Recent sightings
Therese Hurter
EHT Nature Reserve
Atlantic County, NJ
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
With Tropical Storm Ophelia imminent, we made sure to spend some time in the garden and it was hopping with surprises. The baby S. Gray Treefrog was on the same plant marker, but its patterning was different.
- Cabbage White 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
David L. Amadio
Tall Pines State Preserve, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. made from 1:30 to 3:50, Cloudy 70-73 with winds E17-20 Most butterflies were on New England Asters in garden, and goldenrod in the field. Frost Asters only about 10% in bloom.
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 1
- Viceroy 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 19
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Morning observations, part sun reaching into the mid 60's. Actually, had a fresh Red Admiral come to my fruit dish seconds after I put it out with temp. only 57 degrees. I take it in at night due to raccoons.
- Cabbage White 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Sachem 1
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
Ragged Spicebush Swallowtail in the garden … maybe the last for our garden.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
Therese Hurter
Home, CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
Sunny. Mid-70s. Incidental sightings throughout the day.
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Sachem 9
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Variegated Fritillary 5
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 3
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Sachem 83
Wijbren Huisman
Chestnut Branch Park, Mantua Township
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. 11.50-1.25. Temps in the low 70’s. A very nice day to be outside. I had a very nice talk with Jim, a 85 year old volunteer. He was working in the woods, to realize a Frisbee Golf Course. It was the first time this year that I didn’t see any Cabbage Whites during my walks.
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Harvester 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 12
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 9
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Sachem 40
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
OK, I admit it, the highlight of the day was the baby S. Gray Treefrog sitting on one of my garden markers. We have S. Gray Treefrogs (Cope's Gray Treefrogs) breeding in our wildlife ponds (their call is very different from N. Gray Treefrog). Visually they can't be told apart, but their calls are unique.
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- American Snout 1
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 1
- Aaron's Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Sachem 2
Beth Polvino
Private residence on Harvard Avenue, Cape May Point
Cape May County, NJ
Almost didn't stop here as I stopped on 9/19 and had only 3 species. It was mid 70's with less wind than the 19th. I was delighted to find a Long-tailed, Ocola and Fiery almost immediately. A few minutes later a pretty fresh Giant Swallowtail came through, not nectaring on the front sidewalk lantana but the first grouping on the side behind them. I thought I got at least ID pictures but they were not good so I am not counting it. I relayed this information to the North Jersey butterfly group so they could stop there also. Happy to see 3 southern strays.
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 2
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Sachem 6
Wijbren Huisman
Atkinson Memorial Park, Sewell
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. 12.30-1.30. Temperature was 74. Partly cloudy.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 3
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 45
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
Out from 10-11:15. Sunny, low 70's and little wind.
[Painted lady seems to have surged in late summer. We had only six reports for the year before Aug 1 but have had more than two dozen reports since….and counting. jc]
- Cabbage White 8
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 53
New jersey Butterfly Club
Various sites in southern and western Cape May County
Cape May County, NJ
Observations over the 19th and 20th during the Club's annual Cape May expedition. The group of 16 included several South Jersey butterflyers as well. We couldn't have asked for more glorious weather. Jack Miller served as our tour guide to many of the traditional butterfly sites. Teresa and Jim Knipper provided a sumptuous "potluck" dinner at their lovely home to top off an excellent trip. Most numbers reported here are estimates.
[Congratulations on the spectacular, butterfly-filled expedition and thank you for the report and photos. Come back again! :-) jc]
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 10
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 30
- White M Hairstreak 3
- Gray Hairstreak 6
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 10
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 3
- Pearl Crescent 8
- American Lady 6
- Painted Lady 4
- Red Admiral 1
- Common Buckeye 80
- Viceroy 1
- Monarch 70
- Long-tailed Skipper 2
- Duskywing sp. 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Aaron's Skipper 3
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 6
- Least Skipper 10
- Fiery Skipper 8
- Sachem 100
Beth Polvino
83 Beach Drive, North Cape May, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
The "Magic Gardens" aren't so magical anymore. Invited to visit my former home's yard. I was grateful to see both Long-tailed and Fiery skippers. The gardens are 40-50% gone in the backyard. Black mulch everywhere and looks to have been placed on all annual self seeders before they could get started. 7 stands of swamp milkweed all gone. Many perennials gone. Sachems estimated count.
