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Welcome to 2007 Butterfly Season
2 0 0 4   Season Highlights:
Mourning Cloak February 28
Compton's Tortoise Shell April 15
Red Admiral April 17
Brown Elfin April 18
Sleepy Duskywing April 23
Varieagated Fritillary Very early April 26
Pine Elfin May 9
Silvery Blue (31) Glenbrook Road May 17
Giant Swallowtail May 21
Hoary Edge early sighting May 23
Silver-bordered Fritillary May 27
Monarch late first record May 31
Harris' Checkerspot June 13
Cloudless Sulphur June 8
Mitchell's Satyr June 21
Hackberry Butterfly June 23
Aphrodite June 23
Coral Hairstreak June 23
American Snout June 23
Noggles Road NABA Count-44 species
Chelsea Area NABA Count--42 species
Edward's Hairstreak June 19
Striped Hairstreak July 11
Broad-winged Skipper July 10
Dukes Skipper July 17
Little Yellow July 28
Hickory Hairstreak July 30
Zebra Swallowtail August 7
Checkered Skipper 9/22
Gray Hairstreak October 2
Late Monarch November 7
Eastern Comma November 18 Record late date
Top Nectaring sources Spotted Knapweed (31) and Pink Clover (27)
Species visiting most flowers Pearl Crescent (36) and Silver-spotted Skipper (33)
Species Reported: 6 Year-to-Date Dusted Skipper ( Atrytonopsis hianna ) courtesy of Randy Emmitt North Carolina Butterflies
Powesheik Skipperling ( Oarisma powesheik ) courtesy of Bryan Pfeiffer
Harvester ( Fenesica tarquinius ) courtesy of Chris Rickards
Harvester ( Feniseca tarquinius )Harris Checkerspot Larva ( Chlosyne harrisii )Dainty Sulphur courtesy of Linda Konig