August 2009 Sightings

Jesse & Jack Connor

Our garden/yard, Port Republic
Atlantic County, NJ

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

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4
  • Cabbage White 25
  • American Copper 4
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 10
  • Question Mark 1
  • Common Buckeye 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Monarch 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 4
  • Zabulon Skipper 10
  • Peck's Skipper 3
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Sachem 10
  • Broad-winged Skipper 6
  • Dun Skipper 1

Will Kerling

Gus's Beach Road (private)
Cape May County, NJ

Spicebush Swallowtail: basking in the shade; Cabbage White: nectaring on Butterfly Bush; 'Summer' Spring Azure: a female checking out egg laying spots; Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on Butterfly Bush; Broad-winged Skipper: nectaring on milkweed and Butterfly Bush

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 4

Shawn Wainwright

My Parents Butterfly garden in Toms River
Ocean County, NJ

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Peck's Skipper 2
  • Sachem 2

Dave Amadio

Riverwinds scenic trail, West deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 3

Dave Amadio

Redbank Battlefield Park, National Park
Gloucester County, NJ

Zabulon Skipper: famale basking in herb garden

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Zabulon Skipper 1

Dave Amadio

Backyard garden, West deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 2

Dave Amadio

Riverwinds community center
Gloucester County, NJ

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: including 1 dark form female; Silver-spotted Skipper: mostly on purple loosestrife; Broad-winged Skipper: mostly on purple loosestrife

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 10
  • Orange Sulphur 25
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 8
  • Pearl Crescent 21
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 23
  • Hayhurst's Scallopwing 1
  • Common Sootywing 1
  • Peck's Skipper 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 54

Dave Amadio

Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3

Will Kerling

Indian Trail Road to Rte. 47
Cape May County, NJ

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1

Will Kerling

Avalon Golf Links to Indian Trail Road via Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1

Dave Amadio

Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

Question Mark: all on rotting fruit; Red Admiral: also on rotting fruit; Monarch: mating activity observed; Sachem: well worn individual; Zabulon Skipper: 4 males 2 females

  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Question Mark 3
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Monarch 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3
  • Hayhurst's Scallopwing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 6
  • Peck's Skipper 1
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Northern Broken-Dash 1
  • Sachem 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 1
  • Dun Skipper 1

Dave Amadio

Riverwinds scenic trail, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: nectaring on pickerel weed

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 5

Dave Amadio

Riverwinds scenic trail. West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Silver-spotted Skipper 8

Shawn Wainwright

Cattus Island in Toms River
Ocean County, NJ

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Northern Broken-Dash 2
  • Broad-winged Skipper 11

Sandra Keller

Near Cumberland Pond
Cumberland County, NJ

Red-spotted Purple: A very fresh individual. First of the final brood.

  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1

Dave Amadio

Riverwinds scenic trail, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

American Copper: nectaring on white clover, goldenrod, joe-pye weed, and winged sumac; Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on goldenrod sp.; Monarch: mostly on swamp milkweed; Hayhurst's Scallopwing: nectaring on white clover; Broad-winged Skipper: nectaring on pickerel weed

  • American Copper 13
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 7
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Viceroy 1
  • Monarch 5
  • Hayhurst's Scallopwing 4
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 3
  • Least Skipper 5
  • Peck's Skipper 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 6

Stephen Mason

yard, Voorhees
Camden County, NJ

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: 2 male, 1 female; Crossline Skipper: female; Zabulon Skipper: male and female

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Monarch 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 2
  • Crossline Skipper 1

Will Kerling

Avalon Golf Links Hole # 17
Cape May County, NJ

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Cabbage White: nectaring on Water Willow; Juniper Hairstreak: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; White M Hairstreak: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Red-banded Hairstreak: on tree limb; Eastern Tailed-Blue: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Question Mark: summer form basking in the shade; American Lady: nectaring on sedum; Common Buckeye: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Least Skipper: nectaring on Water Willow; Little Glassywing: nectaring on Water Willow; Delaware Skipper: nectaring on Water Willow; Zabulon Skipper: 3 fresh females; Dun Skipper: nectaring on Water Willow

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • White M Hairstreak 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 7
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 9
  • Zabulon Skipper 5
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Little Glassywing 2
  • Sachem 2
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 34
  • Dun Skipper 1

Dave Amadio

Backyard garden, West Deptford
Gloucester County, NJ

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: including 2 dark form females; Monarch: mating observed; Delaware Skipper: first this year - this garden; Zabulon Skipper: 4 males 2 females

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 5
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Monarch 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 3
  • Zabulon Skipper 6
  • Northern Broken-Dash 2
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 1
  • Dun Skipper 1

Stephen Mason

yard, Voorhees
Camden County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1

Stephen Mason

Target butterfly bushes, Voorhees
Camden County, NJ

two mating

  • Monarch 3

Teresa & Peter Knipper, J&J Connor

Supawna Meadows NWR & nearby
Salem County, NJ

Question Mark: all fresh; Eastern Comma: fresh; Zabulon Skipper: fresh individuals of both sexes; courtship activity observed

  • Black Swallowtail 4
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 8
  • Cabbage White 8
  • Orange Sulphur 3
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 6
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Question Mark 3
  • Eastern Comma 1
  • Red Admiral 3
  • Red-spotted Purple 2
  • Little Wood-Satyr 4
  • Common Wood-Nymph 1
  • Monarch 8
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 8
  • Zabulon Skipper 40
  • Least Skipper 20
  • Broad-winged Skipper 8

Will Kerling

Avalon Golf Links Hole # 17
Cape May County, NJ

Red Admiral: fresh out of chrysalis one and a total rag; Monarch: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Least Skipper: nectaring on Water Willow; Sachem: a female; Zabulon Skipper: all males

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 7
  • Red Admiral 2
  • Monarch 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 7
  • Zabulon Skipper 3
  • Least Skipper 4
  • Sachem 1
  • Delaware Skipper 1
  • Broad-winged Skipper 15

C. Herz

(GCC) comm. garden & field
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 18

Stephen Mason

yard, Voorhees
Camden County, NJ

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: both males

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 1

Will Kerling

Leaming's Run to Avalon Golf links via Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: see every day, recently; Red Admiral: fresh one / flew rapidly across highway; Monarch: nectaring on Red Sweet Clover

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Monarch
  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Sachem

Will Kerling

Avalon Golf Links Hole Hole # 17
Cape May County, NJ

Cabbage White: nectaring on Water Willow and Sweet Pepperbush; Juniper Hairstreak: all the green worn off underside / a rag appearing brown with folded wings; Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Question Mark: egg laying on nettles; Red Admiral: egg laying on nettles; Least Skipper: nectaring on Water Willow; Sachem: females; Zabulon Skipper: one female

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White 2
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • Juniper Hairstreak 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure
  • Question Mark 1
  • Red Admiral
  • Red-spotted Purple 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 10
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 10
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Sachem 2
  • Broad-winged Skipper 16
  • Dun Skipper 1

C. Herz

Gloucester County College (GCC) comm. garden & field
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Black Swallowtail 2

Will Kerling

GCC comm. garden & field
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Pearl Crescent 1

Will Kerling

Leaming's Run
Cape May County, NJ

Cloudless Sulphur: nectaring on Zinnia / digital image; Red-spotted Purple: looking for egg laying places in the forest; Tawny-edged Skipper: 2 males and a female

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 25
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Common Wood-Nymph 1
  • Monarch 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 13
  • Zabulon Skipper 4
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 3
  • Sachem 2
  • Broad-winged Skipper 32
  • Dun Skipper 1
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