Sighting for August 1, 2020
Beth Polvino
my yard NABA #1151 & Monarch Waystation #8318
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 4
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 0
- Cabbage White 5
- Cloudless Sulphur 0
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- American Snout 3
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady 2
- Painted Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Brazilian Skipper 0
- Sachem 11
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
unknown
unknown
Going out this AM first saw a butterfly that I couldn't ID sitting on a canna leaf. I went back inside to my references, and while it looked similar to a Silver-spotted Skipper, the markings were different. Later, I could directly compare them as both ended up together on a flower. Images below and thoughts on ID always appreciated. Increase in number of Sachems with at least 3 sets mating. FOY Painted Lady for the yard. In addition Brazilian Skipper (many), Cloudless Sulphur, Spicebush Swallowtail and American Snout caterpillars all continue on their host plants.
["Beth's magic garden has done it again. This time we get to adventure into the unknown. This bug certainly resembles a silver-spotted, but has significant differences which are clearly not produced by wear. Besides the obvious pattern differences, there are more subtle ones like the difference in the eye-ring. Is it a hybrid? If so, what are the two species?" - jm]