[Welcome back to South Jersey, Beth. We miss you! Sorry to hear your wonderful garden is not what it was while you were its master. At least the long tailed paid homage. That's only our 2nd all year in CMY and 4th in total for 2023. jc]
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Common Buckeye 6
- Monarch 4
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 25
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem 12
Wijbren Huisman
Tall Pine State Preserve, Woodbury Heights.
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. 12.10 - 14.20. Partly cloudy and temps in the high 70’s. Tuesday, mating Tuesday.
- Cabbage White 6
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Painted Lady 1
- Viceroy 2
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 6
- Peck's Skipper 4
- Sachem 30
Lucy Hooper
Mickleton Park pollinator garden on Democrat Rd in Mickleton
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. from 4-5 after the rain, cloudy with some breaks of sun. Skipper numbers were down today. There were lots more yesterday earlier in the day. Fritillary is on Aromatic Aster and Orange Sulphur is on Showy Aster. Eastern Tailed-Blue on Smooth Blue Aster. 4 different aster species in bloom in garden and butterflies were visiting all of them.
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Sachem 8
Pat Sutton & Teresa Knipper
Dale Watson's pollinator garden (private) on Goshen Rd
Cape May County, NJ
Dale Watson planted Coral Honeysuckle to grow up and over her porch railing. This has resulted in her easily spottiing frass on her porch deck and knowing where to search for Snowberry Clearwing caterpillars. She's been finding them ever since I showed her her 1st one on August 20.
Pat Sutton & Teresa Knipper
Lynn Pollard's (private) pollinator gardens in CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
By the time we reached Lynn's gardens clouds had rolled in, but a lovely Ocola Skipper entertained us.
- Ocola Skipper 1
Pat Sutton & Teresa Knipper
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
Brief wanderings through 3 different gardens. Teresa spotted our garden's first of the year Fiery Skipper!
- Fiery Skipper 1
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. on and off from 1-4 p.m. Just before showers rolled in a Pearl Crescent appeared, uncommon for this garden.
- Cabbage White 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- Red Admiral 1
- Monarch 2
- Sachem 3
Wijbren Huisman
Fish and WMA, Lincoln Rd/Eldridge Hill Rd
Salem County, NJ
Obs. 12.10 - 14.55, Partly Cloudy. Covered most of the two fields. Sleepy oranges were everywhere!
[See WH's 9-1-23 report for several photos of sleepy orange at this spot. He also had 20+ then. A developing story! jc]
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 8
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Sleepy Orange 21
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 15
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 14
- Common Buckeye 17
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 10
- Sachem 30
Chris Herz
Audubon garden
Camden County, NJ
Cloudless Sulphur quick fly through. One Monarch released and one visitor.
- Cabbage White 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Monarch 2
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Sachem 8
David L. Amadio
Featherbed Lane & Kings Highway area.
Salem County, NJ
Briefly checked out this area hoping for a Meadow Fritillary, but the roadsides were freshly mowed again and the farm fields had also been recently mowed. Obs. made from 2:50 to 3:20.
- Clouded Sulphur 8
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Peck's Skipper 13
- Sachem 7
David L. Amadio
NJ Fish & Wildlife area- Lincoln Rd & Eldridge Hill Rd.
Salem County, NJ
Obs. msde from 12:35- 2:25 & 3:35-4:35, Sunny 73-77, NW7-13 winds. Primary nectar sources were various Goldenrods, Frost Aster, & Field Thistle. E.Tiger was a well worn dark morph female. Also had another Swallowtail, likely Black that got by me. Ocola is a fairly tough find in Salem County. I have only ever seen 2 or 3.
[Yes, we have had only nine previous reports of Ocola in SAL all-time on our log, and six of those came in 2016, an irruption year for the species in South Jersey. We haven't had any SAL reports of the species at all in close to five years, since Brian Johnson found one on 10-2-2018. Excellent find, Dave! jc]
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 9
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 7
- Common Buckeye 5
- Monarch 11
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 5
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem 110
Lucy Hooper
My yard in Mickleton
Gloucester County, NJ
Observations throughout the day while gardening.
