Sighting for May 4, 2022

4 May 2022

Jeanine Apgar

Home yard, Galloway Township
Atlantic County, NJ

Overcast afternoon, but when the sun came out the butterflies were very active, then completely disappeared as the clouds gathered again.

[Only our third red-banded hairstreak report for 2022 – and the first anywhere north of CMY. jc]

Red-banded Hairstreak 1
Spring Azure 7
Pearl Crescent 2
Mourning Cloak 1
American Lady 1

Red-banded Hairstreak