Massachuses Bueries Fall 2017, No. 49 Massachusetts Butteries is the semiannual publication of the Massachusetts Buttery Club, a chapter of the North American Buttery Association. Membership in NABA-MBC brings you American Butteries and Buttery Gardener . If you live in the state of Massachusetts, you also receive Massachusetts Butteries , and our mailings of eld trips, meetings, and NABA Counts in Massachusetts. Out-of-state members of NABA-MBC and others who wish to receive Massachusetts Butteries may order it from our secretary for $7 per issue, including postage. Regular NABA dues are $35 for an individual, $45 for a family, and $70 outside the U.S, Canada, or Mexico. Send a check made out to “NABA” to: NABA, 4 Delaware Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 . NABA-MASSACHUSETTS BUTTERFLY CLUB Ofcers President : Howard Hoople, 10 Torr Street, Andover, MA, 01810-4022. (978) 475-7719 [email protected] Vice President-East : Greg Dysart, 75 Oakland Street Ext., Natick, MA, 01760. 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Contents 2 2017 NABA Buttery Counts Tom Gagnon 15 A Buttery Quest Sue Cloutier 17 Chasing Butteries in San Diego County, CA Garry Kessler 20 Baltimore Checkerspot Buttery Colony at Lakeview-Morse Conservation Area, Sharon, MA Madeline Champagne 24 In Memoriam: Jane Vicroy Scott _______________________________________ West Virginia White ( Pieris virginiensis ), 5/4/17, Sunderland, MA, Mark Rosenstein _______________________________________ Cover photo: Monarch ( Danaus plexippus ), 7/21/17, Georgetown, MA, Marjorie Watson 1 4th of July Counts for 2017 Looking over the charts for the 2017 4th of July counts, the low numbers of skippers jumps out at me. Writing this article in Sep- tember, our skipper numbers are still low. Only European Skip - pers, Northern Broken-Dash and Dun Skippers seem to be close to normal numbers. Swallowtail numbers were outstanding with 47 Black Swallowtails on the Northampton count and 46 Eastern Tiger Swallowtails on the North Worcester count. Bog Copper numbers were down. I believe IF some of the counts had been 2 or 3 days later, those numbers would have been closer to normal. Hairstreaks numbers were also very low except Coral Hair - streaks. The 85 on the Central Berkshire count might have set a record. The 7 Variegated Fritillaries were a nice surprise on the Falmouth count. Aphrodite Fritillaries were in low numbers. Even our usually common Pearl Crescents were in low numbers. Three Gray Commas on the Franklin Count were a nice surprise. Painted Ladies came in early and stayed strong in their numbers. By holding their counts on June 25th and July 2, North Essex and Central Franklin pulled out some late Indian Skippers. They should have been gone well before the count date. Central Berkshire led the way of nding 3 species NOT found on any other count: 34 Mustard Whites, 19 Acadian Hairstreaks and 1 Hickory Hairstreak. The Concord count found the only Bronze Copper, while Brewster found the only Juniper Hairstreak and Bristol found the only Horace’s Duskywing. Ten species were found only twice on the 14 counts. Blackstone Corridor led the way with the most number of but - teries, 2,806, but most of those were European Skippers. South Berkshire had only 35 INDIVIDUALS that were found on an off and on RAINY day. The Concord count led the way with 15 participants. Bristol 2 had only the compiler out counting. Thank you Mark Mello !!!! Mark Fairbrother, Tom Tyning and Joe Dwelly compiled TWO counts each. Thank you to each compiler. Pulling everything all together is not always an easy task. To the members of the Massa - chusetts Buttery Club, please consider joining one or more of the counts in 2018. You do not have to be an expert butterier, just know how to count. We would like to thank Karl Barry for compiling all the charts. Putting all those gures in those small columns is very time con - suming. THANK YOU Karl. Tom Gagnon, Vice-president West, Massachusetts Buttery Club. “Nectaring” Viceroy (Limenitis archippus ), and close-up of what it is nectaring on... 8/19/17, Norfolk, MA, Madeline Champagne 3 ur July Count 2017 Bog Copper Mustard White Bronze Copper Cabbage White Orange Sulphur Clouded Sulph American Copper Black Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Canadian Tiger Northern 0 16 37 1 0 65 11 20 0 0 0 Berkshire Central 8 8 4 0 34 94 33 35 21 0 0 Berkshire Southern 0 0 0 00 8 1 0 0 0 0 Berkshire Central 1 22 0 6 0 217 38 23 9 0 408 Franklin Northampton 47 10 0 12 0 242 216 114 54 0 0 Northern 8 46 0 8 0 111 43 70 18 0 0 Worcester Concord 3 2 0 0 0 34 15 30 11 1 12 Northern 3 6 0 0 0 37 0 3 0 0 0 Essex Blackstone 3 9 0 5 0 49 8 11 0 0 0 Corridor Bristol 0 1 0 10 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 Falmouth 5 0 0 4 0 1 12 16 50 0 0 Brewster 22 4 0 16 0 170 5 46 85 0 1 Barnstable 2 0 0 0 0 62 2 18 3 0 0 Truro 2 10 0 13 0 14 0 16 80 0 70 4 July Count 2017 Oak Hairstreak Gray