August 2009 Sightings

David Lord and Will Kerling

Bay Point Road
Cumberland County, NJ

  • Monarch 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

Maple Avenue Trail
Cumberland County, NJ

Gray Hairstreak: nectaring on goldenrod sp.; Question Mark: still the summer form

  • Cabbage White 3
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Question Mark 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Common Wood-Nymph 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Zabulon Skipper 4
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 2

David Lord and Will Kerling

New Road
Cumberland County, NJ

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1

Dave Amadio

Wheelabrator wildlife refuge
Gloucester County, NJ

Red-banded Hairstreak: both on leaf litter; Red Admiral: well worn; Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring mainly on hairy bush clover; Wild Indigo Duskywing: very fresh on hairy bush clover; Swarthy Skipper: on red clover; Peck's Skipper: on red clover; Zabulon Skipper: lone female; Broad-winged Skipper: including one in the grasp of a crab spyder

  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 9
  • Pearl Crescent 3
  • Red Admiral 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 2
  • Viceroy 5
  • Common Wood-Nymph 3
  • Monarch 1
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 5
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing 2
  • Zabulon Skipper 1
  • Swarthy Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Peck's Skipper 4
  • Crossline Skipper 1
  • Sachem 3
  • Delaware Skipper 3
  • Broad-winged Skipper 5

Will Kerling

CMCH, NJ
Cape May County, NJ

Cloudless Sulphur: digital images; American Copper: a female nectaring on goldenrod sp.; 'Summer' Spring Azure: a amle nectaring on goldenrod sp.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2
  • Cabbage White 6
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • American Copper 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • Question Mark 1
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 5
  • Zabulon Skipper 2
  • Sachem 2

David Lord and Will Kerling

Franklin Lane
Cumberland County, NJ

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Monarch 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

field off Hansey Creek Road
Cumberland County, NJ

Southern Cloudywing: in the sun and shade areas along wooded edges; Delaware Skipper: nectaring on purple-flowering vetch

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Gray Hairstreak 1
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 11
  • Pearl Crescent 17
  • Common Buckeye 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Southern Cloudywing 2
  • Aaron's Skipper 1
  • Crossline Skipper 6
  • Delaware Skipper 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

Rte. 605
Cape May County, NJ

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

N Rte. 553
Cumberland County, NJ

Cloudless Sulphur: flying along the road shoulder

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • Cloudless Sulphur 1
  • Monarch 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

Hansey Creek Road
Cumberland County, NJ

Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on Winged Sumac; 'Summer' Spring Azure: nectaring on Winged Sumac; Red-spotted Purple: avidly puddling in many spots; Monarch: nectaring on Sweet Pepperbush; Southern Cloudywing: puddling on damp road section

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 4
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1
  • American Lady 1
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Red-spotted Purple 1
  • Monarch 2
  • Southern Cloudywing 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

Highland Street
Cumberland County, NJ

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

Dividing Creek
Cumberland County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

Baptist Road
Cumberland County, NJ

  • Monarch 1

Will Kerling

CMCH to Avalon Golf Links via Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ

6 PM coming home on bicycle

  • Monarch 1

Stephen Mason

"colletti site" Brendan Byrne State Park
Burlington County, NJ

  • Monarch 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

Methodist Road
Cumberland County, NJ

  • Orange Sulphur 1

Clay Sutton

Pomona area
Atlantic County, NJ

  • Cloudless Sulphur 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

Old Rte. 47
Cape May County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1
  • Monarch 2

Dave Amadio

Wheelabrator wildlife refuge, Westville
Gloucester County, NJ

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1
  • Spicebush Swallowtail 3
  • Cabbage White 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

Milbourne Drive/Main Street
Cumberland County, NJ

American Snout: very worn individual

  • Cabbage White 2
  • Orange Sulphur 1
  • American Snout 1
  • Pearl Crescent 9
  • Least Skipper 3

