[TN-Butterflies] interment of final tn no-'fly zone

From: Stephen Stedman <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:21:47 -0500

At the beginning of the year, there were seven TN counties without any
butterflies documented as occurring within them at the BAMONA website,
as follows:

 

Carroll

Crockett

Gibson

Giles

Moore

Union

Weakley

 

Thanks to a lot of effort on the part of quite a few observers, six of
these counties were released from no-'fly zone status earlier in the
year.  Yesterday I made a quick visit to Giles County, the last no-'fly
zone in the state, and photo-documented ten species of butterflies,
bringing to an end the last of such zones within Tennessee.

 

Now I hope the focus of attention will switch from the no-'fly zones to
what we might call single digit midget 'fly zones-i.e., counties that
have fewer than ten species of butterflies listed at BAMONA.  Currently,
here is that list, thirteen strong and waiting for release from this
particular form of butterfly Hades:

 

Bedford (4)

Claiborne (1)

Crockett (2)

Hancock (3)

Haywood (8)

Houston (3)

Jefferson (5)

Lincoln (3)

Moore (8)

Robertson (5)

Tipton (1)

Union (9)

Weakley (7)

 

Happy butterfly photo ops, Steve Stedman

Cookeville (Putnam County)

[TN-Butterflies] interment of final tn no-'fly zone

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