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 10
- Sachem 11
Aidan Griffiths
My Yard, Ocean View
Cape May County, NJ
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
Aidan Griffiths
Cape May Point State Park
Cape May County, NJ
Mostly sunny. Wind 10-14 mph NW. Temps between the high 60s and mid 70s. Good diversity of butters during our birding outing! The Ocola was on sunflowers on the sandy path next to the hawk watch platform and the Aaron's was in the freshwater/brackish marsh on the yellow trail.
[Nice – and the numbers of buckeyes at this bottom of the state site suggests they are migrating. jc]
- Cabbage White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Common Buckeye 15
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 2
- Monarch 30
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Aaron's Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Sachem 9
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
The first photo might be the Orange Sulphur (a bit of orange coloration on the forewing by the leading margin of the hindwing). My neighbor released over 20 Monarchs in the last two weeks. Most of the ones seen today are probably from the release.
[Interesting which-sulphur-is-this puzzle. Possibly a hybrid? jc]
- Cabbage White 18
- Sulphur sp. 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Painted Lady 2
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 11
- Silver-spotted Skipper 7
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 87
Teresa Knipper
Home Garden
Cape May County, NJ
Ocolas gone crazy!!
[Yes, fun to witness, their fall push seems well under way. jc]
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 4
- American Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 7
- Ocola Skipper 4
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 12
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 4
- Monarch 5
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 15
David L. Amadio
Wheelabrator Refuge, Westville
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. made between 1:45 & 4:20, sunny 74-76 with 13-15 N winds. Powerline area mowed to the ground. Areas south of the pumping station required climbing through waist high vegetation, but Viceroy & Hackberry Emperor was worth the effort…..I think.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Viceroy 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
- Sachem 23
David L. Amadio
Backyard butterfly garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs between 10 & 1 p.m while working around the yard.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Sachem 2
Teresa Knipper
Triangle garden
Cape May County, NJ
Observations from about 1:30 to 2:15. The Spotted Horse Mint is particularly beautiful.
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 8
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- American Snout 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 4
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 2
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 15
Teresa Knipper
Cape May Point State Park
Cape May County, NJ
Fun day with the northerly wins! The primary nectar was sunflowers, mistflower, and Lobelia. A few of the Groundsel Bush were at peak.
- Cabbage White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 4
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Common Buckeye 31
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 7
- Monarch 27
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 3
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 37
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
Woodland Trails: Least Skipper (19 of 20), Eastern Comma and Pearl Crescent.
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 9
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Eastern Comma 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 20
- Sachem 103
- Cabbage White 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- American Lady 2
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Aaron's Skipper 5
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Sachem 15
Dave DeSarno
Forsythe NWR
Atlantic County, NJ
2:15-5:25 sunny and 80's with a breeze. White M Hairstreak is my New Jersey butterfly species #100! It's been an amazing journey!! I covered most of the wildlife drive in the car, but walked about a half mile near where the Hudsonian Godwit was reported. There were 7-8 Gray Hairstreaks feeding on Chinese Bushclover which had me on the lookout for the White Ms. A short distance away I spotted a hairstreak on a Groundsel tree with many Buckeyes and it turned out to be a White M! I stayed with the butterfly for some time and 2 others joined it, feeding in very close proximity (see photo). Two looked very fresh and one was just slightly worn. They remained stationary for long stretches but did fly several times and the blue flash was absolutely stunning to see. Eventually the Buckeyes and other bees/wasps chased off the hairstreaks but I did relocate 2 of them on Groundsel trees nearby. This would likely be a good place to check for higher numbers of the species. First Fiery Skipper of the year for me as well.
