
Spicebush Swallowtail 15
Monarch 19
Farther still from total blueness are these species:
Carolina Satyr 22
Question Mark 23
Cloudless Sulphur 23
Hackberry Emperor 24
Great Spangled Fritillary 24
Orange Sulphur 24
Red Admiral 24
Variegated Fritillary 24
Gray Hairstreak 26
American Snout 26
I may have missed a few that should be in one or another of these short lists,
but the species listed above probably represent most of the seekers toward the
soothing calm of total map blueness.
Later, Steve Stedman
Cookeville (Putnam County)
Note: the press of many obligations, too many really, has caused me to overlook
some of the more than 200 submissions of county record 'flies that came to me
from late June to early August. Please accept my apology if this has happened
to you, and please draw my attention to any omissions as soon as you are able.
Please send documentary photos directly to me via email attachment; many
websites now make it difficult for surfers to copy photos directly from the
sites; these sites are still a wonderful way to show your photos to other
butterfliers, but they are now proving to be hindrance in the effort to
transmit photos from one person to another.
Also Note: I'll be accepting documentation (mostly photos sent to me as email
attachments) for county record 'flies until the BAMONA website is updated,
probably sometime in September.
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