Recent sightings

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

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.

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

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

1:00-2:30 pm.

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

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

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

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.

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

Very brief visit.

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

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

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

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

An abundance of Cabbage Whites today.

Obs. 12.15-1.00. Fields are very dry.

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

OBS. 11.15-11.45

Obs. 9.30-11.00, overcast sky.

Incidental sightings while in the yard today.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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]

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

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

Observations between 2:00-3:00 pm.

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]

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

Black ST released.

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

Zabulon being chased relentlessly by bees.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Sunny

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

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]