red-banded hairstreak Tufts U

[dorian...@gmail.com]

This morning we spotted the following butterflies in the Tufts University pollinator gardens at this location:

1 red-banded hairstreak (first for campus, unusual in city?)

1 peck's skipper

1 monarch

2 cabbage white

[Michael Newton]

Hi (Nick?)

Nice find.

I’ve seen Red Banded Hairstreak several times at Arnold Arboretum in the past 3 years, and once at Middlesex Fells, and once at Lafayette Square in Cambridge, so that location in between seems fine.

They apparently don’t seem to mind the more urban environments … though I’m only basing this off of what I’ve seen these last few years that they’ve been more common in MA.

—Michael

On Aug 13, 2022, at 12:56 PM, dorian...@gmail.com <dorian...@gmail.com> wrote:

This morning we spotted the following butterflies in the Tufts University pollinator gardens at this location:

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[Cloutier]

Hi All,

I think the important thing Red Banded needs is leaf litter left on the ground. That is what they need to eat as caterpillars and the Chrysalids and fourth-stage caterpillars hibernate over winter in those same decaying leaves.

Sue Cloutier

New Salem

 

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Hi (Nick?) Nice find. I’ve seen Red Banded Hairstreak several times at Arnold Arboretum in the past 3 years, and once at Middlesex Fells, and once at Lafayette Square in Cambridge, so that location in between seems fine. They apparently don’t seem to mind the more urban environments … though I’m only basing this off of what I’ve seen these last few years that they’ve been more common in MA. —Michael

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This morning we spotted the following butterflies in the Tufts University pollinator gardens at this location (https://goo.gl/maps/BRLpM5BRac2vnyBg8): 1 red-banded hairstreak (first for campus, unusual in city?)1 peck's skipper1 monarch2 cabbage white

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