[TN-Butterflies] cabbage white flight period in tn; falcate orangetip distribution in tn
- From: Stephen Stedman <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:19:11 -0500
During 2008 the nine FOY reports for Cabbage White in TN were scattered
from early February to early April; this year the first seven reports
have been much more concentrated, all occurring from March 6 to March 9
and representing counties from all parts of the state. The difference
between the FOY reporting during the two years probably indicates a
better effort to get out and see what is flying this year as opposed to
last, but probably weather played a role in focusing the emergence of
this species in such an apparently concentrated fashion this year, when
the winter was mainly cold except for a period of 10 days or so in early
February, as opposed to last year, when there may have been more warmer
periods stretched out over a longer period of time.
Despite being a fairly common spring flier across most of Tennessee, the
Falcate Orangetip is represented at the BAMONA website by records from
only 33 of TN's 95 counties. I think this circumstance is partly due to
the behavior of this butterfly, which likes to flutter along in a
seemingly interminable manner, touching down to rest or take nectar only
at widely separated times between bouts of flying and offering the
would-be photographer few opportunities to get a good shot. Hope that
can be changed this spring-and remember this species is a spring only
flier, so take advantage of its appearance while the taking is good-and
that a lot more counties can become part of its distribution map for TN
at the BAMONA website.
Good butterflying, Steve Stedman
Cookeville, Putnam County
Link to 2009 FOY reports in Tennessee:
http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/ButterflySightingsTN2009.htm
Link to BAMONA website (click on Map Search; then click inside outline
of TN; then click inside county outline for a list of species for that
county):
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/
If you then click on the name of any species, you will be directed to
the species account for that butterfly, including a map of TN
highlighting all counties with records of the species and also including
photos of the species. If you click on Falcate Orangetip, for instance,
at the species account you can then click on More Images and see several
really nice photos taken by Ken Childs in Chester County, TN, in recent
years.
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