October 2010 Sightings

lined up on Aster sp.

Sachem: 10 females

Black Swallowtail: a female; Orange Sulphur: males; Red Admiral: fresh; Common Buckeye: some very worn

American Lady: nectaring on Sedum; Monarch: heading southward; Sachem: nectaring on Lantana

Little Yellow: a fresh male / nectaring on Dandelion; Salt Marsh Skipper: rags

American Lady: nectared briefly on Montauk Daisy; Horace's Duskywing: male; Wild Indigo Duskywing: 1 male & 1 female

Duskywing sp.: Very worn.

Sachem: males

Pipevine Swallowtail: brilliantly colored male / nectaring on Honeysuckle sp.; Red Admiral: They were plentiful today in the marsh system.

Monarch: only on Goldenrod

Sachem: 7 females

Red-banded Hairstreak: mostly nectaring on a white-flowering Aster sp.; Red Admiral: one near the persimmons

Sulphur sp.: white form; White M Hairstreak: nectaring on Goldenrod; Red-banded Hairstreak: 1 nectaring on White Snakeroot; Red-spotted Purple: well worn

Painted Lady: nectaring on Buddleia; Horace's Duskywing: fresh female

Red Admiral: best day, so ar / feed from 8:30 AM to almost dusk; Common Buckeye: nectaring on Buddleia and ivy; Red-spotted Purple: very worn / nectaring on ivy; Sachem: nectaring on Buddleia

Variegated Fritillary: fresh

Question Mark: fresh 'winter form'

conservative count

Gray Hairstreak: one fresh from the chrysalis; Red-banded Hairstreak: probably more; Question Mark: a fresh 'winter form'; Eastern Comma: migrating to the south; Red Admiral: near the persimmons; Sachem: even mix of females and males

Common Buckeye: nectaring on Slender Fragrant Goldenrod; Monarch: nectaring on Seaside Goldenrod

Common Buckeye: mostly along the dunes on seaside goldenrod