October 2010 Sightings

Red-banded Hairstreak: 1 rag on goldenrod & 1 fresh on Chrysanthemum; Pearl Crescent: on small white asters

White M Hairstreak: nectaring on white-flowering Aster sp. / worn male; Red-banded Hairstreak: Golden sp. and Aster sp.; Question Mark: a fresh 'winter form'

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

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

Question Mark: fresh 'winter form'

Sachem: males

Variegated Fritillary: fresh

Monarch: only on Goldenrod

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

Sachem: 7 females

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

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

Duskywing sp.: Very worn.

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

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

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

Pearl Crescent: passing through about roof height; Eastern Comma: after 4 PM; Red Admiral: after 4 PM; Red-spotted Purple: same one as yesterday / nectared on ivy, Buddleia and visited bananas; Monarch: visited Buddleia

conservative count

Red Admiral: conservative count; Common Buckeye: conservative count

Common Buckeye: mostly along the dunes on seaside goldenrod