Folks,
Nine of us (*) had a great time today (June 1) doing the 3rd annual Surry County Butterfly Count in the Pilot Mountain area. We identified 38 species of adult butterflies, including 5 New County Records! We also encountered snakes, toads, lizards, and some odd birds.
15 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
2 Spicebush Swallowtail
8 Cabbage White
2 Clouded Sulphur one was extremely pale, but not quite albino
7 Orange Sulphur
1 Harvester new county record
10 Eastern Tailed Blue
52 Summer Azure
6 Variegated Fritillary
33 Great Spangled Fritillary
3 Silvery Checkerspot
5 Pearl Crescent
1 Questionmark
2 Mourning Cloak
6 American Lady
1 Red Admiral in the grip of a robber fly
1 Common Buckeye
4 Red Spotted Purple
1 Hackberry Emperor new county record
1 Southern Pearly-eye new county record
2 Creole Pearly-eye new county record
1 Appalachian Brown new county record
2 Gemmed Satyr
11 Carolina Satyr
17 Little Wood Satyr
1 Monarch (larva)
1 Silver Spotted Skipper
3 Hoary Edge
4 Southern Cloudywing
7 Northern Cloudywing
1 Horaces Duskywing
1 Clouded Skipper
2 Least Skipper
3 Fiery Skipper
1 Tawny Edged Skipper
15 Crossline Skipper
2 Little Glassywing
5 Zabulon Skipper
1 Dusted Skipper
* - Beth Brinson, Charlie Cameron, Kathy King, David McCloy, Jim Nottke, Gene Schepker, Lois Schneider, George Wheaton, Pam Wooten
Jim Nottke
Pfafftown, NC
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