August 2009 Sightings
Sandra Keller
Forsythe NWR
Atlantic County, NJ
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
Will Kerling
Avalon Golf Links Hole # 17
Cape May County, NJ
- Sachem 1
- Cabbage White 11
- Orange Sulphur 2
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Monarch 4
Will Kerling
Old Swainton/Goshen Road to Rte. 47 via N 657
Cape May County, NJ
Spicebush Swallowtail: nectaring on Butterfly Weed
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Will Kerling
CRE Goshen Garden
Cape May County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: one female; Cloudless Sulphur: since Saturday an everyday occurence; Monarch: 2 mated pairs / one pair both nectaring on a Butterfly Bush flower cluster while coupled - digital image!!; Silver-spotted Skipper: see plenty of this species every trip out!; Tawny-edged Skipper: a 9th one nailed by a white Crab Spider; Zabulon Skipper: 2 females
- Black Swallowtail 6
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Cabbage White 13
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- American Copper 4
- Red-banded Hairstreak 20
- Gray Hairstreak 8
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
- Pearl Crescent 33
- American Lady 11
- Painted Lady 2
- Common Buckeye 23
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 14
- Silver-spotted Skipper 15
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Common Sootywing 1
- Aaron's Skipper 90
- Zabulon Skipper 7
- Salt Marsh Skipper 46
- Swarthy Skipper 5
- Least Skipper 1
- Tawny-edged Skipper 8
- Crossline Skipper 1
- Sachem 96
- Broad-winged Skipper 10
- Dun Skipper 1
Jamie Cromartie
garden, S Vienna Av Galloway
Atlantic County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: visiting ornamental flowers; Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: visiting ornamental flowers; Spicebush Swallowtail: visiting ornamental flowers; American Copper: fresh, visiting ornamental flowers
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- American Copper 1
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton's GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
Red-spotted Purple: fresh – coming to fruit; Hackberry Emperor: fresh – coming to fruit; Tawny Emperor: fresh – coming to fruit
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 30
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Red-spotted Purple 4
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 20
- Aaron's Skipper 5
- Salt Marsh Skipper 20
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Least Skipper 2
- Sachem 10
- Broad-winged Skipper 10
Will Kerling
Sea Isle City - Roberts Avenue
Cape May County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: one female; Spicebush Swallowtail: nectaring on Butterfly Bush; 'Summer' Spring Azure: nectaring on sedum; Painted Lady: nectaring on Butterfly Bush; Sachem: a female nectaring on sedum
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Painted Lady 1
- Monarch 8
- Sachem 1
- Cabbage White 1
- Monarch 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Sachem 1
Will Kerling
Rte. 9 to downtown Avalon
Cape May County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 7
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Monarch 1
- Sachem 1
Will Kerling
Siegtown Road
Cape May County, NJ
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Monarch 1
- Sachem 4
Jim Dowdell, Clay & Pat Sutton
Sutton's GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
- Little Glassywing 1
- Cloudless Sulphur 2
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Monarch 1
- Common Sootywing 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 20
- Sachem 6
- Broad-winged Skipper 9
Will Kerling
downtown Sea Isle City to Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ
Variegated Fritillary: a rag; Common Checkered-Skipper: a fresh female / first of season for me
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- Pearl Crescent 5
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
- Salt Marsh Skipper 3
- Tawny-edged Skipper 2
- Sachem 200 to 250 in one field!
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
Will Kerling
Rte. 9 turnoff toward downtown Avalon
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 3
- Common Buckeye 1
- Cabbage White 4
- Horace's Duskywing 1
Will Kerling
CMCH to Sea Isle City turnoff via Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ
Spicebush Swallowtail: 3 nectaring together in one spot; Hackberry Emperor: along shoulder across from Shutters to Shades business place / Hackberry Trees amongst Red Cedars
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 4
- Cabbage White 3
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 11
- Sachem 45 to 50
- Broad-winged Skipper 3
Will Kerling
Avalon, NJ
Cape May County, NJ
- Cabbage White 1
Mike Logan
Old Robbins Trail
Cape May County, NJ
- Appalachian Brown 2
- Monarch 2
Will Kerling
downtown CMCH
Cape May County, NJ
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Sachem 1
Will Kerling
Leaming's Run
Cape May County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: a female; Cloudless Sulphur: a white female - not a usual pale yellow one; Red-spotted Purple: puddling; Little Glassywing: a very worn one; Zabulon Skipper: 2 females
- Black Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 10
- Cabbage White 15
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Pearl Crescent 8
- American Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Hackberry Emperor 1
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 9
- Silver-spotted Skipper 12
- Zabulon Skipper 10
- Salt Marsh Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 14
- Tawny-edged Skipper 8
- Little Glassywing 1
- Sachem 100 to 125
- Broad-winged Skipper 5
- Dun Skipper 3
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 1
- Monarch 4
Mike Logan
CMBO Gardens, Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 7
- Spicebush Swallowtail 5
- Cabbage White 6
- Cloudless Sulphur 5
- American Copper 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
- Variegated Fritillary 1
- American Lady 3
- Common Buckeye 3
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 8
- Silver-spotted Skipper 14
- Salt Marsh Skipper 4
- Zabulon Skipper 7
- Aaron's Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Sachem 4
- Broad-winged Skipper 1
- Broad-winged Skipper
- Dun Skipper 4
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton's GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
Question Mark: fresh – coming to fruit; Red-spotted Purple: coming to fruit; Hackberry Emperor: coming to fruit; Tawny Emperor: coming to fruit
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Question Mark 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Tawny Emperor 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 20
- Salt Marsh Skipper 20
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Sachem 10
- Broad-winged Skipper 10
Dave Amadio
Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Red-spotted Purple: on watermelon rind
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 3
- Zabulon Skipper 3
- Sachem 4
Jon Gelhaus & Stephen Mason
FPP - beginning of Airfield
Burlington County, NJ
Gray Hairstreak: nectaring on Boneset sp.; Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on Boneset sp.; Sachem: male and female
- Orange Sulphur 4
- Red-banded Hairstreak 6
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Swarthy Skipper 3
- Sachem 2
Will Kerling
field to left of Schooner's Landing Road turnoff from Rte. 47
Cape May County, NJ
Eastern Tailed-Blue: nectaring on knapweed; Pearl Crescent: nectaring on knapweed; Least Skipper: nectaring on knapweed; Sachem: nectaring on knapweed
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 8
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 2
- Sachem 8
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton's GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
Red-spotted Purple: coming to fruit; Monarch: 30 caterpillars (most nearly full size, some small) on Tropical Milkweed – stripped it bare – moved them to Common Milkweed patch in garden
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Monarch 30
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 25
- Salt Marsh Skipper 20
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Sachem 10
- Broad-winged Skipper 10
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
Same spot as Sat. I presume the same individual.