Sighting for September 16, 2023
David L. Amadio
NJ Fish & Wildlife area- Lincoln Rd & Eldridge Hill Rd.
Salem County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Sleepy Orange 9
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Variegated Fritillary 2
- Pearl Crescent 7
- Common Buckeye 5
- Monarch 11
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 5
- Ocola Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 5
- Sachem 110
Sleepy Orange
Monarch
Common Checkered-Skipper
Ocola Skipper
Obs. msde from 12:35- 2:25 & 3:35-4:35, Sunny 73-77, NW7-13 winds. Primary nectar sources were various Goldenrods, Frost Aster, & Field Thistle. E.Tiger was a well worn dark morph female. Also had another Swallowtail, likely Black that got by me. Ocola is a fairly tough find in Salem County. I have only ever seen 2 or 3.
[Yes, we have had only nine previous reports of Ocola in SAL all-time on our log, and six of those came in 2016, an irruption year for the species in South Jersey. We haven't had any SAL reports of the species at all in close to five years, since Brian Johnson found one on 10-2-2018. Excellent find, Dave! jc]