Naturalists Count 1,455 Butterflies
For the Times- Journal
On July 15, St.Thomas Field Naturalist Club Inc. held its ninth Annual butterfly count.
The count area was limited to a 24-kilometre-diametre circle centred at the junction of John Wise Line and Rieger Road.
A total of 1,455 butterflies of 28 different species were counted.
In total, the 18 participants walked 18.9 kilometres in 14.75 hours and drove 183.6 kilometres in 12 hours during the count.
The day was sunny with a temperature of 32°C (90°F).
Both numbers of species and butterflies were down from previous counts.
The participants were: Irene Bouris and Myles, Alex and Neva Carmichael, Bill Corner, Denzel and Shirley D’Mello, Linda Carmichael Ferguson, Brenda Longhurst, Pat McLean, Dave Nopper, Jamie and Karen Pakkala, Bruce and Hayley Parker, Bill Thompson, and Ann Vance.
Butterflies counted and recorded were : black swallowtail 14, eastern tiger swallowtail 43, cabbage white 447, clouded sulphur 307, eastern tailed blue 12, great spangled fritillary 19, question mark 7, eastern comma 7, mourning cloak 3, Kilbert’s tortoiseshell 1, red admiral 3, painted lady 2, Appalachian brown 2, viceroy 6, little wood satyr 13, common wood nymph 164, monarch 273, silver-spotted skipper 29, common sootywing 1, European skipper 39, northern broken dash 5, wild indigo duskywing 4, spice bush swallowtail 1, banded hair streak 5, Baltimore checkerspot 2, red spotted purple 1, Dun skipper 2.
On July 15, St.Thomas Field Naturalist Club Inc. held its ninth Annual butterfly count.
The count area was limited to a 24-kilometre-diametre circle centred at the junction of John Wise Line and Rieger Road.
A total of 1,455 butterflies of 28 different species were counted.
In total, the 18 participants walked 18.9 kilometres in 14.75 hours and drove 183.6 kilometres in 12 hours during the count.
The day was sunny with a temperature of 32°C (90°F).
Both numbers of species and butterflies were down from previous counts.
The participants were: Irene Bouris and Myles, Alex and Neva Carmichael, Bill Corner, Denzel and Shirley D’Mello, Linda Carmichael Ferguson, Brenda Longhurst, Pat McLean, Dave Nopper, Jamie and Karen Pakkala, Bruce and Hayley Parker, Bill Thompson, and Ann Vance.
Butterflies counted and recorded were : black swallowtail 14, eastern tiger swallowtail 43, cabbage white 447, clouded sulphur 307, eastern tailed blue 12, great spangled fritillary 19, question mark 7, eastern comma 7, mourning cloak 3, Kilbert’s tortoiseshell 1, red admiral 3, painted lady 2, Appalachian brown 2, viceroy 6, little wood satyr 13, common wood nymph 164, monarch 273, silver-spotted skipper 29, common sootywing 1, European skipper 39, northern broken dash 5, wild indigo duskywing 4, spice bush swallowtail 1, banded hair streak 5, Baltimore checkerspot 2, red spotted purple 1, Dun skipper 2.
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