Kevin,

Ever gotten up to the Scott Bog region of northern Coos Co. NH?? That's the
only place that I know of in either VT or NH where the Hoary and Satyr
Commas are known from...also, the White Admiral seems to have only a single
flight (not two, but this has to be confirmed)...This latter fact, if true,
could be significant; I have never seen the butterfly up there in August...I
need to get specimens from there...

Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MARIE/KEVIN HEMEON [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:41 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [VTLEPS] Gray Comma "summer form"
>
> Indian Massacre Rd. off 346 almost to the NY border in Pownal is good. I
> have been seeing them throughout Bennington Co.Kevin
>
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: Grkovich, Alex <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>       To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>       Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 6:30 PM
>       Subject: Re: [VTLEPS] Gray Comma "summer form"
>
>       Anyone have a good reliable locale for the Gray Comma "summer
> form"??? Scott
>       Bog (along the logging roads) in northern Coos Co. NH is a great
> spot for
>       the species, but I don't feel like driving so far this weekend; plus
> I'm
>       overdue on a visit to Vermont...
>
>       Alex
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: Grkovich, Alex
>       To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>       Sent: 6/9/04 9:29 AM
>       Subject: Re: [VTLEPS] "Northern Crescents" and Wilsons Mills bog
>
>       Re the "Northern Crescents"...I suspect that they are not Northern
>       Crescents
>       (*Phyciodes cocyta*)...It is likely too early for *cocyta*...What
> folks
>       are
>       probably seeing is the "Diminutor" Crescent, P.
> *diminutor...(Whatever
>       that
>       is)...
>
>       James Scott named and described *diminutor* in his "Papilio" series
> of
>       Papers (# 10, Feb. 20, 1998)...*Diminutor* is multiple-brooded
> (whereas
>       *cocyta* is probably single-brooded)...and is quite similar to
>       *cocyta*...
>       (Scott, I think, actually lists it as a subspecies of *cocyta*, but
> how
>       can
>       it be when it is sympatric with it???)...
>
>       I can send a copy of the paper to whomever wants it...or it can be
>       ordered
>       direct from Scott for $4 (Maybe it's better not to have a copy but
> the
>       paper
>       itself)...Order it (and any of the others, plus there is an earlier
>       Phyciodes paper...) from Dr. Scott as follows:
>
>       James A. Scott
>       60 Estes St.
>       Lakewood, CO 80226
>
>       *Diminutor* (males...females to me cannot be distinguished) has the
> VHW
>       marginal patch darker, with darker, more conspicuous
> crescents...also
>       the
>       VHW is more golden, brighter orange yellow...*cocyta* has the
> marginal
>       patch
>       tan, not brown, crescents and the entire VHW are more "washed
> out"...The
>       two
>       have a different "look"...I have taken *cocyta* at Streaked
> Mountain,
>       Oxford
>       Co., Maine in mid-July, and north of Portland in early July...early
> June
>       is
>       just too early for it, in my opinion...again, I suspect that folks
> are
>       seeing *diminutor*...
>
>       Along Rt. 16 south of Errol, NH yesterday, I took a Crescent...this
> is
>       probably *diminutor*...By the way, at the Wilsons Mills bog (Rt. 16
>       north of
>       Errol, 1.4 miles over the NH border into Maine on the right side of
> the
>       hwy
>       going north, Jutta Arctic (*Oeneis jutta ascerta*) was plentiful,
> Bog
>       Fritillary (*Boloria eunomia dawsonii*) males are just beginning
> their
>       flight (in another 4-5 days they will be all over the bog)...A
> single
>       Eastern Pine Elfin (*Incisalia niphon clarkii*) was seen...along
> with
>       numerous moths...
>
>       Alex
>
>       > -----Original Message-----
>       > From: Jim Lambert [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>       > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:41 PM
>       > To:    [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>       > Subject:       [VTLEPS] Priority block survey
>       >
>       > Richford 4 survey, just under two hours. 2 Viceroy,10 Canadian
> Tiger
>       > Swallowtail, 3 Clouded Sulpher, 6 Common Ringlets, 1 Black
>       Swallowtail, 22
>       > Northern Crescent, 1 Cabbage White, 1 Mustard White, 2 Hobomok
>       Skippers, 5
>       > Silvery Blue and 2 I can't identify. Maybe Harris or Silvery
>       Checkerspots.
>       > Similar on the back but different on the front and neither look
> just
>       like
>       > the pictures in my books. Patty Lambert
>       >
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