Sighting for June 16, 2022
Jeanine Apgar and Greg Prelich
Greenwood Forest WMA
Ocean County, NJ
- Oak Hairstreak 1
- Banded Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 6
- American Lady 9
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Crossline Skipper 2
Crossline Skipper
Banded Hairstreak
Oak Hairstreak
New Sighting
After a rain, 1:30 -3:30 pm. Almost all were nectaring on thistle and dogbane.
[A super find of oak hairstreak, one of South Jersey's most elusive butterflies (which we have missed entirely in six of our log's past 13 years). This individual is also in a hard-to-ID form, lacking the white dash on inner hindwing, but showing the orange cap on blue on hindwing tail and also – faintly – the long dash on cell end bar. Excellent work and a delightfully confirming photo, JA and GP! jc]