[Congratulations on your number 100, Dave, and thank you for sharing the info and the thrills of the chase. jc]
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 26
- Cloudless Sulphur 9
- White M Hairstreak 3
- Gray Hairstreak 8
- Pearl Crescent 6
- Common Buckeye 16
- Least Skipper 6
- Fiery Skipper 1
- Sachem 21
Chris Herz
Tall Pines SP
Gloucester County, NJ
4:45-6 pm. Pollinator garden and 2 mile path. Sun low in the sky so numbers of bugs much less. Found a Spicebush cat on Sassafras. Sulphur either a Clouded or Orange female.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 0
- Sulphur sp. 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 4
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Sachem 55
Jack McDonough
Areas around Cape May Point
Cape May County, NJ
Sunny, N winds around 9mph. A disappointing day. A duskywing with white hindwing edging passed through a garden along Harvard Ave and was chased away by a pair of Sachem before I could grab my camera. With a good initial look through the binoculars, it appeared to be a Funereal Duskywing. I spent many hours looking for it afterwards in the surrounding gardens, but on a day with the first real northerly winds of the fall, things were busy moving. I have the small hope that perhaps I’ll see it again in the morning. If identified correctly, they are dominantly a southern species on the east coast, but have shown up during the fall in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other nearby places (including in recent years)
[Good luck, Jack! By the numbers and good finds on this list, I am not sure everyone would call this a disappointing day ;-) jc]
- Black Swallowtail 8
- Cabbage White 2
- Clouded Sulphur 5
- Orange Sulphur 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 45
- Sleepy Orange 1
- Gray Hairstreak 10
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- American Lady 14
- Painted Lady 3
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 18
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Viceroy 3
- Emperor sp. 1
- Monarch 45
- Duskywing sp. 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 16
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 24
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 300
Tom Bailey
Waterford Township
Camden County, NJ
1:15 to 3:30 pm. Sunny, pleasant, temps in the upper 70s. Abundant Blazing Star and Purple Gerardia. I could only find two different skipper species amongst the horde of Sachems. Also one polites skipper sp. (likely Tawny-edged).
- Cabbage White 1
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Common Buckeye 4
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 90
- Dun Skipper 1
Teresa Knipper
Home Gatden
Cape May County, NJ
The garden is exploding with warblers, hummingbirds, bees, and, of course, butterflies! New England Aster, are just starting to bloom and bringing in all the goodies!
[Our 5th Ocola this year and the first from a backyard. jc]
- Cabbage White 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 3
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 7
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Sachem 9
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
- Cabbage White 21
- Sulphur sp. 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 7
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Least Skipper 2
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 96
Jackie Parker
Higbee Beach WMA
Cape May County, NJ
- Cloudless Sulphur 4
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
Chris Herz
Audubon garden
Camden County, NJ
Late in the day observations. Orange Sulphur new for the season. One early instar Spicebush ST on Spicebush. One dark spread wing possibly a Hayhurst Scallopwing also but didn't get a good ID look.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 0
- Cabbage White 3
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Monarch 1
- Peck's Skipper 2
- Sachem 18
Robert C. Koch
Lumberton Leas on Creek Rd. Lumberton, NJ
Burlington County, NJ
Woodland trails: App. Brown, Least Skipper (19 of 20), P. Crescent and Silver-spotted Skipper (1 of 7). FOY on Common Checkered at LL (meadow area). I think the Sulphur is a female Clouded.
[Impressive late-summer diversity at Lumberton Leas. jc]
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 14
- Sulphur sp. 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Variegated Fritillary 4
- Pearl Crescent 2
- Common Buckeye 3
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 1
- Appalachian Brown 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 7
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 20
- Peck's Skipper 4
- Sachem 90+
Teresa Knipper
Home Garden
Cape May County, NJ
Observations made around 1 o’clock. Hot with south winds. The Cloudless Sulphurs always favor the native honeysuckle.
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Monarch 3
- Fiery Skipper 2
- Sachem 9
Pat Sutton
Sutton GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
1 full-size Monarch caterpillar lounging on Common Milkweed. Only a few brief swings through the garden. Tawny Emperor was actually nectaring on Climbing Hempweed. Common Checkered Skipper was nectaring on Maryland Golden Aster.
- Cabbage White 2
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Monarch 0
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Aaron's Skipper 3
- Sachem 4
Jackie Parker
712 Foster Ave. Cape May
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 2
- Question Mark 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 1
- Sachem 5
Tate Perazzelli
My yard in Collingswood
Camden County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Sachem 14
Wijbren Huisman
Chestnut Branch Park, Mantua Township
Gloucester County, NJ
Obs. 10.50 - 11.55. Temps in the high 70’s. No Harvester activity.
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 3
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Pearl Crescent 10
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 3
- Sachem 75
Cloudy, mid-70s. Spotted butterflies as soon as light rain let up.