August 2009 Sightings

Orange Sulphur: a yellow from female; Monarch: nectaring on Water Willow; Sachem: a worn female; Zabulon Skipper: 3 females

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: female, worn; Monarch: worn; Silver-spotted Skipper: worn

Monarch: 1 fresh female (just released); Zabulon Skipper: male

'Summer' Spring Azure: nectaring on joe-pye weed; Question Mark: both on rotting fruit; Monarch: really enjoying the tropical milkweed; Horace's Duskywing: on lantana; Zabulon Skipper: 5 males & 3 Females

Zabulon Skipper: a female

Eastern Tailed-Blue: mating

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: all 4 of these sp. nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush

on mt mint, FOS our yard

Zabulon Skipper: a female

fresh one on watermelon rind

Spicebush Swallowtail: no tails; Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on Butterfly Bush; Zabulon Skipper: one female

Spicebush Swallowtail: nectaring on large pink thistle flower

Black Swallowtail: both males and females; Juniper Hairstreak: rag; White M Hairstreak: nectaring on Mountain Mint; Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on Winged Sumac; Painted Lady: 35 species in one day at this garden / all time high species count for this location - 36 species by two different people; Hackberry Emperor: nectaring on white-flowering Butterfly Bush; Monarch: a mated pair; Tawny-edged Skipper: one a female; Zabulon Skipper: 7 females

Common Buckeye: worn

Spicebush Swallowtail: an additional one on the shoulder as roadkill

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: on my window at 1215am!!! attracted to light??

American Lady: Gardens; Silver-spotted Skipper: Gardens - the favorite nectaring plant was the butterfly bush.; Broad-winged Skipper: All on the butterfly bush. I had 13 species here today for one hour of garden watching.; Dun Skipper: Gardens

Variegated Fritillary: fresh one; Delaware Skipper: nectaring on purple-flowering Butterfly Bush; Zabulon Skipper: a female

Black Swallowtail: a male nectaring on Butterfly Bush; Spicebush Swallowtail: flew across Townsends Inlet to the west in 10 to 15 mph southern crosswind

Eastern Tailed-Blue: male and female

'Summer' Spring Azure: one female; Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on both domestic and wild plants; Swarthy Skipper: digital image of one nectaring on Sweet Basil flowers; Tawny-edged Skipper: 2 females; Zabulon Skipper: all territorial males