Hairstreak Coral Hairstreak Striped Hairstreak Juniper Hairstreak Banded Hairstreak Hickory Hairstreak Acadian Hairstreak Eastern Tailed-Blue Variegated Fritillary Variegated Edwards Hairstreak Edwards Summer Spring Azure Spring Summer Northern 8 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 10 9 0 Berkshire Central 85 19 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 41 9 0 Berkshire Southern 000000000000 Berkshire Central 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 22 4 0 Franklin Northampton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 63 8 0 Northern 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 22 2 0 Worcester Concord 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 1 0 Northern 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Essex Blackstone 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 27 0 0 Corridor Bristol 0 0 0 000000 2 1 0 Falmouth 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 40 60 1 7 Brewster 50 0 5 2 0 4 0 1 8 14 2 0 Barnstable 0 0 0 00000 2 8 0 0 Truro 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 1 1 5 July Count 2017 Gray Comma Question Mark Pearl Crescent American Lady Mourning Cloak Eastern Comma Atlantis Fritillary Meadow Fritillary Aphrodite Fritillary Baltimore Checkerspot Great Spangled Fritillary Silver-bordered Fritillary Northern 40 4 12 0 28 1 14 2 8 1 1 1 Berkshire Central 54 3 7 0 6 2 9 1 0 0 2 4 Berkshire Southern 3 00000000000 Berkshire Central 32 1 0 4 0 1 16 1 13 3 0 3 Franklin Northampton 50 2 1 14 0 45 129 0 9 0 1 14 Northern 21 1 0 4 0 2 4 0 6 0 3 6 Worcester Concord 16 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 Northern 9 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 10 0 0 10 Essex Blackstone 12 0 0 0 0 0 63 1 6 0 0 4 Corridor Bristol 3 0 0 0 0 24 0 3 0 0 0 3 Falmouth 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 10 Brewster 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 1 0 0 0 5 Barnstable 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 Truro 000 0 00 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 July Count 2017 Viceroy Eyed Brown Red Admiral Red Painted Lady White Admiral White Common Ringlet Little Wood-Satyr Common Buckeye Red-spotted Purple Appalachian Brown Northern Pearly-Eye Red-spotted Admiral Red-spotted Northern 0 21 4 0 7 10 0 9 13 1 1 13 Berkshire Central 1 14 1 0 2 1 0 24 0 28 0 0 Berkshire Southern 0 2 0 0 000 00 1 0 0 Berkshire Central 0 22 4 9 0 0 1 3 5 0 10 0 Franklin Northampton 2 44 6 0 1 3 17 1 0 19 9 1 Northern 0 11 8 0 0 2 2 12 0 8 95 2 Worcester Concord 1 15 3 0 00 0 0 0 13 13 0 Northern 2 20 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 35 Essex Blackstone 1 9 22 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 Corridor Bristol 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 Falmouth 5 2 9 00000000 0 Brewster 3 6 2 0 00 0 0 0 1 3 0 Barnstable 0 0 1 00000000 0 Truro 1 7 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 36 0 7 July Count 2017 Monarch Hoary Edge Least Skipper Indian Skipper European Skipper Common Sootywing Horaces Duskywing Horaces Northern Cloudywing Southern Cloudywing Silver-spotted Skipper Wild Indigo Duskywing Wild Common Wood-Nymph Northern 37 7 16 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 437 0 Berkshire Central 123 22 34 00000 0 0 14 0 Berkshire Southern 19 0000000 0 0 0 0 Berkshire Central 0 11 42 2 3 4 0 0 1 4 20 1 Franklin Northampton 33 40 93 2 3 0 0 2 50 8 1 0 Northern 4 10 23 0000 0 0 3 189 0 Worcester Concord 1 4 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Northern 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 998 4 Essex Blackstone 0 6 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 2523 0 Corridor Bristol 15 11 1 0 0 0 1 9 0 1 0 0 Falmouth 35 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Brewster 29 66 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Barnstable 7 59 000000 0 0 0 0 Truro 8 2 25 00000 0 0 5 0 8 July Count 2017 Long Dash Black Dash Dun Skipper Mulberry Wing Pecks Skipper Pecks Little Glassywing Delaware Skipper Crossline Skipper Hobomok Skipper Tawny-edged Skipper Tawny-edged Broad-winged Skipper Northern Broken-Dash Northern 36 12 1 25 31 12 0 0 14 0 0 18 Berkshire Central 28 7 1 0 35 18 13 0 7 1 0 32 Berkshire Southern 0 0000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Berkshire Central 4 2 0 6 6 13 0 0 0 0 0 4 Franklin Northampton 2 1 0 0 19 5 5 7 0 0 9 54 Northern 1 0 2 0 1 11 16 0 0 0 0 3 Worcester Concord 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 14 0 3 5 0 Northern 38 1 0 12 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Essex Blackstone 0 0 00 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Corridor Bristol 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 Falmouth 0 2 7 0 10 2 9 0 0 0 0 3 Brewster 0 0 1 0 48 0 3 0 0 6 0 39 Barnstable 0 0 0 0 4 0 000 000 Truro 0 0 1 0 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 38 9 July Counts No.