Category Archives: Whites and Sulphurs

A taste of south Texas

Posted on November 15, 2014 by admin

If you ever get a chance to go to south Texas make sure you allocate some time for the dizzying array of leps that frequent the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). No less than 325+ species have been found which … Continue reading →

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Harper’s Ferry battlefield

Posted on October 8, 2014 by admin

I visited the North Schoolhouse Ridge battlefield near Harper’s Ferry during a long lunch early this afternoon and found the fields were been cut. Too bad they can’t alternate plots and cut every other year. It would save resources and … Continue reading →

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Brazilian Skippers, Long-tailed Skipper, Clouded Skippers

Posted on September 28, 2014 by admin

Barry Marts and I took a more southern tragectory on Sunday and headed towards southeast Virginia. The orginal goal was to go to the Great Dismal Swamp in hopes of finding a couple species more common in that area and … Continue reading →

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Ocola Skippers, Fiery Skippers, Sleepy Orange, Carolina Satyr

Posted on September 21, 2014 by admin

Barry Marts and I headed out to Charles and Prince George’s county, MD on Sunday in hopes of picking up some southern irruptive species. Our first location was Friendship Farm Park close to Nanjemoy Creek. We had been there in … Continue reading →

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Leonard’s Skipper – Soldier’s Delight

Posted on September 14, 2014 by admin

After missing the first part of the month away from the area on an Alaska birding trip I went out to Solider’s Deight Environmental area in western Baltimore county, MD. Blazing Star was now begining to wind down but there … Continue reading →

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