August 2009 Sightings
Sandra Keller
My garden in Barrington.
Camden County, NJ
- Sachem 16
J&J Connor
our garden, Port Republic
Atlantic County, NJ
Silver-spotted Skipper: numbers low today, rain
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Sachem 4
Will Kerling
CRE Goshen Garden
Cape May County, NJ
Swarthy Skipper: found in tall grass meadow, mostly
- Cabbage White 10
- American Copper 3
- Red-banded Hairstreak 5
- Pearl Crescent 10
- Common Buckeye 2
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 2
- Salt Marsh Skipper 8
- Zabulon Skipper 2
- Aaron's Skipper 5
- Swarthy Skipper 8
- Sachem 26
- Broad-winged Skipper 2
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 3
Dave Amadio
Supawna MWR
Salem County, NJ
- Peck's Skipper 1
Dave Amadio
Fort Mott St. PK
Salem County, NJ
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
Will Kerling
TNC - Lizard Tail
Cape May County, NJ
American Lady: landed on my field notes / wrote it up while it sat there!; Red-spotted Purple: rag / on cherry trees; Horace's Duskywing: biggest one day total for the year!; Horace's Duskywing: nectaring on Chinese Bushy Clover; Swarthy Skipper: a female with very discernible spots / digital image / see Kaufman and Brock for context; Crossline Skipper: two basking females; Sachem: all females; Zabulon Skipper: one female
- Cabbage White 1
- Orange Sulphur 2
- Red-banded Hairstreak 8
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 3
- Pearl Crescent 3
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 3
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Viceroy 1
- Horace's Duskywing 6
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 8
- Tawny-edged Skipper 3
- Crossline Skipper 2
- Sachem 4
- Sachem 19
- Dun Skipper 2
Dave Amadio
Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Eastern Comma: both summer form; Red-spotted Purple: fresh; Sachem: mostly on Buddleia; Zabulon Skipper: 3 males 2 females
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Eastern Comma 2
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 3
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 1
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Sachem 15
Stephen Mason
yard, Voorhees
Camden County, NJ
- Sachem 2
Dave Amadio
Supawna NWR
Salem County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: 7 males 1 female; Red-banded Hairstreak: all on goldenrod; Horace's Duskywing: worn female; Wild Indigo Duskywing: on white clover; Swarthy Skipper: both on goldenrod; Tawny-edged Skipper: on red clover; Sachem: mostly on goldenrod, the dominant nectar source at Supawna right now; Zabulon Skipper: 5 males 2 females; Broad-winged Skipper: on goldenrod and pickerel weed
- Black Swallowtail 8
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 9
- Orange Sulphur 8
- Red-banded Hairstreak 3
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 11
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 3
- Pearl Crescent 14
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 2
- Red-spotted Purple 3
- Viceroy 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 15
- Silver-spotted Skipper 4
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Zabulon Skipper 7
- Swarthy Skipper 2
- Least Skipper 15
- Tawny-edged Skipper 1
- Sachem 61
- Broad-winged Skipper 7
- Sachem 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 1
Jamie Cromartie & Ben Cromartie
Forsythe NWR Brigantine holly woodland
Atlantic County, NJ
- Red-spotted Purple 1
Chip Krilowicz/Jean Gutsmuth
Wheelabrator wildlife refuge
Gloucester County, NJ
Hackberry Emperor: Sitting on Hackberry Tree?
- Question Mark 1
- Hackberry Emperor 5
Dave Amadio
Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: dark form female
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 1
Dave Amadio
Riverwinds scenic trail
Gloucester County, NJ
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: on pickerel weed; Hackberry Emperor: one landing on my shoulder; Silver-spotted Skipper: mostly on purple loosestrife
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 3
- Cabbage White 2
- American Copper 2
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
- Pearl Crescent 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- American Lady 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 5
- Viceroy 6
- Hackberry Emperor 2
- Common Wood-Nymph 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 3
- Zabulon Skipper 5
- Swarthy Skipper 1
- Least Skipper 2
- Crossline Skipper 4
- Sachem 73
Chip Krilowicz/Jean Gutsmuth
National Park
Gloucester County, NJ
We seen 31 species today will enter only what has not been entered by Dave
- American Snout 1
Ben Cromartie
Garden S Vienna Av, Galloway Twp
Atlantic County, NJ
- Pearl Crescent 1
Dave Amadio
Riverwinds community center
Gloucester County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: some of this habitat has now been mowed; Wild Indigo Duskywing: one mated pair
- Black Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 3
- Orange Sulphur 32
- Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
- Pearl Crescent 26
- Common Buckeye 3
- Viceroy 3
- Hayhurst's Scallopwing 1
- Horace's Duskywing 1
- Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
- Sachem 14
Chip Krilowicz/Jean Gutsmuth
Riverwinds scenic trail
Gloucester County, NJ
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Common Checkered-Skipper 1
Jamie Cromartie
Garden S Vienna Av, Galloway Twp
Atlantic County, NJ
Spicebush Swallowtail: very worn; Monarch: Small larva on Aesclepias syriaca (common milkweed) probably 2nd instar
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 4
- Orange Sulphur 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Monarch 1
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Sachem 6
- Dun Skipper 1
Pat & Clay Sutton
Sutton's GDN in Goshen
Cape May County, NJ
Red-spotted Purple: coming to fruit; Monarch: including 2 "in tandem," mating
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
- Spicebush Swallowtail 2
- Cabbage White 1
- Red-banded Hairstreak 15
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- American Lady 1
- Red-spotted Purple 2
- Monarch 5
- Silver-spotted Skipper 25
- Salt Marsh Skipper 20
- Zabulon Skipper 7
- Sachem 10
- Broad-winged Skipper 10
Jamie Cromartie & Ben Cromartie
Forsythe NWR Brigantine dikes
Atlantic County, NJ
Black Swallowtail: common on flowers; mostly males; Orange Sulphur: includes one white form; Cloudless Sulphur: at far end of dikes drive
- Black Swallowtail 50
- Cabbage White 2
- Orange Sulphur 20
- Cloudless Sulphur 1
- American Lady 1
- Monarch 15
Dave Lord Jr.
Goshen Landing
Cape May County, NJ
- American Copper 2
- Common Buckeye 5
- Monarch 4
- Salt Marsh Skipper 6
- Dun Skipper 2
Dave
Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
- Dun Skipper 1
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Eastern Comma 1
- Monarch 2
- Silver-spotted Skipper 1
- Zabulon Skipper 4
- Sachem 12
Sandra Keller
My garden and yard in Barrington
Camden County, NJ
With 6 females. They were all over the yard on all sorts of nectar plants.
- Sachem 22
Jack Connor
Our garden, Pt Republic
Atlantic County, NJ
Spicebush Swallowtail: worn male; Gray Hairstreak: fresh
- Black Swallowtail 3
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
- Spicebush Swallowtail 1
- Cabbage White 6
- Gray Hairstreak 1
- Common Buckeye 1
- Red-spotted Purple 1
- Monarch 4
- Silver-spotted Skipper 8
- Sachem 10
Dave Amadio
Riverwinds scenic trail, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ
- Black Swallowtail 2
C. Herz
Backyard garden, Audubon
Camden County, NJ
'Summer' Spring Azure: Nectaring on sedum; Great Spangled Fritillary: mexican sunflower; Sachem: nectaring on sedum, zinnias
- 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
- Great Spangled Fritillary 1
- Monarch 1
- Zabulon Skipper 1
- Sachem 12
All nectaring on my Sedum and Joe Pye Weed plants. 13 males, 3 females.