Latta Plantation and Cowan’s Ford Butterfly Walk – Aug 1, 2015

The Latta Plantation and Cowan’s Ford butterfly walk was jointly sponsored by the Triad and Midlands Chapters of CBS.

Attendees at Latta Plantation were David and Marty Kastner, Chris Talkington, Lenny Lampel, David Woods, myself. Cowan’s Ford was attended by John and Margaret Barlow, Gene Schepker, Debra Donahue, Linda Allman.

Total species 41, possibly 42 as there was an unID Pearly-eye.

Latta Plantation 8/1/15
10:00-1:00 and 2:00-2:15

Black Swallowtail 1
Spicebush Swallowtail 3
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 29 (4 dark females)
Little Yellow 1
Sleepy Orange 9
White M Hairstreak 1
Gray Hairstreak 4
Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
Variegated Fritillary 7
Pearl Crescent 4
American Lady 1
Painted Lady 1
Common Buckeye 1
American Snout 1
Red-spotted Purple 1
Carolina Satyr 1
Hoary Edge 3
Silver-spotted Skipper 4
Northern Cloudywing 1
Horace’s Duskywing 4
Common Checkered-Skipper 2
Swarthy Skipper 2
Fiery Skipper 8
Little Glassywing 24
Zabulon 3
Ocola Skipper 2
Skipper species 2

Cowan’s Ford Wildlife Refuge 8/1/15
2:30-5:00

Spicebush Swallowtail 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 10 (1 dark female)
Sleepy Orange 2
White M Hairstreak 1
Gray Hairstreak 3
Summer Azure 1
Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
Pearl Crescent 16
American Lady 1
Red Admiral 3
American Snout 1
Red-spotted Purple 1
Hackberry Emperor 1
Common Wood-Nymph 1
Southern Pearly-eye 2
Creole Pearly-eye 1
Pearly-eye species 1
Carolina Satyr 5
Little Wood-Satyr 1
Hoary Edge 3
Silver-spotted Skipper 4
Northern Cloudywing 1
Southern Cloudywing 1
Horace’s Duskywing 1
Fiery Skipper 2
Little Glassywing 1
Dun Skipper 3
Clouded Skipper 2
Zabulon 1

Neck Road, Mecklenburg County 8/1/15
5:30-5:40

Attended by: Chris Talkington, David and Marty Kastner

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
Common Buckeye 1
Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Fiery Skipper 25
Sachem 2
Little Glassywing 1
Delaware Skipper 1
Zabulon Skipper 2
Ocola Skipper 1

Carl Ganser