uid=HFR,o=lter,dc=ecoinformatics,dc=org all public read doi:10.6073/pasta/367f5ce27ac6083cbf65b7c238e956dc Daniel Cooper 2023 English

I report on preliminary observations of butterflies in small meadows in the vicinity of “Harvard Farm” (formerly Petersham Country Club) in Petersham, MA, from 16-20 July 2015. I sampled butterflies at 10 locations over five days, visiting some areas twice. I documented (with digital photography) a total of 17 recognizable species/morpho-species, as well as 2-8 additional “grass skippers” which could not be identified to species. Initially I had planned to conduct a more organized survey, but most of the property had been grazed by the time I arrived in mid-July. This, combined with the late start date, meant that flowers – and nearly all butterflies – were absent at the Harvard Farm property during my visit. Instead, I opted to opportunistically sample several un-grazed meadows in the Petersham area, including North Common Meadow near the center of town and small meadows on Harvard Forest property, to develop a species list and photographic database of as many local butterflies as possible. From these surveys, the most numerous species were clouded/orange sulfur (Colias spp.; 34 individuals observed), followed by great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele; n = 32) and unidentified grass-skippers (various genera; n = 32). Moderately common species (n = 8-12) included Common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala), American copper (Lycaena phlaeas) and cabbage white (Pieris rapae); fewer than 4 individuals were recorded of: black/spicebush swallowtail (Papilio sp.), banded hairstreak (Satyrium calanus), gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus), azure (Celastrina ladon), eastern tailed-blue (Everes comyntas), pearl crescent (Phycioides tharos), eastern comma (Polygonia comma), Appalachian brown (Satyodes appalachia), northern pearly-eye (Enodia anthedon), and silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus claras). These observations should be taken as preliminary, but may serve as a list of the most common and conspicuous butterfly taxa during mid-summer in the Petersham area, and could inform study design and focal species lists for future projects in and around Harvard Forest.

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Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html CC0-1.0 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf287 Harvard Forest. Coordinates based on WGS84 datum. -72.213837 -72.182266 42.533459 +42.482618 2015 2015 order Lepidoptera order Odonata completed Information Manager Harvard Forest

324 North Main Street Petersham MA 01366 USA

(978) 724-3302 hf-im@lists.fas.harvard.edu Harvard Forest

324 North Main Street Petersham MA 01366 USA

(978) 724-3302 (978) 724-3595 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu

Butterfly, dragonfly and damselfly species were observed and photographed at various sites in and around Harvard Forest.

