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| Hackberry Emperor - Catahoula NWR HQ Unit |
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This year the Catahoula NWR North American Butterfly Association Butterfly Count was held on June 14th. A NABA Butterfly Count is conducted within a 15-mile diameter circle. The Catahoula NWR count circle is centered at the NWR HQ and contains areas in La Salle and Catahoula Parishes. In addition to counting butterflies on parts of the NWR's four Units--Headquarters, Willow Lake, French Fork, and Bushley Bayou--we also look for butterflies in off-refuge locations, which this year included the Archie/Little River Rec. Area in Catahoula Parish, and Blade Loop, a road through hilly upland/piney-woods terrain in La Salle Parish.
We had eight participants, with Craig Marks as the count organizer/compiler. The count began at 9:30am. All eight participants, divided into three parties, looked for butterflies on parts of the HQ Unit of CNWR. After that, one party went to Archie Rec. Area, and two parties went to Willow Lake Unit. Then all parties went to Blade Loop, then Bushley Bayou Unit. One party then went to French Fork Unit, then one observer went to a location on HQ Unit that we didn't get to that morning, finishing up at 4:30pm.
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| north end of Duck Lake on Catahoula NWR HQ Unit |
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| Catahoula NWR HQ Unit |
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| CNWR HQ Unit |
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| CNWR HQ Unit |
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| CNWR Willow Lake Unit |
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| Blade Loop - our upland, piney-woods location |
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| CNWR Bushley Bayou Unit (shallow water impoundments near Minnow Ponds Road) |
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| CNWR French Fork Unit (Muddy Bayou Road) |
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The Butterfly List (Compiled by Craig Marks)
6/14/23
9:30am-4:30pm
83-94F.; sunny/mixed/variable sky; wind 7-15mph, plus gusts
8 observers in 3 parties
Pipevine Swallowtail - 27
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| Pipevine Swallowtail - CNWR Willow Lake Unit |
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Black Swallowtail - 59
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
Spicebush Swallowtail - 1
unidentified dark swallowtail sp. - 1
Checkered White - 23
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| Checkered White - CNWR HQ Unit |
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Orange Sulphur - 5
Southern Dogface - 25
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| Southern Dogface - CNWR Willow Lake Unit |
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Cloudless Sulphur - 36
Little Yellow - 66
Sleepy Orange - 1
Dainty Sulphur - 12
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| Dainty Sulphur - CNWR HQ Unit |
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King's Hairstreak - 1
Gray Hairstreak - 4
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| Gray Hairstreak - CNWR Willow Lake Unit |
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Red-banded Hairstreak - 9
Eastern Tailed-Blue - 1
'Summer' Spring Azure - 3
un-IDed blue sp. - 1
American Snout - 3
Gulf Fritillary - 3
Variegated Fritillary - 8
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| Variegated Fritillary - CNWR Bushley Bayou Unit |
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Phaon Crescent - 56
Pearl Crescent - 59
Question Mark - 7
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| Question Mark - CNWR Willow Lake Unit |
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American Lady - 1
Red Admiral - 12
Common Buckeye - 28
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| Common Buckeye - Blade Loop |
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'Astyanax' Red-spotted Purple - 15
Viceroy - 2
Goatweed Leafwing - 1
Hackberry Emperor - 73
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| Hackberry Emperor - CNWR HQ Unit |
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Gemmed Satyr - 4
Carolina Satyr - 10
Monarch - 1
Silver-spotted Skipper - 8
Southern Cloudywing - 1
Horace's Duskywing - 5
Funereal Duskywing - 1
Common Checkered-Skipper - 21
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| Common Checkered-Skipper - CNWR HQ Unit |
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Tropical Checkered-Skipper - 2
Clouded Skipper - 1
Southern Skipperling - 2
Fiery Skipper - 19
Dun Skipper - 3
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