May 2009 Sightings
Will Kerling
Woodbine, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
Will Kerling
Sutton Road off old Rte. 47
Cape May County, NJ
- Clouded Sulphur 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Zabulon Skipper 5
Jim Dowdell
near Pomona
Atlantic County, NJ
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Sulphur sp. 1
Will Kerling
Rte 47
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 7
- Orange Sulphur 3
Will Kerling
Goshen CRE Garden
Cape May County, NJ
Zabulon Skipper: a male on territory; Aaron's Skipper: species # 51 / digital image
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 3
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing 3
- Aaron's Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Will Kerling
Lizard Tail
Cape May County, NJ
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
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 11
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Frosted Elfin 13
- Eastern Pine Elfin 1
- Juniper Hairstreak 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Question Mark 1
- American Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 4
- Red-spotted Purple 5
- Viceroy 12
- Little Wood-Satyr 47
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Least Skipper 7
- Cobweb Skipper 1
- Sachem 25
- Eastern Pine Elfin 1
Stephen Mason
FPP - beginning of Airfield
Burlington County, NJ
Holly Azure: worn, checking out Inkberry
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4 or 5
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Holly Azure 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- American Lady 1
Shawn Wainwright
Ocean County Administration Offices
Ocean County, NJ
Mourning Cloak: displaying nicely; Hackberry Emperor: 1 month early for me, nectaring on Oak sap
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Mourning Cloak 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
Stephen Mason
FPP - Parker Ln
Burlington County, NJ
- Pearl Crescent 4
Chris Tonkinson and Will Kerling
West Cape May
Cape May County, NJ
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Cabbage White 1
Marty DeAngelo
Taylor Wildlife Refuge
Burlington County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 25+
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Red Admiral 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 12+
- Horace's Duskywing 3
- Zabulon Skipper 25+
- Tawny-edged Skipper 5
- Cabbage White 1
Stephen Mason
my yard, Voorhees
Camden County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
Cynthia Allen
Backyard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
checking out Silky Dogwood, C. amomun, which sp. has used as foodplant in past
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Peck's Skipper 1
Stephen Mason
FPP - 10 trunks - rd to lodge
Burlington County, NJ
Red-spotted Purple: feeding on dead tutrle
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
Chris Tonkinson and Will Kerling
Route 47 enroute to Cape May from CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Cabbage White 1
Chris Tonkinson and Will Kerling
CMCH - USPS
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
Shawn Wainwright
Cattus Island
Ocean County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
Chris Tonkinson and Will Kerling
Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge
Cape May County, NJ
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
- Black Swallowtail 8
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 4
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Pearl Crescent 1
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Least Skipper 91
- Sachem 4
Chris Tonkinson and Will Kerling
Rte. 9 toward Rte. 550
Cape May County, NJ
Question Mark: summer form
- Cabbage White 1
- Question Mark 2
Cynthia Allen
Yard in CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- American Lady 1
Tom Reed
Yard in Reed's Beach
Cape May County, NJ
- Variegated Fritillary 1
Shawn Wainwright
Island Beach State Park
Ocean County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
Susan Mason & Stephen Mason
my yard, Voorhees
Camden County, NJ
- Cabbage White 2
Susan Mason & Stephen Mason
FPP - beginning of Airfield
Burlington County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2 or 3
- American Lady 1
Zabulon Skipper: 3 males, 2 females