August 2009 Sightings

nectaring in Sweet Pepperbush

'Summer' Spring Azure: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; American Lady: fresh; Sachem: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush, being territorial; Zabulon Skipper: males on territory

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: including 1 dark form fem.; Red-banded Hairstreak: on joe-pye weed; Zabulon Skipper: all males ( one nectaring deep inside purple wave petunias

Gray Hairstreak: worn, nectaring in Maryland Golden Aster; Common Wood-Nymph: one was unusually large and the other was nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush for a few secs.

males

Red-banded Hairstreak: very fresh; American Lady: worn, nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Common Buckeye: both on territories; Northern Broken-Dash: worn, nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush

Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on goldenrod sp.; Pearl Crescent: nectaring on knapweed; Common Buckeye: nectaring on Winged Sumac; Horace's Duskywing: nectaring on Winged Sumac; Swarthy Skipper: nectaring on knapweed / fresh; Northern Broken-Dash: fresh one; Zabulon Skipper: bright new males; Dun Skipper: fresh female

might be in the grill of my car

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: one black form

American Copper: nectaring on White Sweet Clover in a front yard; Question Mark: summer form; Monarch: one nectaring on Water Willow; Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on Water Willow; Broad-winged Skipper: nectaring on Water Willow

Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring in Sweet Pepperbush

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; American Snout: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Red Admiral: fresh out of chrysalis; Zabulon Skipper: fresh male

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: nectaring on red clover; Cabbage White: some of the garden plots have cabbage; Eastern Tailed-Blue: white clover; Variegated Fritillary: zinnias; Monarch: red clover & around c. milkweed; Common Checkered-Skipper: white clover; Common Sootywing: nectaring on white clover; Peck's Skipper: red clover & zinnias; Sachem: red clover & zinnias

Common Wood-Nymph: mated pair

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Broad-winged Skipper: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush

nice patch of red clover in field by edge; comm garden plots include zinnias

nectaring all afternoon on Joe Pye-weed. At least one was there every time I looked!

Variegated Fritillary: didnt have yesterday; Monarch: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Sachem: male on territory

Many around

Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring in Sweet Pepperbush; Monarch: didnt have yesterday

Black Swallowtail: a female

I am presuming the start of the second brood for these two species.

'Summer' Spring Azure: photos–>; Pearl Crescent: didnt have yesterday; Northern Broken-Dash: nectaring in Sweet Pepperbush

Zabulon Skipper: a male courting a female / female fanning her wings