October 2010 Sightings

Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaring on large Black-eyed Susan; Eastern Tailed-Blue: hiding in the Holly Basil; Pearl Crescent: female

Common Buckeye: flushing out of the grasses

Monarch: one nectaring on Lantana

Cabbage White: nectaring on Goldenrod sp.; Broad-winged Skipper: fresh one

Black Swallowtail: caterpillars on parsley; Sachem: worn male

Black Swallowtail: a large Cat ready to pupate

White M Hairstreak: worn individual on goldenrod; Red-banded Hairstreak: all on goldenrod; Red-spotted Purple: warming it's wings for flight; Common Checkered-Skipper: nectaring on small white asters

American Lady: nectaring on Buddleia

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: a 'yellow form' female; Mourning Cloak: flying high to the southwest; Common Buckeye: flying s-sw

Black Swallowtail: a female egg laying

Variegated Fritillary: nectaring on Goldenrod sp.; Common Buckeye: many more at the farm

Little Yellow: resting on yellow flower up on ocean-side of walkway

'Summer' Spring Azure: form "marginata" confirmed by David Wright via WK

Pipevine Swallowtail: a bright male; Black Swallowtail: a worn female; Red Admiral: attending rotting persimmons

found late in the day on white aster

Black Swallowtail: a male basically without tails; Pearl Crescent: good mix of males and females

Red-banded Hairstreak: nectaing on goldenrod sp.

Question Mark: fresh winter form on fruit dish; Eastern Comma: fresh winter form resting on Purple Lantana; Wild Indigo Duskywing: well worn; Sachem: female on Buddleia

American Lady: Laying horizontal below a flower seed head; Common Buckeye: one blending in with a flower seed head; Monarch: many resting in the light rain, but some flying and a few nectaring

despite the rain