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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Hoary Edge – Applachian Azure
Today Barry Marts and I had a great filed trip visiting two new locations. Short Mountain WMA in Hardy county and Nathaniel Mountain WMA in Hampshire/Hardy counties. As is sometimes the case, unplanned cirumstances lead to sightings we would not have had … Continue reading
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Harvester
While coming back from the mountains yesterday I received a ping from a butterfly buddy (Rick Borchelt – his excellent Lep Blog link is in the right hand column) that 4 Harvesters had been puddling at Indian Springs WMA in … Continue reading
Posted in Remote Trip, Uncategorized
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Pepper and Salt Skipper
Although I was still tired from the long NJ trip the day before, the great weather forecast for the WV mountains pulled my wife and I and our dog Shadow outward and upward to the 3,150ft elevation of Blackwater Falls … Continue reading
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Dusted Skipper, Hessel’s Hairstreak + Elfins
Barry Marts and I left the eastern panhandle in the pre-sunrise light heading for what we hoped would be a good day of lep’ing in southern New Jersey. We were searching for specific target species and we weren’t sure if … Continue reading
Posted in Gossamer-winged, Remote Trip, Skippers
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Potomac Valley Audubon field trip
As a follow up to the “Introduction to Butteflies” session that was held on May 21st the field trip to Shannondale Springs WMA on May 24th was excellent. Over the course of 3 1/2 hours the 8 participants found 14 … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Brush-footed, Duskywings, Skippers, Swallowtails
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