Harvard Forest

324 North Main Street Petersham MA 01366 USA

(978) 724-3302 (978) 724-3595 https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu https://ror.org/059cpzx98 pointOfContact The Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program examines ecological dynamics in the New England region resulting from natural disturbances, environmental change, and human impacts. National Science Foundation LTER grants: DEB-8811764, DEB-9411975, DEB-0080592, DEB-0620443, DEB-1237491, DEB-1832210. hf287-01-locations.csv observation locations hf287-01-locations.csv 628 8bc507f9e2b870f1a9539ffb4bbd013d 1 \r\n column , https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p28/hf287/hf287-01-locations.csv loc.code location code location code NA missing value loc.description location description location description NA missing value lat latitude degree 0.000001 real NA missing value long longitude degree 0.000001 real NA missing value 11 hf287-02-lep-species.csv butterfly species codes hf287-02-lep-species.csv 752 090e5af3a1e121a76794aea17af1ee63 1 \r\n column , https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p28/hf287/hf287-02-lep-species.csv sp.code species code species code NA missing value species genus and species name genus and species name NA missing value common.name common name common name NA missing value 18 hf287-03-od-species.csv dragonfly and damselfly species codes hf287-03-od-species.csv 367 dadc549bc954dcdcb78e22c54b100f3c 1 \r\n column , https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p28/hf287/hf287-03-od-species.csv sp.code species code species code NA missing value species genus and species name genus and species name NA missing value common.name common name common name NA missing value 9 hf287-04-lepidoptera.csv butterfly observation data hf287-04-lepidoptera.csv 960 d2a8fbab82621c52aa7355e62c66bb34 1 \r\n column , https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p28/hf287/hf287-04-lepidoptera.csv date observation date YYYY-MM-DD 1 day NA missing value loc.code location HP Harvard Pond CHM Harvard Forest meadow behind Common House next to Route 32 HQM meadow across Route 32 from Harvard Forest headquarters Rt32a/122M Meadow at corner of Routes 32a and 122 NCM North Common Meadow HF Harvard Farm HF-NE Harvard Farm - northeast corner only PRM Pierce Road Meadow PL powerline cut south of Harvard Forest headquarters along east side of Route 32 PM-SE southeast "Prospect Meadow" WSM West Street Meadow NA missing value start.time observation start time hh:mm 1 minute NA missing value end.time observation end time hh:mm 1 minute NA missing value pasp number of Black/Spicebush Swallowtail observed. Values of NA in all observation data indicates that the species was present, but no number was recorded. number 1 whole NA missing value pira number of Cabbage White observed number 1 whole NA missing value cosp number of Clouded/Orange Sulfur observed number 1 whole NA missing value lyph number of American Copper observed number 1 whole NA missing value saca number of Banded Hairstreak observed number 1 whole NA missing value stme number of Gray Hairstreak observed number 1 whole NA missing value cela number of Common Wood-Nymph observed number 1 whole NA missing value evco number of Eastern tailed-blue observed number 1 whole NA missing value spcy number of Great Spangled Fritilary observed number 1 whole NA missing value phth number of Pearl Crescent observed number 1 whole NA missing value poco number of Eastern Comma observed number 1 whole NA missing value cepe number of Common Wood-Nymph observed number 1 whole NA missing value saap number of Appalachian Brown observed number 1 whole NA missing value enan number of Northern Pearly-eye observed number 1 whole NA missing value epcl number of Silver-spotted Skipper observed number 1 whole NA missing value thba number of Southern cloudywing observed number 1 whole NA missing value poma number of Eastern Comma observed number 1 whole NA missing value skip number of Skipper (various species) observed number 1 whole NA missing value 13 hf287-05-odonates.csv dragonfly and damselfly observation data hf287-05-odonates.csv 678 d50ca6e01f4e5cbcc43f4f30100d61be 1 \r\n column , https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p28/hf287/hf287-05-odonates.csv date date of observation YYYY-MM-DD 1 day NA missing value loc.code location HP Harvard Pond CHM Harvard Forest meadow behind Common House next to Route 32 HQM meadow across Route 32 from Harvard Forest headquarters Rt32a/122M Meadow at corner of Routes 32a and 122 NCM North Common Meadow HF Harvard Farm HF-NE Harvard Farm - northeast corner only PRM Pierce Road Meadow PL powerline cut south of Harvard Forest headquarters along east side of Route 32 PM-SE southeast "Prospect Meadow" WSM West Street Meadow NA missing value start.time observation start time hh:mm 1 minute NA missing value end.time observation end time hh:mm 1 minute NA missing value licy number of Spangled Skimmer observed. Values of NA in all observation data indicates that the species was present, but no number was recorded. number 1 whole NA missing value sysp number of Meadowhawk sp. observed number 1 whole NA missing value cesp number of Pennant sp. (female) observed number 1 whole NA missing value ceep number of Halloween Pennant observed number 1 whole NA missing value moda number of "Mosaic" darner observed number 1 whole NA missing value ersi number of Eastern Pondhawk observed number 1 whole NA missing value emsp number of Emerald sp. observed number 1 whole NA missing value ceel number of (Calico) Pennant observed number 1 whole NA missing value liin number of Slaty Skimmer observed number 1 whole NA missing value 13 hf287-06-butterfly-study-2015.txt Google Earth map of observation areas hf287-06-butterfly-study-2015.txt 1388 392667adb6126753bc3de78af2bdce42 zip kmz https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p28/hf287/hf287-06-butterfly-study-2015.txt vector GIS hf287-07-north-meadows.jpg map of North Meadows observation areas hf287-07-north-meadows.jpg 618892 29dc4a4748e23b3acebb798f2d5f748f none jpeg https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p28/hf287/hf287-07-north-meadows.jpg image hf287-08-south-meadows.jpg map of South Meadows observation areas hf287-08-south-meadows.jpg 571125 a5fe0a91316e786cd675c3792fe299e1 none jpeg https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/p28/hf287/hf287-08-south-meadows.jpg image biodiversity community short-term measurements https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/exist/apps/datasets/showData.html?id=hf236