August 2009 Sightings

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

Black Swallowtail: a female

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

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

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

light rain / 71 degrees / both flying

730pm nectaring on butterfly bush

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 between two parked cars in the rain

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

spotted in hiding from weather

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

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!!

Were nectaring on clover on the road edge.

nectaring on Red Sweet Clover

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

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

Red-spotted Purple: fresh one

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