Sighting for September 6, 2023
Jack McDonough
Areas around Cape May Point
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 12
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 5
- Clouded Sulphur 2
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 15
- Sleepy Orange 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- White M Hairstreak 1
- Gray Hairstreak 8
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 5
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady 10
- Painted Lady 2
- Red Admiral 2
- Common Buckeye 3
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Viceroy 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 35
- Long-tailed Skipper 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 2
- Ocola Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 1
- Fiery Skipper 6
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Sachem 250+
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
- Dun Skipper 1
Sleepy Orange
Fiery Skipper
Ocola Skipper
Long-tailed Skipper
Zabulon Skipper
Sunny, mid 80s, NW around 7mph. From 9:30 AM-12:30 PM. Lots of butterflies today including my FOY Long-tailed Skipper. One Sleepy Orange past Lily Lake, another taken by a Jagged Ambush Bug on Harvard Ave. My camera battery died in the morning so I had to take cell phone pics.
[What a day! 35 species, including several late summer specialties, and so many photos that you wore your camera out. Excellent work, JMc! jc]