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Greetings, VTLepsters: Kent McFarland, Chris Rimmer and I did some blockbusting in the Northeast Kingdom today. A perfect day butterflying -- 24 species. Our only disappointment was that we saw not a single anglewing. Here's our list from three blocks in Essex County: Black Swallowtail Mustard White (with dark veins) Cabbage White Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur Harvester Eastern Tailed Blue Great Spangled Fritillary Aphrodite Fritillary Atlantis Fritillary Silver-bordered Fritillary Harris' Checkerspot (larva) Northern Crescent Mourning Cloak (fresh) American Lady Painted Lady Red Admiral White Admiral Viceroy Common Ringlet Common Wood-Nymph Monarch (migrants) Least Skipper Common Branded Skipper --Bryan Pfeiffer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Vermont Butterfly Survey A Project of the Vermont Institute of Natural Science 27023 Church Hill Road Woodstock, VT 05091 (802) 454-4640 [log in to unmask] www.vinsweb.org/vbs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~