C. Herz

GCC Comm. garden & field
Gloucester County, NJ

Cabbage White: red clover; Clouded Sulphur: red clover; Orange Sulphur: red clover; Eastern Tailed-Blue: white clover; Variegated Fritillary: zinnias; Pearl Crescent: white clover; Painted Lady: zinnias; Monarch: red clover; Silver-spotted Skipper: red clover; Common Checkered-Skipper: most very fresh, on white clover primarily, chicory, red clover; Least Skipper: red clover; Peck's Skipper: red clover; Tawny-edged Skipper: red clover; Sachem: red clover & zinnias

  • Cabbage White 13
  • Clouded Sulphur 3
  • Orange Sulphur 23
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 2
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • Pearl Crescent 17
  • Painted Lady 1
  • Monarch 3
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 1
  • Common Checkered-Skipper 14
  • Common Sootywing 4
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Peck's Skipper 1
  • Tawny-edged Skipper 1
  • Sachem 5

David Lord and Will Kerling

Eldora - TNC
Cape May County, NJ

Spicebush Swallowtail: relishing the Butterfly Bushes

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 6
  • American Lady 1
  • Monarch 4
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 2
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 7
  • Aaron's Skipper 22
  • Rare Skipper 1
  • Crossline Skipper 1
  • Northern Broken-Dash 1
  • Sachem 3
  • Broad-winged Skipper 4
  • Dun Skipper 1

C. Herz

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

zinnia

  • Black Swallowtail 1

David Lord and Will Kerling

North Avenue
Cumberland County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 1

Kathy & John Flynn (posted by Pat Sutton)

Frontyard garden on Delaware Bay in Villas
Cape May County, NJ

  • Pipevine Swallowtail 10

Will Kerling

CMCH to Indian Trail Road via Rte. 9
Cape May County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 8
  • American Copper 1
  • 'Summer' Spring Azure 2
  • Red-spotted Purple 1

Clay Sutton

Cape May Coast Guard Base
Cape May County, NJ

  • Cloudless Sulphur 4

Dave Amadio & Sandra Keller

E.B.Forsythe NWR
Atlantic County, NJ

Black Swallowtail: all but about 5 were males; Painted Lady: all fresh seen after 5 p.m.

  • Black Swallowtail 63
  • Cabbage White 10
  • Orange Sulphur 25
  • Cloudless Sulphur 2
  • Variegated Fritillary 2
  • American Lady 3
  • Painted Lady 3
  • Monarch 25
  • Salt Marsh Skipper 1
  • Least Skipper 1

Will Kerling

downtown CMCH
Cape May County, NJ

  • Cabbage White 4

Will Kerling

Lizard Tail
Cape May County, NJ

Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on Winged Sumac and a Eupatorium species; Eastern Tailed-Blue: a mated pair; Pearl Crescent: a mated pair; Common Buckeye: nectaring on Winged Sumac; Viceroy: males on territories; Silver-spotted Skipper: nectaring on Winged Sumac and a Eupatorium species; Southern Cloudywing: nectaring on goldenrod species; Zabulon Skipper: nectaring on Winged Sumac

  • Spicebush Swallowtail 1
  • Cabbage White 1
  • Orange Sulphur 5
  • American Copper 1
  • Red-banded Hairstreak 50
  • Gray Hairstreak 2
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue 9
  • Variegated Fritillary 1
  • Pearl Crescent 9
  • Question Mark 1
  • American Lady 2
  • Common Buckeye 5
  • Red-spotted Purple 3
  • Viceroy 7
  • Common Wood-Nymph 3
  • Monarch 6
  • Silver-spotted Skipper 19
  • Southern Cloudywing 1
  • Horace's Duskywing 1
  • Zabulon Skipper 6
  • Swarthy Skipper 3
  • Least Skipper 1
  • Crossline Skipper 4
  • Sachem 16
  • Broad-winged Skipper 13
  • Dun Skipper 1
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