Category Archives: Whites and Sulphurs

Carolina Satyr + other FOY’s

During the last five days I’ve picked up a few new leps in the state. The cold, rainy weather gave way to sunny, still cool’ish temps on 5-14 as I returned home from a birding “Big Day” the previous day. … Continue reading

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Appalachian Azure, West Virginia White

With this exceptional warm weather for this time of year Barry Marts and I ventured to the NE area of Pocahontas County, WV dodging a few rain drops and finding partly sunny skies here and there. We were looking for … Continue reading

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Olympia Marble, Sleepy Orange

After a long winter and five months of lep withdrawal it sure was nice to kick off the 2017 season with a great selection (18 species) of butterflies on a beautiful day. Barry and I met up with lep friends … Continue reading

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Silvery Blues – Green Ridge State Forest

I needed a break from the yard work and went out to Green Ridge State Forest for a couple of hours in partly sunny skies and temps in the lower 60’s. Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) and Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) gave color … Continue reading

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Rio Grande Valley – 2016

Barry Marts and I went on our now annual November trip to the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The weather didn’t cooperate as much as we would have liked but we still managed to see many lifers. We totaled 106 species … Continue reading

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