Sighting for October 2, 2017

Will Kerling

Wetlands Institute - Stone Harbor, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Found two butterfly species in the Panoquina genus. These skippers have longer forewings than hind wings. One is local (Salt Marsh Skipper) and the other comes from the deep south (Ocola Skipper).
Photos - dorsal view of Salt Marsh Skipper and a dorsal view of Ocola Skipper with a male Sachem above it

  • Cabbage White 4
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • American Lady 2
  • Painted Lady 16
  • Common Buckeye 3
  • Monarch 16
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 16
  • Ocola Skipper 1
  • Sachem 1