Yesterday on May 10th, John Jarvis, Harry LeGrand, Lori Carlson, and four newcomers: Roger; Phil, Krista, and their son Damon, ventured forth to look for butterflies in the field and along the powerline cut at Few’s Ford at the Eno River State Park. Temperature was in the low 80s, no breeze, and skies were sunny. Below are the numbers Harry recorded for the day’s butterflying observations. The group sighted 31 different species total.
| Species | # Seen | Comments |
| American Lady | 22 | |
| American Snout | 15 | quite common |
| Cabbage White | 2 | |
| Carolina Satyr | 16 | |
| Clouded Skipper | 3 | one female seen ovipositing |
| Cloudless Sulphur | 2 | |
| Common Buckeye | 2 | |
| Common Checkered-Skipper | 1 | |
| Dun Skipper | 1 | |
| Dusted Skipper | 3 | one female seen ovipositing |
| Eastern Comma | 1 | nectaring on privet |
| Eastern Tailed-Blue | 4 | |
| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | 12 | |
| Great Spangled Fritillary | 12 | |
| HARVESTER | 1 | tame; on the dirt track along the east side of the field |
| Juniper Hairstreak | 26 | near state record total; fresh, worn, and in-between |
| Least Skipper | 3 | |
| Little Glassywing | 5 | |
| Little Wood-Satyr | 1 | |
| Northern Cloudywing | 4 | |
| Orange Sulphur | 1 | |
| Pearl Crescent | 7 | “scarce”! |
| Pipevine Swallowtail | 1 | |
| Sachem | 2 | |
| Silver-spotted Skipper | 2 | low |
| Silvery Checkerspot | 25 | some fresh, but many worn; some copulating |
| Southern Broken-Dash | 1 | photographed |
| Spicebush Swallowtail | 2 | |
| Summer Azure | 15 | |
| Variegated Fritillary | 1 | |
| Zabulon Skipper | 11 |
~Lori M. Carlson
Hillsborough, NC