Recent sightings

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David L. Amadio

At work in Cherry Hill
Camden County, NJ

Casual observations at lunch from my vehicle. Viburnum & Honeysuckle drawing in some butterflies.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1

Jennifer Bulava

Crystal Lake Park, Mansfield Twp
Burlington County, NJ

Guided walk from 9-11 am. I have never seen a Summer Azure with its wings open; very cool dark margins on the forewings! They were also puddling near the lake edge.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 8
  • Red Admiral 1

'Summer' Spring Azure

'Summer' Spring Azure

Pat Sutton

Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ

Incidental sightings while gardening. Hayhurst's Scallopwing was perching in the garden; did not see it on nectar (which is fairly scarce still).

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Azure, sp. 2
  • American Snout 3
  • Hayhurst's Scallopwing 1

Hayhurst's Scallopwing

Therese Hurter

My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

75 degrees, partly cloudy and breezy. Anglewing was on fruit dish. Monarch caterpillar was on Butterfly Weed.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Anglewing sp. 1
  • Monarch 0
  • Aaron's Skipper 1

Jennifer Bulava

Laurel Run Park, Delran
Burlington County, NJ

1:00-2:30 pm.

  • Black Swallowtail 3
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Sulphur sp. 7
  • Orange Sulphur 6
  • American Copper 6
  • Variegated Fritillary 9
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Red Admiral 1

Robert C. Koch

Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ

High counts of Spring Azures and Cabbage Whites for Lumberton Leas.

  • Cabbage White 32
  • Spring Azure 8
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 5
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2

Cabbage White

Zabulon Skipper

Spring Azure

Wijbren Huisman

Chestnut Branch Park, Mantua Township
Gloucester County, NJ

Obs. 9.30-10.00. Chilly conditions. Obs. June 4: 10.45-11.45. Sunny and warm.

  • Cabbage White 9
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 6
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 2

Cabbage White

Chris Herz

Tall Pines SP 1:45-3 pm, 72-75 degrees
Gloucester County, NJ

Pollinator garden starting to look good. Coreopsis is dominant now. V. Fritillary and 3 Clouded Sulphurs around the garden. Peck's Skippers all worn.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 10
  • Clouded Sulphur 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 13
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 2
  • Zabulon Skipper 2
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Peck's Skipper 3

Pat Sutton

Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ

Incidental sightings while gardening. Question Mark was laying eggs on a Dwarf Hackberry (Celtis tenuifolia) that is coming up in my perennial garden, that I hack back nearly to the ground each spring to keep it as a small shrub. Its abundant lush leaves always pull in lots of egg-laying butterflies.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Question Mark 1

Question Mark

Teresa Knipper

Cape May Point State Park
Cape May County, NJ

10-12 pm gorgeous day!! Zabulon Skippers abound!

  • Viceroy 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 6
  • Dun Skipper 1

Zabulon Skipper

Dun Skipper

Jack Miller

Hunters Mills
Cumberland County, NJ

Very brief visit.

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1

'Summer' Spring Azure

Jack Miller

MacNamara WMA
Cape May County, NJ

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 8
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 4
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr 6
  • Southern Cloudywing 2
  • Northern Cloudywing 3
  • Dun Skipper 3

Jack Miller

Tuckahoe rd powerlines
Cape May County, NJ

[Swarthy Skipper FOY reports from 2 counties today. TB]

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 3
  • Aaron's Skipper 8
  • Swarthy Skipper 2

Swarthy Skipper

Therese Hurter

back yard, CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

2pm. Sunny, breezy and cool. ETB was nectaring on clover.

  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1

Dolores Amesbury

My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

Sun and clouds, 60’s. 3 Delaware Skippers were nice to see. [FOY Delaware Skipper. TB]

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 3
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Aaron's Skipper 3
  • Delaware Skipper 3

Delaware Skipper

Tom Bailey

Wharton SF
Burlington County, NJ

9 am to 1:45 pm. Sunny, low 70s. [FOY Georgia Satyr. FOY Swarthy Skipper reported from 2 counties today. TB]

  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Georgia Satyr 1
  • Swarthy Skipper 11

Swarthy Skipper

Robert C. Koch

Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ

An abundance of Cabbage Whites today.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 27
  • Spring Azure 6
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 4
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

Zabulon Skipper

Red Admiral

Wijbren Huisman

South Jersey Techpark, Glassboro
Gloucester County, NJ

Obs. 12.15-1.00. Fields are very dry.

