Sighting for August 23, 2009

Will Kerling

Leaming's Run
Cape May County, NJ

Black Swallowtail: fresh female; Cloudless Sulphur: very fresh looking one; Gray Hairstreak: all fresh ones!; American Lady: fresh and old ones; Monarch: a flying mated pair; Common Sootywing: #50 butterfly species for this ongoing inventory; Swarthy Skipper: a rare trace of FW spots; Fiery Skipper: a female / first of season / good digital images - top and bottom; Tawny-edged Skipper: great skipper day in this garden / 15 skipper species and some good numbers!; Northern Broken-Dash: digital image; Little Glassywing: digital image; Delaware Skipper: fresh male / # 49 butterfly species for this ongoing inventory

  • Black Swallowtail 1
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 9
  • Cabbage White 26
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 4
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
  • Pearl Crescent 18
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady 5
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Common Wood-Nymph 1
  • Monarch 7
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 21
  • Common Sootywing 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 21
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 3
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 20
  • Fiery Skipper 1
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 10
  • Crossline Skipper 2
  • Northern Broken-Dash 3
  • Little Glassywing 1
  • Sachem 50
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 20
  • Dun Skipper 5