Sighting for October 1, 2017

Will Kerling

Highs Beach Area - CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Found my first Aaron's Skipper in the month of October. We saw a Lady species come across the bay from Delaware into the dunes after the sun went down.
There were lots of Monarchs, Painted Ladies and Common Buckeyes on the Seaside Goldenrod in the dune system.

  • Cabbage White 8
  • Orange Sulphur 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Lady sp. 1
  • Pearl Crescent 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 14
  • Common Buckeye 29
  • Monarch 54
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 1
  • Aaron's Skipper 1
  • Fiery Skipper 2
  • Sachem 1

Variegated Fritillary

Aaron's Skipper

Common Buckeye