May 2009 Sightings

Zabulon Skipper: 3 males, 2 females

Sulphur sp.: white female

Zabulon Skipper: a male on territory; Aaron's Skipper: species # 51 / digital image

Frosted Elfin: egg laying on Wild Indigo / didn't survey their whole area; Eastern Pine Elfin: very worn female egg laying on young pine (2 feet tall); Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on Dewberry Blossoms; Question Mark: a summer form one; Viceroy: all males on territory; Little Wood-Satyr: possibly nectaring on Multiflora Rose (2 individuals); Wild Indigo Duskywing: female egg laying on Wild Indigo; Cobweb Skipper: a tattered female / one of the last for the season; Sachem: nectaring on Dewberry blossoms and Multiflora Rose

decent condition

Holly Azure: worn, checking out Inkberry

Mourning Cloak: displaying nicely; Hackberry Emperor: 1 month early for me, nectaring on Oak sap

driving home from FPP

driving home from FPP

checking out Silky Dogwood, C. amomun, which sp. has used as foodplant in past

Zabulon Skipper: On a cucumber leaf

Red-spotted Purple: feeding on dead tutrle

driving to FPP

Black Swallowtail: 2 females and 6 males (some hilltopping on sand dunes); Orange Sulphur: 3 yellow form females and a white form female (all Orange Sulphurs egg laying); 'Summer' Spring Azure: nectaring on Dewberry blossoms (digital images); Pearl Crescent: a worn female; American Lady: very fresh; Monarch: first fresh out of chrysalis one for us; Least Skipper: nectaring on White Sweet Clover, Dandelion, Blue Toadflax and Yellow Wood Sorrel; Sachem: nectaring on White Sweet Clover

Question Mark: summer form