  • Cabbage White 15
  • Clouded Sulphur 10
  • Orange Sulphur 7
  • Spring Azure 1

Orange Sulphur

Tom Bailey

Brendan Byrne SF
Burlington County, NJ

Incidental sightings while birding. Cloudy, temperature in mid-60s, breezy.

  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr 4

Wijbren Huisman

Atkinson Memorial Park, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ

OBS. 11.15-11.45

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Wijbren Huisman

Tall Pine Trees Preserve, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ

Obs. 9.30-11.00, overcast sky.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 5
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 5
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 4
  • Zabulon Skipper 2
  • Sachem 1

Tom Bailey

Tabernacle Township yard
Burlington County, NJ

Incidental sightings while in the yard today.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1

Wijbren Huisman, Lucy Hooper

Pollinator Garden, Mickleton
Gloucester County, NJ

Obs. 3.20-3.45. Sunny and hot. We need rain, rain and more rain very badly.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Clouded Sulphur 2
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Peck's Skipper 2
  • Sachem 2

Clouded Sulphur

Robert C. Koch

Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ

The VF is only the second one I've seen this year at LL.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 9
  • Sulphur sp. 2
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Sachem 1

American Lady

Spring Azure

Teresa Knipper

Cape May Point State Park
Cape May County, NJ

Observations made between 12 and 1:30. Lots of Arrowood, viburnum, privet and Elderberry in bloom. I think I missed one or two hair streaks that zoomed off just as I was walking down the trail.

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 5

Zabulon Skipper

Jack McDonough

1st Ave
Cumberland County, NJ

Incidental sightings while looking for odes. FOY Least Skipper for me.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr 8
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 1

Jennifer Bulava

Crystal Lake Park, Mansfield Twp
Burlington County, NJ

Between 12:30-2:30 pm. The "blue" was puddling and I could see through binoculars it was NOT an et blue, so it must have been a summer azure.

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 4
  • Sulphur sp. 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1

Jennifer Bulava

Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton
Burlington County, NJ

I saw a harvester sitting on the side of the green trail between 10:30-11:00 am. I wasn't able to get a photo before it flew off. At 3:00 pm I saw a second individual on the other side of the park and as soon as I hit the camera shutter it flew off! [2nd report of Harvester this year. TB]

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Harvester 2

Brian Johnson

Natural Lands Mauricetown Preserve
Cumberland County, NJ

At work today. I spent the last hour walking one of the Sedge bogs. [FOY Appalachian Brown. TB]

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 6
  • Question Mark 1
  • Appalachian Brown 4
  • Little Wood-Satyr 7
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 3

Appalachian Brown

Jack Miller

Lummis Mill rd
Cumberland County, NJ

[FOY European Skipper and the first since 6/10/2021. TB]

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Sulphur sp. 4
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Least Skipper 1
  • European Skipper 30

European Skipper

Jennifer Bulava

Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton
Burlington County, NJ

Observations between 2:00-3:00 pm.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 5

Eileen Bennett

Waretown backyard
Ocean County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2

Jack McDonough & Savanna Berg

Woodbine Bike Path/RR
Cape May County, NJ

Partly sunny, 68 degrees. Very worn E. Pine Elfin was a surprise and a FOY Southern Cloudywing for me. Around 3 pm. [Brown Elfin sighting ties late date from 2014. TB]

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Brown Elfin 1
  • Eastern Pine Elfin 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 2
  • Little Wood-Satyr 25
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1

Robert C. Koch

Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Viceroy 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 5
  • Zabulon Skipper 2
  • Sachem 11

Viceroy

Viceroy

Wijbren Huisman

Alcyon Lake Park, Pitman
Gloucester County, NJ

Obs. 11.30 - 12.50. Breezy and temps in the low 70’s.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 4
  • Sulphur sp. 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 5
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Sachem 1

Least Skipper

Chris Herz

Audubon garden
Camden County, NJ

Black ST released.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1

Robert C. Koch

Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ

The pale VF with the notched hindwing did not show up today after appearing for five consecutive days.

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 5
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Sachem 3

Zabulon Skipper

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Jack McDonough

My yard, Dennisville
Cape May County, NJ

Aaron’s Skippers are back. Overcast, 77 degrees, 1:30 pm.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Aaron's Skipper 2

Tom Bailey

Rancocas SP, Westhampton Township
Burlington County, NJ

Incidental sightings while birding. 8:30 - 10:30 am.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

Tom Bailey

Laurel Run Park, Delran Township
Burlington County, NJ

Incidental sightings while birding in the park. 7 - 8:15 am.

