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I had a nice afternoon (dodging thunderstorms) in Groton-2 yesterday -- mostly common species. Check out the photos of Atlantis and Aphrodite Fritillaries at www.wingsphotography.com/frits.html. It's evidence that those "follow-spots" Glassberg refers to for Atlantis aren't always reliable. Both of these frits showed them. But do note the eye color on each -- blue-gray for Atlantis and yellowish for Aphrodite. Dark edges on the upperwings of Atlantis are also really helpful. It's great to be home after a few weeks in Michigan chasing butterflies, including Mitchell's Satyr (Neonympha mitchellii). In case anyone is interested in photos, check out my new web site (still a work in progress) at: www.wingsphotography.com. (I also highly recommend the Dorcas Copper and Swamp Metalmark shots.) Here's the Groton-2 list. Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice) Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops) Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus) Great Spangled Fritiallary (Speyeria cybele) Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis) Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) - fresher than the S. atlantis Crescent (Physiodes sp.) White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis) Common Wood-Nymph (Cercyonis pegala) Northern Pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon) Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela) European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius) Long Dash (Polites mystic) Tawny-edged Skipper (Polites themistocles) Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris) Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok) - really worn -Bryan Pfeiffer VBS Field Staff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Vermont Butterfly Survey A Project of the Vermont Institute of Natural Science 27023 Church Hill Road Woodstock, VT 05091 (802) 457-2779 Ext. 124 [log in to unmask] www.vinsweb.org/conservation/vbs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~