May 2009 Sightings

Eastern Tailed-Blue: nectaring on Wood Sorrel and Pearly Everlasting; Holly Azure: puddling; Cobweb Skipper: digital image

Clouded Sulphur: good look

a fresh male in the sorrel

nectaring on a pot of Verbena and on Mertensia, VA Bluebells

Blueberry Azure: unusual record / not often recorded in May

Eastern Tailed-Blue: nectaring on a weedy yellow-flowering mustard; Blueberry Azure: puddling; Holly Azure: puddling; 'Summer' Spring Azure: puddling; Cobweb Skipper: on territory

Cabbage White: still waiting on those orangetips; Juniper Hairstreak: all nectaring on spurge; American Lady: sunning

fresh!! feeding on horse poop

Eastern Tailed-Blue: tapped a Red Cedar and flushed a male ET-B; instead of, a Juniper Hairstreak

nectaring on dandelion

flyby

Falcate Orangetip: nectaring on Linaria canadensis; American Lady: flying during a thunderstorm; Juvenal's Duskywing: males on territory; Cobweb Skipper: males on territory

Hessel's Hairstreak: 10:30 a.m. – nectaring on Red Chokeberry and Highbush blueberry

Cabbage White: still waiting on those orangetips…; Orange Sulphur: quickly nectaring on spurge; Eastern Pine Elfin: fresh, nectaring on spurge; Juniper Hairstreak: all nectaring on spruge, all looked in great condition despite weather; White M Hairstreak: the white "m" and the white line on the submarginal band was not as white as i'm used to seeing, but the blue upperside was extremely fresh.; Eastern Tailed-Blue: all were one side of the pit and all the Junipers were on the other side. Curious. nectaring on spurge; Azure, sp.: worn, nectaring on spurge; American Lady: 5 nectaring on spurge; Red Admiral: flyby; Monarch: fluttering around

fresh

Hessel's Hairstreak: nectaring on Highbush Blueberry and cherry blossoms

Juniper Hairstreak: hilltopping in Red Cedars plus two down in low ground vegetation; Eastern Tailed-Blue: all males; Pearl Crescent: nectaring on cinquefoil sp.; Red-spotted Purple: fresh and fast; Northern Cloudywing: very fresh / great images