  • American Copper 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1

Wijbren Huisman

Scotland Run Park, Clayton
Gloucester County, NJ

Obs. 14.00-15.30. Checking out a new location. It’s a dark wooded area with several trails.

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr 2
  • Zabulon Skipper 6

Question Mark

American Lady

Tom Bailey

Greenwood Forest WMA
Ocean County, NJ

9:45 am to 2 pm. Partly sunny, temps in the mid 70s. Not much activity. [The logs first Tawny-edged Skippers this year. TB]

  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
  • American Lady 7
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Crossline Skipper 2
  • Sachem 3

Jack McDonough & Savanna Berg

Hesstown power line
Cumberland County, NJ

Common Buckeye on what I believe to be Purple False Foxglove (gerardia). Sunny, around 6 pm.

  • Common Buckeye 1

Common Buckeye caterpillar

Tom Bailey

Palmyra Cove Nature Park
Burlington County, NJ

Incidental sightings while birding in the park. Sunny, pleasant day.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 16
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Red Admiral 8
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 5
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Dun Skipper 1

David L. Amadio

Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

Zabulon being chased relentlessly by bees.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

Dolores Amesbury

My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

No Aaron’s yesterday but a bunch today! [First Aaron's Skippers this year. TB]

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Azure, sp. 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Little Wood-Satyr 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Aaron's Skipper 5
  • Zabulon Skipper 2

Aaron's Skipper

Wijbren Huisman

Tall Pine Trees, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ

Observation: 1.00-2.15. Temps in the high 70’s.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Clouded Sulphur 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • American Lady 1
  • Red Admiral 5
  • Viceroy 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3
  • Zabulon Skipper 5
  • Peck's Skipper 1
  • Sachem 1

Zabulon Skippers

'Summer' Spring Azure

Jackie Parker

Garrett Family Preserve (Nature Conservancy)
Cape May County, NJ

[The logs first Hayhurst's Scallopwings this year. TB]

  • Cabbage White 6
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Hayhurst's Scallopwing 3
  • Zabulon Skipper 8

Robert C. Koch

Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ

After a little wait the pale VF with the notched hindwing showed up for the fifth consecutive day.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spring Azure 2
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 5
  • Zabulon Skipper 2
  • Sachem 6

Variegated Fritillary

Sachem

Spring Azure

David L. Amadio

Riverwinds Scenic Trail
Gloucester County, NJ

Obs. made from 3-4:30, Sunny mid 70's. Have not seen any American Coppers here so far this year. They have been common to abundant in the past, but verry little Sheep sorrel remains. Abundant Sand Blackberry in bloom as well as multiflora rose.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3
  • Zabulon Skipper 6
  • Sachem 2

David L. Amadio

Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

Therese Hurter

My yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

Was thrilled to find 2 tiny Monarch cats nestled in Common Milkweed!

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Sulphur sp. 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Monarch 0
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Sachem 1

Monarch caterpillar

Jackie Parker

Higbee Beach WMA
Cape May County, NJ

  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 2

Robert C. Koch

Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ

I had to wait a few minutes but the the pale VF with the notch in the hindwing showed up again.

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Sachem 1

Cabbage White

Variegated Fritillary

Sachem

Jack McDonough

Woodbine RR
Cape May County, NJ

Sunny, 71 degrees, around 2pm. FOY crossline for me, nectaring on multiflora rose of all things. Lots of RSP out today.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 9
  • Little Wood-Satyr 55
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 2
  • Crossline Skipper 1

Chip Krilowicz

Wharton SF - Fleming Pike
Camden County, NJ

Sunny

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 8
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Juvenal's Duskywing 1

Red-spotted Purple

Red Admiral

Red-banded Hairstreak

Robert C. Koch

Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ

Sunny, breezy and cool around 11 AM. The VF continues to greet me in the same location.

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 2
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2

Zabulon Skipper

Red Admiral

Variegated Fritillary

Jeanine Apgar

Home yard, Galloway Township
Atlantic County, NJ

The Red-banded Hairstreaks were out by 9:30 am and there were one or two in every spot of sunshine. Most I've ever counted here while walking trails for 2 hours. This is the first time I have come across a Red-spotted Purple ovipositing on a willow! So far only male Zabulons.

[Cool documentation of RSP host plant. jc]

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 26
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 2

Red-spotted Purple ovipositing