August 2009 Sightings

Black Swallowtail: a male; Spicebush Swallowtail: a male pursuing a female; Delaware Skipper: a bright fresh one on Butterfly Bush

Black Swallowtail: a female

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

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: both males, seem to be having a very good snd brood; Sachem: female

Black Swallowtail: a male; Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: nectaring on Butterfly Bush

flying between two parked cars in the rain

Red-banded Hairstreak: hanging out on Sweet Pepperbush; Least Skipper: light rain / 71degrees / hiding in ornamental grasses with wings open!!!; Broad-winged Skipper: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush in rain

Flying low over a weedy field and nectaring on a white flower.

light rain / 71 degrees / both flying

730pm nectaring on butterfly bush

spotted in hiding from weather

nectaring on Red Sweet Clover

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: nice to see numbers at last; White M Hairstreak: photo'd sunning on various leaves, not nectaring, slightly worn; Gray Hairstreak: very fresh on mountain mint; Red-banded Hairstreak: fresh, nectaring on mountain mint; may have been 2 individuals; 'Summer' Spring Azure: many nectaring high on Hercules club; Question Mark: summer form: dark hw, stubby tails; Monarch: 18 species, best day by far in our yard for 2009. Plus, a hummingbird clearwing, an honorary 19th species; Peck's Skipper: an uncommon species in our yard this year! Photo'd.; Tawny-edged Skipper: photo'd (apparently this species); Zabulon Skipper: all males, attacking all comers; Dun Skipper: glistening fresh

Red-spotted Purple: fresh one

Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on a goldenrod species; Horace's Duskywing: a female and a male; Swarthy Skipper: fresh ones; Least Skipper: nectaring on knapweed; Zabulon Skipper: one female

There's probably twice that many in that field. Very hard to get an accurate count.

Black Swallowtail: males and females; White M Hairstreak: very fresh one / nectaring avidly on Mountain Mint / lots of photo time; Red-banded Hairstreak: on Mountain Mint; Question Mark: fresh summer form ones / one egg laying on hops; Rare Skipper: nectaring on Pickrelweed and Butterfly Bush

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: on one Butterfly Bush!!

Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on Butterfly Bush

Spicebush Swallowtail: nectaring on Nimosa Tree Blossoms; Monarch: nectaring on Butterfly Bush and Red Sweet Clover

Were nectaring on clover on the road edge.