Six participants located 36 species of butterflies during the Transylvania NABA count on Wednesday, August, 27, 2014. The morning was cool, about 60 degrees, ending at about 80 degrees by the afternoon. There was full sunshine all day. Here are the results:

Pipevine Swallowtail 24
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 31
Spicebush Swallowtail 2
Cabbage White 8
Clouded Sulphur 55
Orange Sulphur 25
Cloudless Sulphur 8
Little Yellow 1
Gray Hairstreak 2
Eastern Tailed-Blue 39
Summer Azure 31
Variegated Fritillary 35
Diana Fritillary 7 ( one male, six females)
Great Spangled Fritillary 3
Meadow Fritillary 14
Pearl Crescent 8
Eastern Comma 1 (One Polygonia as well)
American Lady 1
Red Admiral 1
Common Buckeye 6
Red-spotted Purple 25
Viceroy 2
Northern Pearly-Eye 1
Carolina Saytr 1
Common Wood-Nymph 1
Silver-spotted Skipper 104
Horace’s Duskywing 2
Wild Indigo Duskywing 8
Clouded Skipper 3
Least Skipper 9
Fiery Skipper 1
Tawny-edged Skipper 1
Sachem 14
Zabuon Skipper 2
Dun Skipper 1
Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper 1

Many thanks to Nancy Cowal, Doug Johnston, Janie Owens, Sue Perry, and Vin Stanton for their participation!
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Ruth Young